A while back, I wrote that if you want to become a better writer, reading good writers really helps improve one’s own writing. While there are hundreds of great writers, many in the RE.net, I thought I would offer up two of my current favorites — one from the world of sports, and the other … Read more
Recently, I discovered the hilarity that is blip.fm. I’m going to have an actually serious post about that, but this is not that post. No, this post is about something completely unimportant. Unless you have a soul. In which case, music ought to be very high on your list of priorities. Then this post is … Read more
My short vacation in the mountains (hills?) of Pennsylvania is now over, and I’m sitting at the Westin in Las Vegas. The RE Blog World show opens in a few minutes, and I’m sure blogs everywhere in the RE.net will be blazing with news and info. I do have a ton of things to get … Read more
Just a brief note to let you know I’ll be on vacation until heading out to RE Blog World on Thursday. So posting will be light or non-existent. It’s hard to find the Internet up here in the mountains. 🙂 -rsh
I’ve decided I need to do one of these every week. Break up the heavy duty real estate theorizing — it can get a bit much even for me after while…. So… let’s see… hit Play on my Shuffle… L’Amour Toujours (I’ll Fly With You) Gigi D’Agostino I have no idea how this track ended … Read more
Angel by Lionel Richie. I guess you could argue that part of Cluetrain means speaking with a human voice. And humans are deeply flawed, imperfect creatures. So I interrupt the real estate, marketing, and web 2.0 blogging to just expose really horrible personal habits to the whole world. Which in my case includes a soft … Read more
In case you have visited Notorious R.O.B. before, you will surely notice that I have changed my blog theme. I was using the Blix theme before (y’know, with the glowing eyes and all) which was a great theme. But in putting the Onboard Informatics blog together, I came across a WordPress theme named The Journalist. … Read more
Seeing as how we’re stuck on the ground in Newark… just some random thoughts. 1. What accounts for the immense incompetence of airlines? I mean, they’re private enterprises, in a competitive environment. Why do they all suck so uniformly? Is it that they are so wrapped up in government regulations that they are effectively pseudo-government … Read more
So I’m off to San Francisco today to attend RE Bar Camp and Inman’s Real Estate Connect. I’m sure this is going to be a great week, filled with new people, new things to learn, and new stuff all around. I’m hoping to meet many of the bloggers I’ve only communicated with over the Interwebs … Read more