So I promised a more serious post about Blip.fm, the social music network that I’m fairly obsessed with these days. It’s taken a few days for the thoughts to gel, and I’m not convinced that they have fully. But in the interests of starting the discussion, I want to get this out there. Could a … Read more
A while back, I wrote that if you want to become a better writer, reading good writers really helps improve one’s own writing. While there are hundreds of great writers, many in the RE.net, I thought I would offer up two of my current favorites — one from the world of sports, and the other … Read more
Recently, I discovered the hilarity that is blip.fm. I’m going to have an actually serious post about that, but this is not that post. No, this post is about something completely unimportant. Unless you have a soul. In which case, music ought to be very high on your list of priorities. Then this post is … Read more
So the news comes that the bailout package has failed to pass the House with 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats voting nay. Well, at least it was a pretty bipartisan fail. I’m sure we will be treated to much sound and fury from the talking heads and the chattering class as to why, who’s to … Read more
In the comments of this post, the Blogfather of La Blogstra Nostra (loosely translated as “this blog-thing of ours”) Joe Ferrara succintly makes a great point: realtors should blog about ‘solds’. This is a fantastic idea that I frankly do not see enough of on the RE.net. And writing a case study (a marketing case … Read more
The inimitable and simply delightful Teri Lussier recently posted her observations of RE BlogWorld ’08 in Las Vegas. In it, she mentioned a “reverse Black Pearl” by yours truly: And finally, I’ll leave you with this brutally honest reverse Black Pearl from Notorious R.O.B., who, during Jeff’s session, shared his opinion about the quality of … Read more
If you are at all interested in the real estate industry, then you need to be reading Dan Green on a regular basis. I just met him at RE Blogworld, and have put his blog into my reader ASAP (and linked it here). Dan is brilliant, and understands the financial markets and mortgage markets better … Read more
I’m actually sitting in the session with Barry Graubart, Paul Kedrosky, James Ledbetter, Howard Lindzon, and Felix Salmon listening to them talking about a variety of topics. None of which appears to connect to the title of the damn session: “How Financial Blogs Influence the Markets”. Because coming at this from our side of the … Read more
The immortal F. R. David… my god, this brings me back to junior high school. Okay, maybe “immortal” is too strong a term… but that isn’t the point. The point is that a subtext woven throughout Jeff Turner’s amazing presentation on tools for real estate web is that audio and video content is easier to … Read more