What RealPage will hopefully buy next

Posted by - Nov 18, 2013

I still can’t believe ActiveBuilding’s owners were forced to accept millions of dollars to become part of a large conglomerate. Here’s a question for all of you. Is RealPage really a conglomerate or just a big corporation? Maybe they’re simply a company who collects other companies – like the way my grandmother used to collect

The Craigslist Changes Fallout: Have posting tools become irrelevant?

Posted by - Nov 8, 2013

At the end of September, we joked internally about the changes coming to Craigslist. We didn’t actually know what they were going to be, only that they were coming. October is the Craigslist month of doom. Last year it was the Great Ghosting Ruckus that caused leads to vanish into a black hole of ads.

Hard to take me seriously.

Why I have trouble taking myself that seriously.

Posted by - Aug 29, 2013

I’ve read lots of blog posts in my day. Most of them talk about this sales technique, this fancy new gadget, why social media helps with this or that or why you’re a dummy if you can’t analyze your metrics right. There are lots of smart and overly serious people out there in the blogosphere.

Google Reader closing down July 1st

Traffic cures, car boogie, and the death of Google Reader

Posted by - Mar 14, 2013

The Google Reader announcement, that it was shutting its doors on July 1st 2013, really shook me up. Okay, my emotional distress is a slight exaggeration, as it is just a software program, but still though, it compelled me enough to at least make a video again. I hope you like the topic, as well

Coffee and the newspaper

How to become a geeky apartment shopper

Posted by - Mar 11, 2013

It certainly isn’t your grandmother’s apartment search experience anymore. Not even close. You can imagine how the process used to be. Cup of freshly brewed coffee, a donut, the Sunday paper, all while making wide circles over ads that looked interesting. You’d gather up your list and head out on Monday morning, hit the streets,

Claimed Google Local listings bug. Are your claimed listings affected?

Posted by - Feb 1, 2013

Google Places is the quickest way to gain exposure for your properties in the Google search engine. It’s free and if you want to edit these free listings, all you have to do is claim them as yours. After that, just get your listing looking right with the correct categories and relevant content, and it’s