Photo Synth will change real estate August 20, 2008
Remember how we were once blown away by the amount of information on the web? The number of facts, rumors, discussions, and, well, the shear number of words that were generated daily?
The textual web is fascinating, but it’s yesterday’s news. The innovation now is the visual web. It’s already begun with Google Street View - [...]
Hands-free law starts July 1st - That means Realtors too! June 30, 2008
Look Ma, No Hands!
Washington State will go ‘hands free’ for cell phone use in the car on July 1st, so agents (and everyone else) shouldn’t be driving around with one hand up to their ear anymore. Well…that’s the intent anyway. The Washington State Patrol says you could face up to a $125 fine, although [...]
Inman is Lead Investor in Curbed… October 30, 2007
Congrats to Lockhart Steele for getting an infusion of cash ($1.5M to be exact) to expand Curbed to new cities.
In reading the NYT’s coverage, nothing really surprised me much until the last two paragraphs where Brad explains why he is one of the investors:
If the downturn lasts long enough, “everyone suffers,” [...]
Sunday Fun: Self-Importance Test… September 9, 2007
I saw the great results that Matt ended up with in taking the Technosailor Self Importance Test, and had to give it a try… Turns out I’m most like Chris Pirillo…
The result is fascinating in that it is somewhat like reading a horoscope…
You are most like Chris Pirillo. You dominate your [...]
Consumer Benefits of a Statewide MLS? June 3, 2007
I’ve been asked to speak before the California Association of Realtors (CAR) committee on MLS/Computer and Business Technology this Thursday in Sacramento, CA and I’m just now coming to the conclusion I may be in over my head! Despite the slightly off-topic nature (California MLS issues as oppose to Seattle MLS [...]
Google Maps Cool New Street View Feature May 30, 2007
[Editor's Note: I first met Jim Reppond when he moderated the MIT Real Estate Forum (remember that?) when the MIT Alumni Association brought together people from Zillow, Redfin, HouseValues and a prominent local broker, to talk about the future of real estate... It was a fascinating evening that was followed up by [...]
Tech Thursday: Are you addicted yet? May 10, 2007
After a Wacky Wednesday, I thought it might be time to return to real estate technology…
ShackPrices adds mass transit to their listing search and Greg continues to be impressed… (so am I)
USA Today provides an idea for a potential update to ShackPrices… What if Galen included the emotional map of each area?
Speaking of [...]
Where should the MLS end and the IDX begin?
The whole ruckus over the NWMLS no longer sending its member’s listings to realtor.com inspired many unlit pixels of commentary and many more wasted bytes of hard drive space. As I pondered a while ago, the industry appears to have a healthy appetite for technology. However, one of the comments was really insightful….
I still feel [...]
Leave it to Marlow… February 26, 2007
…to come up with the most provocative (and interesting!) commentary on Redfin’s press release from today…
Some more opinions from around the web:
Greg gives a thorough round-up (as usual) with more than a dash of opinion thrown in
Straight from Redfin
The Freakonomics take on the date
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Death by a thousand paper cuts February 25, 2007
Every once in a while a realtor or broker from out of state will ask me to develop an IDX web site for them. Unfortunately, supporting a new MLS is very similar to supporting a foreign language. It is a large software engineering task that takes a lot of time, and since I don’t already have the [...]
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