Dopp Juice Archive

I just upgraded my blog system (b2evolution) and everything’s rather different. I want to tell you how great b2evolution is with such a seamless installation/upgrade process… but now that it’s done, I’m left with a brand spanking new system that doesn’t work with my old design and is mysteriously different in the admin panel (where did my “upload images” button go?!).The pink is temporary until I get my bearings. My motivation to upgrade? So I could install the hack that allows me to embed youtube videos. That’s like the tech geek equivalent of maintaining a good diet and exercise for the sole purpose of looking good in a bathing suit for a 4th of July party… I’m so vain!

You know you want that condo on the north shore of Oahu. Or at least, you want to dream about living in it and stare at pictures of it for a few hours. Allow me to recommend MichaelShower.com… a full-service Realtor website with about 6,000 listings updated daily. You can save your favorite searches, receive useful notifications, get tons of info on your favorite properties, and bask in the Hawaiian beauty of excellent photos and ambient graphic design. And if that’s not enough, the site makes it really easy for you to contact Michael Shower himself — a friendly guy who knows his stuff and wants you to get the perfect townhouse. Prepare to drool:By now you’re probably wondering why the heck a San Franciscan is pushing a Hawaii Real Estate website on you. I’ll give you three guesses, and the first two don’t count. Okay, you got it. I built the website. Well, not alone of course. This one required a diverse and talented team, which I had the honor of managing. And I am really, truly excited at how it turned out. There were some tough challenges on this project, the biggest of which was how to handle how image-heavy it had to be, just by the nature of the content. Another was how to get all the many, many user functions onto the page and “above the fold,” so you could get to where you wanted to go in less than three clicks. The design and user interface address these challenges in creative, beautiful, and intuitive ways without feeling cluttered. I’m impressed. And after working on this project for a few months, I am absolutely convinced that I need a condo in Oahu. Like now.

You know, this blog really needs a better title. Any suggestions?