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Back in the old days when when smart phones were so dumb they only had one camera and most tablets required a pencil instead of a battery, a different kind of event debuted in San Francisco. July 2008 marked the very first, Real Estate Barcamp or reBarcamp. If you’re not familiar with the concept, I suggest starting at the barcamp.org web site, and while it’s in need of an update and a little TLC, rebarcamp.com can give you some insight as well. Since that first … Read More »

The second generation iPad was unveiled yesterday. Despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ recent announcement that he was taking a leave of absence due to health issues, he showed up to do what he does best. The live blogs I followed said most people seemed shocked when he took the stage. He looks pretty good and his enthusiasm was as genuine and passionate as always. Mr. Jobs took a few opportunities at the beginning to brag on creating and then killing the tablet category with jabs … Read More »

A few years ago when David Gibbons and Drew Meyers both worked at Zillow.com, they came up with the idea of launching a new multi- author blog focused exclusively on real estate technology. GeekEstate was launched and has since become a go-to resource for anyone interested in how technology and the web have an impact on the industry. Zillow has been proud to host and dedicate resources to GeekEstate. In order to better focus those resources on projects under way at Zillow.Com, they have decided … Read More »

If you’re struggling to understand how to best start or maximize the return on your social media efforts you’ll want to check out this Webinar on 9/23 at 11 PST. There are a lot of people in the RE landscape selling solutions to social media. Few match the knowledge of Jim Marks. Jim helps people understand that “Building business using social media is not intuitive. That’s why you need a strategy”. It’s free and worth checking out to find out the 5 key steps to … Read More »

Steve Jobs took the stage again at the annual Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference. As expected, details about the 4.0 release of the iPhone operating system were made. It’s now called iOS, a trademark they had to license from Cisco, that better represents the fact that the OS now supports more than just the iPhone. Here are just a few of the details announced: iOS 100 new features Multi Tasking Release 6/21 will support 3G and 3GS but multitasking will be limited on 3G, most … Read More »

Zillow is proud to announce that Jay Thompson, AKA The Phoenix Real Estate Guy (and GEB contributor) is taking over the operation of the Carnival of Real Estate. For the few people out there unfamiliar with Jay, he is a pioneer in the realm of real estate blogging and social media. Jay was one of the first participants in CoRE and remained an active participant as a host, contributor and administrator. We decided on Jay not only for his depth of experience with the platform, … Read More »

Please join me in welcoming my friend Ken Brand to the GEB contributor team. Ken is the sales manager for Prudential Gary Greene Realtors in The Woodlands Texas. He’s a transplanted surfer originally from San Diego but naturalized as a Texan I first met Ken in 1996 or so. I worked with an ISP in the area and during my first meeting with Ken we found that we had a great deal in common regarding business and our view of the impact of technology on … Read More »

Part 2 of the Social Media in Real Estate podcast is now available for your listening enjoyment! Marc Davison, Jeff Turner and Bill Lublin take a look at where social media has been and where it’s going as it relates to the strategy of real estate professionals. Does a bubble exist? Is there a course correction coming? What are the best tools? Listen to these thought leaders break down this very timely topic. It’s a very interesting and engaging conversation. Be sure to subscribe to … Read More »

I had the opportunity recently to engage in a fantastic conversation with 3 thought leaders. Their knowledge and experience regarding the impact of technology, the web and social media as it relates to contemporary real estate professionals generated over an hour of thought provoking views and information. Marc Davison – 1000Watt Consulting Jeff Turner – Zeek Interactive / Real Estate Shows Bill Lublin – C 21 Advantage Gold / BuzzBuilderz / Social Media Marketing Institute Our discussion takes a look at the past, present and … Read More »

Please join me in welcoming our newest GeekEstate blog contributor, Chris Raines of Cevado Technologies. Chris Raines – Cevado Technologies,  CEO and Co-founder – Along with his business partner Cliff Bonnell-Jones, formerly of ABCnews.com and NFL.com, his company has been able to leverage technology and marketing expertise  to become a leader in the creation of new and innovative online real estate technologies.  Over the last 15 years Cevado has been the technology engine behind thousands of Agents, Brokers and National Brands.  Chris has been very successful at keeping … Read More »