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| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:00 PST Current Conditions : 41.2F / 5.1C, Clear - 3:01 AM PST Mar. 11 | ||||||
| Temperature: 41.2°F / 5.1°C | Humidity: 85% | Pressure: 30.15in / 1020.9hPa (Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: NNW | Wind Speed: 0.0mph / 0.0km/h |
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| Anecdotal evidence shows more FSBOs | ||||||
| I haven’t been able to confirm these numbers yet, but a press release from a large For Sale By Owner advertising site presented data showing that the number of homes being sold by owner is up signficantly. One of the sources cited was the largest maker of “For Sale ... | ||||||
| NAR on Defensive | ||||||
| I almost hesitate to point out this release, for fear of giving it more attention/credibility than it deserves. But this press release yesterday from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is just so comically desparate that I have to. Even if only for its entertainment value. It’s entitled, brazenly, ... | ||||||
| See? I told you so. | ||||||
| Scott Wenger, a reporter for the NY Daily News, set out to sell his Manhattan apartment “for sale by owner”, and chronicle the whole experience in his article “For Sale By Owner.” “How did I do?” he asks. “The outcome was much different than I - and countless brokers ... | ||||||
| More from Sellsius… | ||||||
| I recieved a press release from Sellsius today. They have opened up their website where more information is now available, and they will be unveiling their new service in December and January. The website (and full press release) is located at www.sellsiusrealestate.com Looks to be right ... | ||||||
| “Let the free market be free” | ||||||
| Home Owners, if you are contemplating selling your home, you will probably think through the 2 primary options you have: 1. Sell by owner (FSBO), or 2. sell with an agent. You may have noticed there is an all-out war going on in the real estate industry, between ... |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:32 GMT Selling Yen | ||||||
| Apart from the fact that apparently the equity market never goes down anymore, the... | ||||||
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:04 GMT Pledge Update March 2010 | ||||||
| March 2010 pledge update below; as mentioned in previous posts we are on track for a... | ||||||
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:15:53 GMT Update: Texas vs. the Unionocracy of California | ||||||
| According to todays BLS report, total employment in Texas data increased for the... |
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| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT abbreviate - March 10, 2010 | ||||||
| (verb) to make briefer, to shorten. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:16 GMT Too many patients get invasive heart tests | ||||||
| A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. | ||||||
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:10:56 GMT CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella | ||||||
| Investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. | ||||||
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:32 GMT Women need chance to avoid 2nd C-section | ||||||
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:36 GMT Sick ships: Cruises see rise in norovirus cases | ||||||
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:18:15 GMT Va. passes 1st bill banning health care mandate | ||||||
| Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage. |
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| Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:22:54 +0000 Ad Blocking Is Generally Evil | ||||||
| The silly idea that somehow ad blocking is just not that bad is insane. As this article accurately outlines as clear as day, you are basically trying to get something for nothing. Now to be fair to readers tired of having their browsers crashed by poorly done Flash ads, this is something that needs to [...]
The silly idea that somehow ad blocking is just not that bad is insane. As this article accurately outlines as clear as day, you are basically trying to get something for nothing. Now to be fair to readers tired of having their browsers crashed by poorly done Flash ads, this is something that needs to be addressed as well. Flash ads need to stop, really. They’re killing us, making us want to get our content elsewhere. But the fact of the matter is that those who are catering to tech driven sites are being hurt by folks who are using ad blocking add-ons. It’s simply not helping anyone. Clearly, there needs to be some common ground where browsers are not being crashed by Flash ads yet at the same time, not having ad revenue taking a hit, either. So what is the solution? To be honest, I am not entirely sure I have a quick fix to this myself. On the one hand, I can see the value of blocking problematic advertisements. But still, taking away revenue from a site that you visit frequently is pretty sleazy as well. Perhaps ad-free subscriptions are the answer? First view is free, pay the subscription afterward?
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| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:27:14 +0000 Jobs: Adobe Flash Is A Hog | ||||||
| Is Steve Jobs just whining about Adobe Flash being a CPU hog on today’s computing devices? According to Jobs, he has no plans whatsoever for letting Flash find a home on the upcoming iPad. And on Macs, he made it clear that he felt that HTML5 is the future. Great, Steve, now if we can [...]
Is Steve Jobs just whining about Adobe Flash being a CPU hog on today’s computing devices? According to Jobs, he has no plans whatsoever for letting Flash find a home on the upcoming iPad. And on Macs, he made it clear that he felt that HTML5 is the future. Great, Steve, now if we can just convince the rest of the world to see the light, you might actually have a point. Like Hulu? Not on an iPad you won’t. Flash based Hulu will not work on that Apple product. Flash games, interactive stuff using Flash on Web sites — again, fail with more fail coming right along side of it. Clearly, despite people begging for it, Apple is not budging on providing access to Flash even if Adobe does decide to play ball. So does this mean it’s simply not possible for Adobe Flash products to run well on tablet type devices then? Uh, not from what I am seeing here. Both Flash and Air appear to be quite usable. Perhaps it’s Apple products that need to be called into question? I’m not really an Apple user outside of my iPhone, so I have no idea. But clearly, I will not be wasting my time with the famed iPad!
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| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:10:29 +0000 Social Web On Mobile Browsers Seeing Intense Growth | ||||||
| With just about everyone and their mother owning a smart phone of one type or another these days, it should not be all that shocking that social media is seeing a huge boost in usership through the eyes of various mobile browsers. So much so, that a reported 30.8% of mobile users are accessing various [...]
With just about everyone and their mother owning a smart phone of one type or another these days, it should not be all that shocking that social media is seeing a huge boost in usership through the eyes of various mobile browsers. So much so, that a reported 30.8% of mobile users are accessing various social media outlets from their phones. For me, the real question is whether or not people prefer using apps over their mobile browser or not? Speaking exclusively for myself, I find using social media apps is vastly more pleasant an experience than trying to navigate through the typical mobile browser experience instead. But perhaps that’s just me? I’ll be among the first to agree that mobile browser usage usage is being driven heavily in part to social media usage, as highlighted previously. But I don’t think this has any real staying power. In the long term, I see mobile browsers being used more for news and other things. Why? Apps simply provide better access to specific tasks. Simple as that.
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