About Drew Meyers

Founder of GEM Diamond. Zillow Alum. Real estate tech geek. Travel addict & former co-founder of Horizon. Social entrepreneurship advocate. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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WalkScore Puts out a iPhone App and Site Overhaul

WalkScore Puts out a iPhone App and Site Overhaul

Congrats to the team at Walk Score for releasing a new iPhone app and did a major update to their site. Features in the iPhone app include: Share neighborhood gems including the local businesses, public art, architecture and green spaces you love, and comment on others’ pictures…

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A Glimpse Into the Future

A Glimpse Into the Future

Watch this video… Essentially the same way that you can navigate a touch screen — but without actually touching the screen. That means you can use it with any computer. It does to a computer screen what a Wii did to the TV. More info…

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BlockAvenue Launches – Discover Neighborhoods Like Never Before

BlockAvenue Launches – Discover Neighborhoods Like Never Before

BlockAvenue launched to the world today. Their goal is build a comprehensive database of reviews for every city block in the country (and maybe world?). A pretty ambitious goal — but nothing worth doing is easy. At launch, most of their data is focused around…

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Zillow is Going Mainstream

Zillow is Going Mainstream

Not sure who saw today’s news that Zillow launched their first television commercial — titled “Find Your Way Home.” What do you think of the messaging?

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Moving WordPress Sites via Shell (from WiredTree to Dreamhost)

Moving WordPress Sites via Shell (from WiredTree to Dreamhost)

Those who have done it know moving WordPress sites from one host to another is a huge pain in the butt. I’m currently going through a migration of sites from WiredTree to Dreamhost. My good friend, Andrew Mattie (who works at Zillow), completed the migration…

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Brokerage Branded Market Videos

Brokerage Branded Market Videos

At Inman Next, there is an article by Chris titled “The Real Estate Market Data revolution will be televised“. Give it a read and watch the video embedded below: I’m a skeptic of the effectiveness of videos such as this one produced by Terradatum. Will some…

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Spark – An App Store for Real Estate

Spark – An App Store for Real Estate

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited to see the real estate app store that Spark is working on (aiming for an October launch). Why? Getting nationwide MLS listing data has been a problem without a clear solution for way too long.  Head over to…

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Links for Geeks – August 23rd

Links for Geeks – August 23rd

Here’s a few links for geeks you may find interesting: Using Social Proof To Increase Activity In Your Community Crash diets and good habits MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Dr. Dana Ardi Trulia S-1 filing shows optimism, raises questions Realtor.com’s HUGE Leap Forward. First to…

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Are you Racing to the Bottom or the Top?

Are you Racing to the Bottom or the Top?

Take a few minutes and read Seth Godin’s Race to the Bottom post. It finishes with this quote: The race to the top makes more sense to me. The race to the top is focused on design and respect and dignity and guts and innovation…

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A Bit of House Keeping, and a New Travel Website

A Bit of House Keeping, and a New Travel Website

I know – it’s been a bit quiet around here lately. Over a week since a blog post! I wanted to give some context to why that’s the case. As some of you may know, I’m working full time on a new web startup in the…

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