Web Standards and Why Microsoft Still Doesn’t Get It
The FBS Blog is no stranger to discussions on standards (here, here, here, and here this year alone), so I thought I’d interject some discussion...
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...
Release Night
We’re just an hour or so away from pushing our latest release live. We have a single code set managing all of our hosted customers,...
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....
The Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange
Blogging is a powerful way to connect with others. I understood that before but now it’s burned into my consciousness. First, the response from Phoenix...
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...
Gotta Love JoS
Joel Spolsky is my favorite writer on software development. Period. As said on other blogs, required reading.
Is Data Free? Or Is There No Free Lunch?
Dan Woolley writes over at Tzetze Fly about how easy Google makes querying their search results programmatically using Google’s various search APIs. Following on my...
Very Cool Photo Re-sizing
Athol’s Bad MLS Photo of the Day series may find fewer candidates once this new photo re-sizing technique becomes popular. To make a photo smaller,...
Virtual Staging
I wonder if anyone in the RE.net is yet using something like DesignMyRoom for virtual staging? I haven’t tried it out myself yet, but that...
Remarkable Service Doesn’t Have To Be Like A Root Canal
Remarkable service exceeds expectations. More often than not, though, the service provider is in control of your expectations or at least should be. Let me...
Pre-RETS Reading List
Here’s what I’m reading before the RETS conference this week: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented The Constitution, by David O. Stewart. Code...