We thought our MemoryPress users would like to hear that we have just launched our Online Journaling Program called Pyxlin. Pyxlin is the smart way to journal. It was created so that people can keep their daily journal online in an easy-to-use, very secure format, and then have it professionally published when they are ready. Some of you may have heard of Pyxlin before. It has been around but, just this week, it was finalized and launched to the general public. It is ready for all journal writers to come and give it a try. Use it in place of your diary, written journal, or scrapbook. If you are already typing your journal entries on your computer, then you definitely need to give Pyxlin a try. It has so many benefits to traditional journals. Here are some of the great features of Pyxlin.
Your journal is password protected with a 256 Bit Encrypted Log-in (we’re talking bank quality security).
Access your journal from any internet connection in the world. No more forgetting to bring it with you.
Each of your journal entries is automatically dated with todays date - Or choose any date you wish.
You can organize your journal however you wish. Have a new journal for each aspect of life, or rearrange your entries with a simple drag and drop.
You can add unlimited photos to your journal. You can place them directly into your journal entry, or have an entire page of photos. No more journals with loose pictures or ticket stubs falling out. Simply scan them and drop them right onto the page.
Once your ready, Pyxlin will professionally typeset all your text and photos, and you can publish your journal into a professional hardbound book.
If you haven’t tried Pyxlin before, you’ve got to try it now. With your MemoryPress login you already have access to Pyxlin. Click the word Pyxlin in the upper right hand corner of your account and start a journal today.
Thank you to Mary Slawson and Jackie McKay for a great interview..you asked great questions (Mary, I was impressed by the depth of your research) and it was fun to speak with you, Jackie, between the breaks. For any readers who weren’t tuned into Relatively Speaking on KSL Newsradio, you can listen to the podcasts for the MemoryPress show here and here (it’s split into two parts). Relatively Speaking is a great weekly resource for those interested in finding their ancestors. There is an audio archive for recent shows.
We want to offer our congratulations to Ben on his engagement!. He will be getting married this summer. We snatched this photo out of the “meet the team” section on FamilyLearn. We will probably need to change this photo from “love stinks” to an engagement snapshot
After Jay, Jeff and Daniel visited Ohio this week, Mike Harden, from The Columbus Dispatch, comments on FamilyLearn’s Heirloom book and how it helps the family remember.
Daniel Harmon, who traveled to the convention from his Utah company, FamilyLearn, was preparing to show off his Memory Book. The book, essentially, is a pictorial biography of the deceased.
The ever-popular funeral DVD of snapshots becomes a hardbound book that includes everything from the eulogy to the e-mailed condolences.
“It’s anywhere from $30 to $60,” Harmon said of what, for all practical purposes, is a way for the everyday Joey Bag of Donuts to have a biography.
Here is the annoucement as posted on the Association of Personal Historians listserve:
On behalf of the APH board and the Conference Visioning Committee, I extend a huge “Thank You” to Neal Harmon for agreeing to host the 2008 APH Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. As many of you know, Neal is a consummate professional with a very successful personal history business, and we know he will put together a great conference. Plans are underway to select a hotel and establish dates for the conference and we¹ll keep you posted as information becomes available.The big focus and heavy work right now remains on the Nashville conference (November 8-12, 2007). We’ll be posting program information on the APH Website soon
Hi folks.
Many of you, especially personal historians, have asked why we haven’t transitioned to the new iMemoryBook when it is so much better than the old one. I had announced at the APH 2006 that we’d make the transition by January 1st. I apologize for misleading the group we told. Although in our tests, it has worked fine, we’ve encountered things on certain installations of IE 7 that we didn’t anticipate. We also faced some heavy backend work to handle all the traffic. The reason we haven’t transitioned yet is because users on the new system have told us that it isn’t ready (Thank you for all your feedback!). We’ll transition from BETA as soon as you tell us that beta.imemorybook.com is working better for you than www.imemorybook.com.
So, use the “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the screen whenever you encounter something you’d like to see done better and we’ll get there much faster. Also, feel free to comment here when you think we’re ready.
Everybody at FamilyLearn knows Liz, the epitome of the Tender Lovin’ Customer care part of our mission statement. I’m sure she’s touched every one of you who read this blog. What you don’t know is that she’s nine months pregnant and after almost no sleep over the weekend serving all of you, she skipped her appointment to be induced at the hospital at 2:30pm yesterday. That’s right, she put you before her doctor and her baby. We thought she’d need time off before the baby came but she insisted on helping to the bitter end.
Last night, at 7:30pm, Joe called me and said they were headed to the hospital. So today, when you call in and get Neal or Paul or Jeff or someone other than Liz and Joe, you’ll know why.
I write this entry for three reasons:
To say thank you to Liz.
FamilyLearn has got to be the best company to work for in the world (because people here, everyone, live and love our mission).
Everyone please keep a prayer in your heart for Liz - that she and the baby will be ok.
That’s all. Thank you Liz and Joe. Our prayers are with you.
NOTE: 10:30pm last night I received an email from Liz explaining who needed help today and what I should do to help them. Wow.
UPDATE: 12:01pm Liz had a new baby and everything went well…congratulations Liz!
Amy, Frantz, and I just returned from the 2006 Association of Personal Historians conference in Portland Oregon. I gave two presentations on Internet Marketing. Friday we had a party with all iMemoryBook representatives and gave awards to Sue, Jennifer and Rae Jean, but Ron wasn’t there (we missed you Ron). The room was completely filled (at least 80 in attendance) and we sure appreciated everyone’s feedback. We demonstrated the ALPHA version of iMemoryBook and the personal historians were so excited to use the software. We’ve come so far and couldn’t have ever done it without this wonderful group of people.
FamilyLearn sponsored the Portland Spirit cruise on Saturday night. 300 personal historian friends, a harvest moon and good food. It couldn’t get much better than that. The APH conference is definitely my favorite conference during the year. Susan let me take a photo from the deck. It’s on the left. Enjoy!
FamilyLearn sponsored the Portland Spirit cruise on Saturday night. 300 personal historian friends, a harvest moon and good food. It couldn’t get much better than that. The APH conference is definitely my favorite conference during the year. Susan let me take a photo from the deck. It’s on the left. Enjoy!
