Reliving 1999 in 2008 December 31, 2007
If you live in select Seattle area zip codes, you can relive just a little bit of 1999 with Amazon Fresh. They have reasonable prices and early morning delivery. Complimentary Pets.com sock puppet not included.
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Social networking around geography October 8, 2007
Last week I was asked to speak on “Public Engagement Through Web2.0” at the annual conference of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA).
It started with a request from Eric Fredericks, the guy behind the Walkable Neighborhoods blog, who I’ve known (and liked!) for quite a while now. I’ll [...]
A look behind the Shack, Part 1: Speed Kills March 19, 2007
Really, in the world of the web, slow speed kills. And most people only think about the length of time it takes a website to load when it is taking eons to show up. For static sites, meeting the magic four second page load time isn’t too hard, but for sites with lots of “dynamic [...]
Start searching on ShackPrices.com December 13, 2006
As of midnight last night, ShackPrices.com is live. We have a post up on the ShackBlog about what you’ll find on our new site, but I’ll summarize it for our readers here:
What is ShackPrices?
ShackPrices.com is a snappy Google maps-based real estate search site that makes finding a home better by augmenting each real estate listing [...]
Jeez Louise! Web 2.0 September 19, 2006
We just can’t be the only ones not reporting on this. That’s all I can say. It’s a sad day. Click on every word in Greg’s post for the full scoop heard round the world regarding Redfin and Web 2.0.
Maybe they should have closed for holiday during Glenn’s honeymoon. I never [...]
visitors from planet earth… August 24, 2006
I can tell from the number of hits that these list of 10 posts are popular, but they don’t seem to generate much conversation. Nonetheless, I’ll keep writing them as long as I’m enjoying myself!
Christine gives her own top 10 recent stories. I love it!
And Cheryl [...]
Required Reading…
Another list of 10:
Worth reiterating: Polly’s comments should be required reading for all agents (including the comments within the post about her comments! ).
Claudia Wicks lets us know about this “genealogy” site geared toward homes instead of people… The site includes maps, photos, etc.
Also, are press releases still valuable? A [...]
YouTube as a Marketing Tool? August 6, 2006
Ardell asked about the meaning of “web2.0″ yesterday and David G of Zillow gave an easy-to-understand definition that Web2.0 is the “read/write web”. In an unrelated thread, Ed pointed us to a rap video sang by the Trulia Markermen… These conversations converge in that the cost of producing and hosting videos in a [...]
Seattle isn’t just a real estate startup hub June 13, 2006
O’Reilly discusses research that suggests Seattle is fertile ground for startups, coming in behind San Francisco and Boston at number 3 based on a rough analysis of SimplyHired job postings. Downturn or not, the real estate market here is going to change if a couple more Amazons or Microsofts grow up in the Seattle area.
John [...]
Seattle Real Estate Calendar Update May 28, 2006
Thanks to Tom of Trumba, I’ve been playing around with Trumba’s calendar solutions. They are definitely doing some interesting things and there are some benefits to their solution that go above and beyond the current offerings of Google Calendar I discussed a little while back. In particular, I really like two features they’ve added [...]
