Archive for May, 2006

Teach Your Blog To Talk

Talkr converts blog text into mp3 audio which allows your blog posts to talk. You can also download them to your iPod. You don’t say Watson.
It’s free. Just sign up and give them your blog URL. Copy and paste a little HTML code into your template and all your […]

Redfin Stirs the Waters

Techcrunch and Mercury News have great write ups on the new announcements from Redfin that should be a must read for all Real Estate Agents.
ยป Is this the beginning of the end for the traditional commission model?
Most likely not. Just like Zip Realty, Foxtons, Help-U-SELL and other “Non Traditional” brokerages, Redfin will appeal to […]

Sellsius Linkmeister

Cafeteria, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, (1974 linocut) (corporate collection Hillcrest Hosp., Tulsa)
How to Get the Best Appraisal for your House or Condo by Robert J. Bruss [for Inman News] (via Brian Davis/Appraisal News)
Let Brokers Put Their Data Wherever They See Fit by Robert D. Butters, Esq. [Inman News] (requires subscription)
Anti-Telemarketing Script, [Junkbusters]
A simple list of […]

Aggregate Your RSS Feeds With Grazr

Grazr is a widget browser for feeds you can place on any web page, and use to display RSS, Atom, and OPML files from anywhere on the Internet.
The Grazr Configurator has complete instructions on embedding Grazrs in a panel on your web page or blog sidebar. You simply insert the feed or OPML […]

Web 2.0 or Star Wars?

How well do you know your neighbors in the Web 2.0 community? Have a little fun with this quiz from Cerado.
Some of your Internet neighbors passed away. Do you know who died? A test.
Hat tip: Igor International.

Link To Grow-a-Brain & Earn $15,000

50 Unit Apartment Building for Sale in Fontana, CA

Help a fellow blogger-broker, Hanan Levin of Grow-a-Brain sell this property & earn yourself $15,000. Here’s his May 28th offer:
I will offer to the many real estate bloggers (and other webmasters) who read this site the same deal I did before: If you link to […]

5 Ways To Market Yourself As An Expert

You are a professional. You possess specialized knowledge. You may have devoted yourself to extensive education. You may have several decades of experience. But when you introduce yourself or hand out a business card you’re just one of the crowd of that profession. As in any profession, […]

Photo Of The Day

Building the world’s highest viaduct, Viaduc de Millau over the Tarn Valley east of Milleau in Southern France. It is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world. It is 1,100 feet high and spans over 12 miles.
More photos at Archibase.net (source: russo.livejournal.com)

Metronaps: A Sleeper Franchise

Are you constantly dozing off during the day or falling asleep on the job? If so you may need a MetroNap.

Metronaps, which opened their first space in New York City’s Empire State Building in 2004, is a unique service for stressed out, overworked or just plain sleepy people. They offer a sanitary sleeping pod […]

Memorial Day: Remember America’s Heroes

Soldier, rest, thy warfare o’er,
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
~ Sir Walter Scott
The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial […]