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About Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
People You May Know on Facebook
I’m not sure when it went live since I’ve been gone awhile, but I absolutely love facebook’s “People you may know” suggestions that can now be seen on the right side of your Facebook profile. I just discovered it and I’ve found many of the recommendations are pretty good — it popped up quite a few contacts from high school and my fraternity that I didn’t have as friends on Facebook. As far as I’m concerned, Facebook is just destroying Myspace by continuing to innovate and launch new features like this — I don’t see much hope for myspace to make a comeback. Update: I forgot I wrote this in February, but I definitely hadn’t … Continue reading
BigDog Beta
I’m in Asia on vacation, but not totally unconnected to the world — I’m still checking my facebook and gmail accounts. My colleague sent me a link to a new video he and a couple buddies produced and I wanted to help him spread the word by sharing the link. It’s the same guy who put together the Mac or PC rap video I mentioned awhile ago (over 2.2 million views). If you find the video good and/or entertaining, please help spread the word.
An Update from Southeast Asia
So, my buddy and I just arrived at our hostel in Hanoi, Vietnam after a 30 hour (yes, you read that right – 30) train ride from Saigon arriving at 4:30 am. It’s 5:55 am here, and we can’t check into our hostel yet, so I have some time to do a quick update with some of my thoughts. Bangkok, Thailand – Definitely a cool city with a unique culture. The temples are the main attraction, and they were certainly worth the visit. We took a river tour in a longboat that took us through back canals to see part of Bangkok that we wouldn’t otherwise have seen (recommended if you visit). Koh Phi Phi island (Thailand)– my new favorite place on … Continue reading
Off to Southeast Asia
I’m in Thailand at the moment, and have another couple weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia — that means no blogging unless I find time to upload a couple photos. I’m looking forward to Halong Bay (among other places).
Zillow is Starting it’s Venture into The Mortgage Industry
At Zillow, we’re getting close to unveiling the consumer-facing mortgage product we hinted at quite some time ago. The news tonight is that lenders can now sign-up (veryyy soon) — lenders CLICK HERE. We’re still a few weeks from launching the consumer piece of the product, so we can’t provide details of exactly how it will work yet — but I can personally say I’ve been extremely excited for the release of this product for quite some time. Update 9:46 pm: Here’s the announcement on Zillow Blog. Here’s some very early coverage: The story was broken by Greg Swann at BloodHound Morgan Brown at Blown Mortgage Todd Carpenter Rhonda Porter
The Best Incentive I’ve Seen to Update Your Profile Picture
A picture you don’t like — I got a good chuckle from this post by Fred. I totally agree with him — if I saw this picture on my profile, I would change it as quick as I could. It may be a sleezy incentive, but it’s probably a smart way to increase the number of profile photos uploaded to your site.
Marc Andreessen’s Hour and a Half with Obama
I tend to try to avoid politics on this blog, but I’m an Obama fan and thought Marc Andreessen’s post was a good 1st hand perspective of Barack — take a look.
