Am I watching the end of cable TV as we know it? April 22, 2007
No surprise that I don’t watch much TV (and take the time away from reading blogs???), which makes it all the more surprising that I’ve become addicted to Joost.
Joost is a free TV service/technology from the wickedly-smart guys who brought you both distributed music sharing (Kazaa) and distributed telephone service (Skype). It is “cable-style” [...]
Amazing Access January 28, 2007
My husband was helping our son remodel in Portland this weekend. I had alot of work to do, keeping up with new classwork and working on business. I was going to stay home but decided it was lovely weather and I’d travel along with him so I could see my kids, too.
Having been in college [...]
History of Realtor.com? December 13, 2006
Since I know there is more than a little bit of interest among RCG readers with regard to Realtor.com, I thought I’d point people to this video interview I just posted with Phil Dawley (Move’s Chief Technical Officer) and also one of the first employees. (direct link to video)
BTW, I’m up for more of [...]
Welcome to Seattle, we’ll get to that in 8 years August 29, 2006
New Orleans is halfway done with a wireless network in less than a year (and while cleaning up after a hurricane no less!), but Seattle is thinking long haul. We’re discussing a city-wide high speed broadband network by 2015. Doesn’t it seem like such a techie city would have started on this a [...]
There you go again - the MLS doesn’t scale June 23, 2006
Ever since Zearch, I’ve been bombarded with work to update or create MLS search web sites for various brokers & agents across the country. Because of this, I’ve had the opportunity to deal with another MLS in the Bay Area (EBRDI) and Central Virginia (CAARMLS). Before I begin another MLS rant (and cause the ghost [...]
SELECT * FROM MLS WHERE Remarks = ‘Whoa’ May 4, 2006
I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on how Rain City’s favorite MLS Search is implemented. I’m a little tired of thinking in computer languages (mostly T-SQL, C# and Javascript), so I figured I’d blog a bit in Geek English for a little while before I hit the compiler again.
I’m always interesed in how [...]
Psst - Want a free copy of Windows? March 16, 2006
Granted, this post is not real estate related. However, since Rain City Guide is at the intersection of Real Estate Ave & Technology Blvd, I figured the goings on at Microsoft Way might interest some Rain City Readers.
For good or ill, Microsoft is still the 800 lb gorilla of the technology industry. Because of this, the [...]
Using the Internet to Buy Your New Home February 20, 2006
I have recently been enlightened on how grossly inadequate many of the home viewing sites are and how misleading they can be.
Maybe I should have known this before, but frankly, those sites rarely come into play in my everyday life. I use the mls and clients use me. I truly haven’t considered until recently how [...]
