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 […]

So the blogosphere has been lighting up with references to the recent launch of Roostsm. It has been quite interesting to read the reactions to the product on many levels.
Having played some small part in helping to bring this product to market, I though I would make an effort to give a description of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

I have made my rounds at the conferences advocating MLS agnostic technology. I still do. I firmly believe that the future will see more and more tools, widgets and technologies developed that interface with MLS(s) but are not dependent on or tied to a particular MLS… they are MLS Agnostic. The […]

So your newish neighber sleeps all day and makes noise at absurd hours in the am. Of course you have shared your frustration with your family and friends, but that still leaves you feeling frustrated and needing some kind of closure. A quick search reveals that there is a user-contributed content website (lets […]

During my ‘digital life’ as I have worked and grown with technology I have seen a number of interesting things happen, ‘quantum leaps’ in thought and implementation. Yet certain puzzles within technology, certain ‘debates’ still rage and always will. My personal favorite is local vs central, or thick vs thin client, or centralized […]

This blog is designed to fill two roles first is an informative role where I will give my perspective on tools, services, and issues that are facing the Real Estate profession. The second role is where I ask for feedback and input from the community. This post fills the second role so I would appreciate […]

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 […]

Jim Duncan over at the RealCentralVa blog has written a post that follows thread of conversation that Michael over FBS Blog began, Brian at Geekestate continued. I am glad to hear that at the national level there is serious consideration given to the concerns and ideas that have been raised by Brian and others in […]