Vertical and Tactical
To those of you who read this blog regularly, I apologize for the lack of updates lately. My lower back decided it was time for me to take a break from the keyboard. It also decided, for a while, to have me take a break from being able to roll over in bed or string together a sentence that I would be proud to have my Mother hear. I am happy to say that, as Mark Basile my best friend and business associate coined, I am now vertical and tactical. To anyone who's recovered from a really tough illness, you know it's possible for the body to feel better but the mind sort of lags behind in the race. I think my feeble little mass of gray is ready to unleash itself on the world again. Many thanks to my customers, business associates and especially my family for tolerating me. Especially to those who were kind enough to put my cell phone in my pajama pocket and wish me well as they abandoned left me alone on my sealy posturepedic with Bob Barker, Judge Judy every episode of a "My Baby's Daddy" show ever made. If someone can figure out how to get back 30 minutes of a life wasted watching an episode of Jerry Springer, please let me know. I dropped the remote and couldn't move to retrieve it once. All I can say is, I feel violated on several different levels. (I'm just kidding about the abandonment part, my girls took good care of me )
I thought since I had a great deal of catching up on my reading to do, I would include some posts and story links I've found interesting. First up is the interesting tide of debate over at the Bloodhound blog regarding dual agency. My hat's off to Greg for giving unfettered access in his blog to those who share opposite points of view. It shows once again that Greg has the best interest of his readers at heart and he should be commended for walking his talk. It started with this excellent post from Jim Brown, a guest commentator. Follow the thread from there, it's awesome. Greg, Russell and Jim all provide us with insightful commentary on topic that seems to be a hot potato issue these days.
Next is a good snag by Joel at The Future of Real Estate Marketing on a new web metrics tool called Quantcast. Assuming the data is good, it could be a great demographic snapshot tool for tracking the web viewing habits of real estate consumers. I didn't have a lot of time to play with it, so the jury is still out on how effective it is. Looks promising though.
Yawwwwnnnn. Zune, Microsoft's answer to the iPod was released 11/14. They were hoping for a big bang with a bunch of release parties and the like but it looks as if it's been more of a popcorn fart. Maybe they should have taken a cue from Sony and figured out a way to get a bunch of geeks to give up a few days of their lives to camp out in front of Circuit City. On the other hand, it was probably a good idea that they didn't. I'm guessing when the news crews showed up to interview the campers there would have been enough iPods in plain sight to make it embarrassing. A couple of days later we learned that it isn't even compatible with the new version of Windows. I downloaded the Zune software to see how well podcasting will integrate with the device. As far as video podcasting goes, you can put an .mpg4 or iTunes compatible video on the device, but that's about it at this point. Word on the street says podcasting will soon be fully integrated. Looks like they should have done a little more work before asking people to come to the social. I'm not counting them out yet, but it looks like '06 is definitely not the year of the Zune.
Jim over at the Real Estate Tomato asks "Who Are You Blogging For?" It's a step in the right direction to help those that are making a concerted effort to blog for business success. In the coming months I plan to expand on that concept and look back on the impact blogging has had thus far and explore the real potential, or maybe even the lack thereof that blogging has for the average full time real estate professional.
Finally, I have gained some valuable insight to a few things and I am willing to share my new found knowledge of the following,
- How To Get Cash Now From J.G. Wentworth
- Where to go if you need Social Security Disability Help
- The advertising agency for Campbell Soup had a large casting call for people who can't sing.
- Disco Still Sucks
- There's a reason why Gunsmoke still holds the record as the longest running television drama.
I thought since I had a great deal of catching up on my reading to do, I would include some posts and story links I've found interesting. First up is the interesting tide of debate over at the Bloodhound blog regarding dual agency. My hat's off to Greg for giving unfettered access in his blog to those who share opposite points of view. It shows once again that Greg has the best interest of his readers at heart and he should be commended for walking his talk. It started with this excellent post from Jim Brown, a guest commentator. Follow the thread from there, it's awesome. Greg, Russell and Jim all provide us with insightful commentary on topic that seems to be a hot potato issue these days.
Next is a good snag by Joel at The Future of Real Estate Marketing on a new web metrics tool called Quantcast. Assuming the data is good, it could be a great demographic snapshot tool for tracking the web viewing habits of real estate consumers. I didn't have a lot of time to play with it, so the jury is still out on how effective it is. Looks promising though.
Yawwwwnnnn. Zune, Microsoft's answer to the iPod was released 11/14. They were hoping for a big bang with a bunch of release parties and the like but it looks as if it's been more of a popcorn fart. Maybe they should have taken a cue from Sony and figured out a way to get a bunch of geeks to give up a few days of their lives to camp out in front of Circuit City. On the other hand, it was probably a good idea that they didn't. I'm guessing when the news crews showed up to interview the campers there would have been enough iPods in plain sight to make it embarrassing. A couple of days later we learned that it isn't even compatible with the new version of Windows. I downloaded the Zune software to see how well podcasting will integrate with the device. As far as video podcasting goes, you can put an .mpg4 or iTunes compatible video on the device, but that's about it at this point. Word on the street says podcasting will soon be fully integrated. Looks like they should have done a little more work before asking people to come to the social. I'm not counting them out yet, but it looks like '06 is definitely not the year of the Zune.
Jim over at the Real Estate Tomato asks "Who Are You Blogging For?" It's a step in the right direction to help those that are making a concerted effort to blog for business success. In the coming months I plan to expand on that concept and look back on the impact blogging has had thus far and explore the real potential, or maybe even the lack thereof that blogging has for the average full time real estate professional.
Finally, I have gained some valuable insight to a few things and I am willing to share my new found knowledge of the following,
- How To Get Cash Now From J.G. Wentworth
- Where to go if you need Social Security Disability Help
- The advertising agency for Campbell Soup had a large casting call for people who can't sing.
- Disco Still Sucks
- There's a reason why Gunsmoke still holds the record as the longest running television drama.
Labels: gunsmoke, jerry springer, quantcast, real estate blogging, web 2.0
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