Tales from the Techside

Netscrape vs Internet Exploder. That was how aficionado’s of their various browser’s disparagingly referred to their competitors product in the mid to late 90’s. It was a heady time, evidenced by the hugely successful IPO of Netscape Corporation in 1995.
I recall when I first moved to Silicon Valley, working for a semiconductor fabricator […]

Ok, hardly worthy of Cartesian logic, but there is something to be said for the concept. If you are not creating content, and blogging is perhaps the best way to do so - as we have repeatedly stated on this site, then as far as the online world is concerned, you do not exist.
One […]

First an apology, my posting has been a sporadic lately however that should change in the next couple of weeks. For the curious I have been studying for my Certified Ethical Hacker and MCDBA certifications and it has taken a lot of my personal time. So I really appreciate Michael taking up the slack.
Also…
Regular readers […]

While I work within the ‘traditional’ real estate structure, I am certainly not an apologist for the real estate industry or REALTORS® in particular, nor for the mortgage industry or any other sector of the broader whole. When I hear that the real estate industry is under assault from the media, I try to […]

I start my commute nearly everyday asking myself the same question… why can’t I talk to my car and more importantly why can’t it talk to the internet for me?
Voice recognition has made huge strides. Cellular technology as well. And the internet is just there waiting. Yet the best I […]

Sometimes a little humor is good, so if you will forgive my quixotic mood… this is a pun, intended to hopefully brighten your holidays in this difficult market period.
Recently a practitioner asked me “How can I always be closing.”
Being a literal person, I took his question at its face and set about trying to […]

I am hearing a lot of this right now. To say that this is a tough time for many in our industry is an understatement.
So what can you do? Well, without knowing your business model and strategy, it is hard to answer precisely. But I thought it might be a good time […]

The best time to buy is of course when Availability is high, Prices are low, and Interest rates are reasonable. API… Availabilty, Price, Interest.
Now, before I go any further, let me preface this by saying that I have been studying the Greater SF Bay area market pretty intently for 5 years, and I have […]

From my perspective I believe that any hosted software platform, mls or not, should be functional on as many browser and operating system platforms as possible. Our current solution only works with IE and I personally have heard from a number of our members that they are not happy with this and would prefer that […]

Sorry for the splogging
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