PhotoZou Encounters

Hi everyone,

Today, we have a very important information for you.

It might be a piece of sad news. But I hope you will understand.

As of December 17, PhotoZou will no longer be able to offer its service in English.

The pages you are currently seeing in English will turn Japanese.

You can still upload and share your photos and videos, as well as make comments and write diary entries...etc, using the same account you have, but unfortunately, only in Japanese.

It was a heart breaking decision, but requirements for keeping PhotoZou bilingual made it impossible for us to maintain the quality of English messages.

If you still chose to stay with us, we would be SO happy, and grateful. This case, you will be redirected to the following URL;

http://photozou.jp/

After you re-login, we will see you there!

And don't worry, your Artworks, comments, and diary entries will be all there, too, unless you decide to terminate your account.

Thank you very much for being supportive for all this time.

We hope to see you on our Japanese version, and if not, it's ashame, but you and your Artworks will be in our mind, forever!

See you soon!

Sincerely,
PhotoZou Development Team

Posted by unoh at 5:09 PM | Permalink

Hello everyone!

It's been awhile...quite awhile! We apologize for the long silence, but we are really excited to tell you about some of our latest updates.

First, we have added a new Categories option into the PhotoZou menu. As of now, the only category available is Dogs, but we are planning on adding more very soon.

All the pictures and videos listed under the category "Dog" are those that have been tagged as such. You can tag a photo or video from that particular piece of artwork's page.

This is your chance to show off your precious pups to people outside of the dog park! Go ahead and try it out.

In other PhotoZou news: PhotoZou is now compatible with Vox This...so you can upload your artwork from PhotoZou directly into your Vox account!

Don't worry, it's easy to use!
The Vox "V" will now appear underneath popular photos on PhotoZou, so you can take them directly from their PhotoZou home and transport them into your Vox service.

(Vox is a free blogging service brought to you by Six Apart Inc.)

Thank you,

PhotoZou Development Team

Posted by unoh at 6:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Here, I would like to introduce a unique project which took place in Japan last month.

In this project we issued a totally new type of magazine called "ZOOMo" which is a user-driven photo magazine made by PhotoZou users.

There has been over 3000 photo submissions, and we have chosen about 100 out of these photos.

And finally, the magazine has come out on May 19th at large book stores in Japan and internet book stores such as amazon!

Cover of ZOOMo posted by (C)PhotoZou

The pictures look quite professional, being printed on high-class printing papers.

In our first issue, we had 3 interviews from photozou users on the topic of "Photos, Photozou and Me".

Of course we have several other contents that non-photozou users can enjoy as well, such as tips on taking pictures or tips on image processing.

Cover of ZOOMo posted by (C)PhotoZou

The buzz of this magazine has spread largely within a month and the word "ZOOMo" has been ranked in Top Searches on Technorati on May 22nd. There are already several requests for the second issue of ZOOMo.

Go to this page for more information about ZOOMo.

Posted by unoh at 1:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Dear All,

Between the following hours, PhotoZou will be down for scheduled power cut.
We thank you for your support and comprehension in advence.

Sunday, 13 May 2007, 03:30 - 5:30 GMT
Saturday, 19 May 2007, 21:30 GMT - Sunday, 20 May 2007, 00:30 GMT

Thank you,

PhotoZou Development Team

Posted by unoh at 4:21 PM | Permalink

Dear All,

Between the following hours, the PhotoZou will be down for upgrading our server.
We hope and believe that all the PhotoZou users would benefit from this process.
We will update this status when our work is completed.

Friday, 13 April 2007, 18:00GMT - Saturday, 14 April 2007, 01:00GMT

Thank you,

PhotoZou Development Team

Continue reading "The PhotoZou will be down for upgrade." »

Posted by unoh at 10:35 AM | Permalink

Dear All,

Between the following hours, the PhotoZou server will be down for scheduled maintenance. We will update this status when our work is completed.

Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 01:00:00GMT - 03:00:00GMT

Thank you,

PhotoZou Development Team

Posted by unoh at 6:33 PM | Permalink

Dear All,

Between the following hours, the PhotoZou server will be down for scheduled maintenance. We will update this status when our work is completed.

Friday 2, February 2007, 05:00:00 to 07:00:00 GMT

Thank you,

PhotoZou Development Team

P.S. Friday 2, February 2007, 07:35 We have completed the server maintenance. Thank you for your co-operation.

Posted by unoh at 3:19 PM | Permalink