Sign of the Times
Pretty much a perfect summary of the current market. (H/T: Instapundit.com). -rsh
Real Estate
Followup to Trulia to ActiveRain Post is Up
I’ve decided to post the followup to the Trulia Blogs & Active Rain post over at OnBlog. The main reason was that what I ended up writing was exactly the kind of marketing advice I would offer to our clients. The other reason is that I’m too tired to copy and paste it into this … Read more
Defining the Customer
This is from a conversation I had at Inman SF ‘2008. Perhaps conversation is too dignified a term for what was actually going on at the time, since all of the participants were three sheets into the wind by that point in the night. Let’s call it more like… inspired spouting of words between people … Read more
New Design, New Theme
In case you have visited Notorious R.O.B. before, you will surely notice that I have changed my blog theme. I was using the Blix theme before (y’know, with the glowing eyes and all) which was a great theme. But in putting the Onboard Informatics blog together, I came across a WordPress theme named The Journalist. … Read more
Trulia to Active Rain: Your Days Are Numbered
Breaking news from Inman Blogger Connect: Trulia has announced that it is launching a blog platform. I don’t have a link, because this was on a piece of paper, but there will be an official announcement later. I actually had a chance to speak with Vicky Gkiza, Sr. Product Manager for Community, at Trulia and… … Read more
In Which I Take the New York Times to Task
Back in the day, I used to read the New York Times religiously. I mean, I lived in New York City, was young, and was making a lot of money. It’s what you do. It’s kinda like going to church on Sunday if you were a Puritan in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, or doing the … Read more
You Must Blogroll The Believer
One of the great things about conferences, especially one that features bloggers as the main attraction, is that you meet some incredible people and find out some incredible things. Some of them are so fantastic that they make you scratch your head and go… “Eh?” The Believer is one of those things. Despite the name, … Read more
Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty
I suppose the fate of Ozymandias ought to keep things in perspective, but… at the same time, considering how much time and energy it has taken, I can’t help but crow a bit about what we just released. As some of you know, my day job is as the VP of Marketing for Onboard — … Read more
A Word About Iteration: RE Bar Camp Edition
During one of the sessions here at RE Bar Camp, an interesting point came up. There was a company here presenting named Zipvo — they do real estate video for agents. Their technology seems good; they seem like bright guys. The issue was, as I saw it, their incredibly flawed business model. They want advertisers … Read more