Archive for December, 2006
« Previous EntriesMotivation vs Inspiration??
Friday, December 29th, 2006My friend and I were conversing via IM the other night and we got to talking about motivation and inspiration — what’s the difference anyway? There are many similarities between inspiration and motivatation, but the terms appear to be a bit different. First of all, the main similarity is that they both compel someone to […]
The Impact of Passionate Customers
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006If you’re hurting for something to read tonight (or whenever), take a look at this great Business Week article titled “True Believers: Passionate customers can transform your company. Here’s how to make them your secret weapon.”
It’s pretty cool to think that, if successful at evangelizing your brand, your existing customers will end up selling your […]
Happy Holidays
Monday, December 25th, 2006Happy Holidays!!
**Image courtesy of Desktop-XP.com
If You Want Something, Go Get It. PERIOD.
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Yesterday, I saw Will Smith’s new movie — “Pursuit of Happyness.” It wasn’t quite as uplifting as I thought it would be, however, it was a powerful film overall. Smith played his part to near perfection. Taking place in San Francisco in the early 1980’s, the main plot was a father and his son struggling […]
A VC’s View on Web 2.0
Thursday, December 21st, 2006In all seriousness, if you don’t read Fred Wilson’s blog, you are really missing out. He posted a great article today titled “Web 2.0 is a Gift, Not a Threat, To VC’s.”
My take on the article? Fred is right - VC’s should be embracing Web 2.0 rather than being scared of it.
Yankee Blog Swap
Monday, December 18th, 2006I hope everyone has a chance to check out the Yankee Blog Swap on Tuesday — it should provide a wealth of great articles from some of real estate’s finest bloggers. I’m humbled to be participating and have been paired with Pat Kitano at Transparent Real Estate - be sure to check the Zillow Blog […]
Mary McKnight Memed Me!!
Friday, December 15th, 2006Ahhhh…I’ve been MEMED (by Mary McKnight at RSS Pieces)!!!!
For those of you that don’t know what a meme is: It’s a thoughtstream carried from one person to another, or, to be more precise, a “unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to the other,” so says Wikipedia. Basically, it’s the blogging equivalent of a […]
Seahawks Looked Pathetic
Thursday, December 14th, 2006DAMN. Do the Seahawks even deserve to go to the play-offs this year? So the Seahawks lost 24-14 to the 49ers tonight. I attended the game and it wasn’t pretty. Kelly Herndon REALLY should have made that sack…but instead Alex Smith sidestepped him and threw a touchdown pass to Gore. Game over.
All I can really […]
Blog as a Resume?
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006I came across this article titled “My Blog Is My Resume” at ERE.net by Dave Lefkow that I thought was very interesting. The article talks a little bit about how blogs are becoming increasingly relevant to recruiters…and resumes are becoming irrelevant. This is more true in the tech industry than other industries-but more and more […]
Success & Seizing Opportunity
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006In my opinion, there are two primary factors that make someone successful- passion and seizing opportunities. I believe a majority of people realize opportunities are everywhere– but only a small number of those people actually take the initiative to act on the right opportunities. Mark Cuban just blogged on a very similar subject with his […]
MyBlogLog Makes Another Brilliant Move - MySpace Support
Sunday, December 10th, 2006Geez…MyBlogLog is making all the right moves! I haven’t kept up to date with tech blogs I usually read since Zillow’s Wednesday release, but I just checked TechCrunch and found that MyBlogLog launched support for myspace profiles, which should grow their audience/reach considerably. I do have a myspace profile, but don’t really use the site […]
Puppies Anyone?
Sunday, December 10th, 2006I was lucky to get the opportunity to meet Teresa Valdez Klein when I attended the Blog Business Summit several months ago. So when she pinged me on IM this past week about helping raise awareness for an animal shelter started by her Aunt, I couldn’t resist. One of the great things about blogging is […]
Zillow Coverage - One Last Article (I lied..two)
Saturday, December 9th, 2006It’s been a wild & exciting couple days to say the least. I just wanted to wrap up my coverage with another interesting article (meaning it has CONTENT & is not JUST links like many of the other articles I’ve come across) that I have found…
Cathleen Collins at BloodHound writes a very in depth post, […]
Zillow Coverage - Day 2
Thursday, December 7th, 2006So, you’ve probably heard, Zillow launched some new features last night. I just woke up and it looks like blog chatter is going full steam. I kept track of stories last night and I’ll be adding links to this post as I have time today, so here we go (times noted are when I updated […]
Zillow Adds For Sale Postings, Make Me Move, and RE Wiki
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006So…this is exciting stuff to say the least–Zillow is launching a new version of our website tonight (in process)! Personally, I think this is the most exciting thing we’ve done since we launched in February. So-what’s included in our new feature set??
Agents and owners can post homes for sale–for FREE.
Added a real estate wiki that […]
Interview with Scott Rafer, CEO of MyBlogLog
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006I just came across an interesting podcast with Scott Rafer, the CEO of MyBlogLog, that contains some great insights into the company’s direction. Of couse I HAVE to mention this since it involves my favorite web 2.0 company out there. For instance, one of the more interesting pieces of information I got from it was […]
Personal vs Business Blogging
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006So, most of the regular readers of this blog probably know I’m a dual blogger–I blog here as well as on the Zillow Blog. I thought I’d take a minute to highlight some of the differences between personal blogging and business blogging.
Personal:
The main reason that I started my own blog was that I wanted […]
BCS Selection Show Picks - Florida vs Ohio State
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006It seems the LA Times has leaked who will play Ohio State in the Bowl Championship Series national title on Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz–it’s the Gators. I thought since I’m watching the BCS Selection Show on Fox, I should blog about who the selections are:
Fiesta Bowl: Boise St vs Oklahoma
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs Wake […]
Web 2.0 Poster- What’s your Favorite Web 2 Company?
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Michael Arrington at Techcrunch just put up this great web 2.0 poster that I thought I’d share here. Most of the major “web 2″ companies out there are featured. The poster by eBoy, and written about on Go2web2, can be bought by clicking on the image below.
What’s your favorite web 2.0 company?? Personally, […]
Social Bookmarking Overview
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006I came across this GREAT resource this morning on the topic of social bookmarking tools (via a post on Build a Better Blog). I have to admit, I don’t use a social bookmarking site–YET. I’ve been thinking about signing up for a del.icio.us account and this makes me realize I could truly benefit from bookmarking […]
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