News + Blogs
Getting to Graphing Social Patterns East
Finally made it to GSP (Graphing Social Patterns) East in Washington. Jeff and I were supposed to arrive Sunday night. The hot weather sparked a thunderstorm in Toronto so we couldn’t land and had...
News from the News People
Some interesting news from the news people at Inman. Jessica is moving on and Joel and Glenn are moving up. All of us at VendAsta are going to miss Jessica.We have gotten to know and appreciate...
Piclens is Super Cool and Super Smart Too
Looks like I am not the only one that likesPiclens (see my Trulia Snapshot review ). YouTube’s head of monetization Shashi Seth has left YouTube-owner Google to become the chief revenue...
Trulia Begins to Give Consumers What They Want
I really like Trulia Snapshots. Congrats Pete and Sami and the Trulia team for a nice job. Those of you who follow my blog (and Jeff’s) will know that we have been yammering for years to anyone...
New Inman Site Strategy Explained
I have always been a fan of free and providing value . Done right this doesn’t mean you can’t make money (maybe you can even make more). I really like the idea of transforming a paid subscription...
You Make A Better Door Than A Window
I am not surprised to see Rich Barton involved in another startup, especially one with a social networking concept. I am also not surprised to see this new venture, Glassdoor , hit the scene in...
Realtor Ratings and Reputation 2.0
Last night I posted a video on Reputation 2.0 and Identity 2.0 we made on NoMoreDoorKnocking and am getting a lot of email from people asking me questions. Jay Thompson posted it and Joel Burslem...
AOL Buys Bebo
So AOL purchases Bebo for 850 Million - cash. For those of you that don’t know Bebo is the number 4 social networking site in the world. Bebo is huge in Europe and has a big base of users in...
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
We are heavy users of Google Docs and other free services. but the fact is we don’t use them because they are free – we use them because they are the best choice for us. I have always believed that...