Matthew McGuire and Ryan Bonham
Here’s a “welcome to the RE.net” post for blogs by Matthew McGuire and Ryan Bonham, who are both on the RETS Governance task force with...
Connecting with Hughtrain
I just recently started reading Hugh MacLeod and he posts today that he’s the keynote at Inman’s Real Estate Connect. This news (to me) brings...
Dinosaurs or Early Adopters?
Real estate agents and brokers and MLSs often get tagged as dinosaurs in terms of technology, so I thought this post from Greg Sterling (who...
Mark Lesswing Is Everywhere
Check out Pat Kitano’s summary on the Transparent Real Estate blog of the key note speech NAR’s CTO Mark Lesswing gave at a tech fair...
This House is “HUGE”!
Over on the RETS-Dev mailing list, there has been a discussion on-going about whether RETS should be trying to standardize the data or not. Those...
We Have A Secret
We were named a finalist for Business of the Year (that’s not the secret) by our local Chamber of Commerce and so they invited me...
Fabulous Photo Tours and Floor Plans
Check out VoiceThreads, which seems like a fantastic way to kick photo tours up a notch, or ten. And this approach is pretty cool, too....
Software is Hard
Caveat: This post might be me whining about how hard my job seems to me at times. I hope not but it might be, so...
MLS 7.0 (re-post because I’m stupid)
I’m re-posting my MLS 7.0 post because, incredibly, I deleted the original. I started the post with my primary laptop but finished it with my...
That’s Going on Your Permanent Record, Mister!
Alternate Titles: “Why Zillow Is Old School” or “Why Listing Data Standards Are Important” I’ve previously suggested that listing data standards are very important for...
Setting Expectations
I read an article in the New York Times the other day about e-mail overload, and the author suggested using the codes NRN or NTN...
Polling on Blogs (and Mapping Mayhem Redux)
Okay, a bit more beginner blogger thrashing around. My last post asked for feedback on what you think is the best way to handle large...