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...
Eeeww, eeeww, that smell . . .
O’Reilly has a funny post today about eBooks with scratch ‘n sniff stickers for your computer so you can get that “old book smell” with your eBook....
Jaison Freed Plays Vegas!
Jaison Freed, FBS’s lead RETS engineer, will be on a panel for Creating a RETS Powered Broker Website at the NAR Convention in Vegas this...
The Future of MLS is Now
If there is a decision to be made about how cyberspace will grow, then that decision will be made. The only question is by whom....
Big Day for RETS in Chicago
There’s a lot of news to report from the RETS meetings in Chicago. First, there were tons of new faces this meeting. Usually, there are...
RETS Governance Work Group Recommends RESO
The recommendation of the RETS governance work group was posted yesterday to RETS.org. This recommendation for a new Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) is...
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...
The Conflicts of Advertising and Listings
Inman Blog writes today that the Realogy deal with Yahoo! Real Estate doesn’t knock Prudential out of the picture, instead Yahoo! has created (and Realogy...
Missing the Hoopla
I’m back at the office, missing all the fun at Inman Connect and only able to watch the blow by blow through the RE.net as...
Promoting Good Works in the MLS
Last week (which seems an eternity ago), I posted about Clay Shirky’s article called A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy and how the principles...
The Weekend!
I’m so glad to be coming to the weekend. What a week! Monday we flew to give a final presentation to a prospective client on...
You Must Read This, If You’re Interested In The Future Of MLS On The Web
If you’re interested in MLS and want to see where MLS crosses into web 2.0, you must read A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy...