ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2008
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Or... how I've become dependant on Google for spellings...Is it just me, or is anyone else also finding out slowly but surely, that their spelling skills are degenerating because of our shift from writing on paper to moving online.I find myself constantly double checking, even for words that I to...
01/24/2008
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What's this? Well its a cool new way to get your Active Rain Blog (or any blog for that matter) readable on a mobile device.The whole technology behind this is based on a decoding method that is popularly used in barcode type scanners and this particular flavor is based on the Datamatrix / QRcode...
01/21/2008
..or How not to go over the cliff trying to shoot a property Video tour!After reading quite a few posts on how Real estate Agents ( at least the serious ones) are very keen on enhancing their offerings to clients, via the addition of Virtual tours and video, I decided to write a (short?) post on...
01/20/2008
In case you were wondering about the small widget located on the right hand side of my blog, let me explain it in this small post.I like to think of it as 'creative use of technology' to make a real estate agents life that bit easier!The widget itself is an RSS widget, from WidgetBox and is free....
01/19/2008
Credit goes to wellcomemat.com and www.RealEstateZebra.com for bringing it to our notice. A video worth watching, if you have'nt already attended the debate or seen the video.It's on Daniel Rothamel's Blog or go directly to the video here More RealEstate Technology posts on my other blog
01/16/2008
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I recently came across this exciting plugin for blogs.It allows you to enable your visitors to leave video comments or just speak into a microphone and leave an audio comment to your blog posts.Ok, so How do we integrate this into your Active Rain Blog?Before I make you read any further, I have ...
01/15/2008
After the initial inspiration for starting off a Blog post, what drives the "meat" of your post? I find that having a good selection of related images, serves as additional fodder, and stirs up appropriate 'filler" sentences and more ideas to make a satisfying blog post.It's debatable whether th...
01/13/2008
I enjoy being here on Active Rain, and feel very welcome, even though I am not a Real Estate professional. It's fun and satisfying for me, learning and reading how Real Estate work is handled by AR members. This does act as fuel for me, to create and share my little knowledge of technology on th...
01/12/2008
A quick search will show that I'm not the first to post about this cool yet fast growing technology. But as I do have an accent ;) this tool could give me complete "voice over" confidence for doing things such as:Introducing myself to visitors on my websiteDirecting their attention to a tutoria...
01/10/2008
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I had done a previous post on House Flipping Software, which had good visual feedback... More along the lines of what a "simulator" would be for Real Estate Agents or investors.I came across this on RisMedia, so I'm posting it here.It looks like a nicely structured application that does not have ...
01/10/2008