Tying The Pieces Together
As the MLS industry embarks on a new year, re-focused on data standards and data sharing, we may be able to learn from similar phenomenon...
NAR’s Gateway Concept Out In The Open
At long last, the NAR’s Gateway concept is out in the open for discussion. I’ve been asking about more details for some time and want...
Centralization Is A Bug
Centralization is a bug · Bill Joy: “Wherever you work, most of the smart people are somewhere else.†The reason the Web worked so well...
Michael Wurzer
Christmas, Mark Scheel Style
As part of the Innovate or Die Contest, sponsored in part by Google, Mark Scheel (known and loved in the RETS community for his awesome...
Michael Wurzer
RETS Day 2
A quick update regarding the RETS sessions occcuring in Miami this week: The new RESO Board had its first in-person meeting yesterday for about five...
The Misty Gates
Once again, Gary Thomas made his “Gateway” speech at another NAR convention and unleashed more speculation (behind Inman’s paywall) about what it really means. I’ve...
A Thousand Flowers
Yesterday, in writing about Google’s recent OpenSocial announcement, Brian Boero of a 1000 Watt Blog gave a hat tip to the FBS Blog for previously...
Michael Wurzer
Is Facebook Today’s MLS Book Or Are MLSs Tomorrow’s Facebook?
Facebook is the darling of nearly everyone, it seems, especially after the site “opened up” to allow outsiders to develop software for use inside Facebook....
Michael Wurzer
Why is title insurance necessary? Or how about a URL for every parcel?
Bad data, that’s why. The many county governments across the country deploy a dizzying variety of legal and technical approaches to tracking title, and the...
I’ve got a headache
Seriously. Long flight, short layover, rushing here and there, all the while thinking about MLS regionalization. Michael Seguin from Tales from the Techside writes today...
Michael Wurzer
Good Standards Break Monopolies, Not Make Them
The discussions across the country about consolidating MLSs rages on. In some areas, however, the focus appears to be more on who leads the consolidation...
Michael Wurzer
Allowing The Outside Web To Come In
The technical blogs are buzzing about Six Apart’s call to use open standards for social networks and Google’s leaked announcement that it will be creating...
Michael Wurzer