Tales from the Techside

In a recent meeting with the guys from CRT, Mark Lesswing explained to my boss and several other key people in the local market about developments in the RETS standard and a recent decision by some of the biggest 3rd party data aggregators to agree upon a data sharing standard. Loosely named GTZY (or GITZY […]

This is one of those times I get to use this as a platform to appeal for insight. Rather than me providing information I would like to recieve perspectives on how your association, mls, company etc. is handing auction properties. If you don’t feel comfortable leaving a public comment then leave your comment and just […]

Sometimes I like to check out new real estate business models and occasionally when one catches my eye I will share it here. This is not meant to be an endorsement of a service just that I found the concept interesting and I believe it may have a broader appeal.
Pedal To Properties has come up […]

A security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability in GMail that makes it possible for a malicious site to add filter to your Gmail account which will then automatically forward all your email to another email address. Basically the vulnerability works like this:
The victim visits a malicious page while logged into GMail. The malicious page […]

Michael Wurzer over at FBS Blog has asked for feedback regarding the statement of principles by the CAR MLS working group.
I will try to provide my perspective on the principles they produced and I hope that each of my readers will do the same if not on this blog then on the wiki or if […]

As part of my daily routine I read hundreds of blogs among them are 94 personal blogs of REALTORS and affiliates associated with the real estate industry. One of the many reoccuring themes I read is the REALTORS and affiliates are unsure what an association does for them on a daily basis and why they […]

This is a re-purposing of my blog back from when it was simply Tales from the Tech Side aka Psyne.net. As life does I got busy and lost focus and consequently lost my voice. However, today after listening to Pat Kitano from TransparentRE speak I got to thinking I should really get back into blogging […]