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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reddit is now OPEN reddit

reddit is now OPEN reddit

You may have already seen the news (Techmeme coverage), but news voting site reddit is now open source. I’m not sure how many web developers will be at RE Bar Camp, but it could be fun project to build a real estate version of reddit…

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Seriously, There is NO Reason NOT to Upgrade Your WordPress Blog Now

Seriously, There is NO Reason NOT to Upgrade Your WordPress Blog Now

If you haven’t already, I would highly recommend instalingl the wordpress automatic upgrade plugin and upgrading your wordpress blog. After all, there is no need to risk having your blog hacked. And NOW upgrading is easy and does not require you to upload the latest…

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A Podcast with the Founders of RealSeekr.com

A Podcast with the Founders of RealSeekr.com

Mike Price, who is a contributor here at Geek Estate, just posted a podcast with the founders of RealSeekr.com that you might find interesting.

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Links for Geeks – June 11th

Links for Geeks – June 11th

Here are several blog posts from around the RE.net you might find interesting: Serious Google tips, plus anyone ready to compete with Trulia or Redfin? [via 360Digest] My Front Steps Looks Close to Launch… On the hunt for new real estate marketing tools! Predicting Home Prices…

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The Launch of the Yahoo! Address Book API

The Launch of the Yahoo! Address Book API

I just saw the news over at Mashable regarding the new Yahoo Address Book API. According to Charles Wu, the product manager for the Yahoo! address book platform, here are a couple things you can do with the API: Obtain unique identifiers (i.e., email addresses)…

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Carnival Of Real Estate #93 — Mexican Style

Carnival Of Real Estate #93 — Mexican Style

Sorry, I just have to do it — link to fellow Geek Estate contributor Jay Thompson twice in the same day (prior link)! This week’s Carnival of Real Estate, posted at Phoenix Real Estate Guy, is just too good NOT to link to it.

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Are You Using Twitter to Connect with Local Buyers?

Are You Using Twitter to Connect with Local Buyers?

After reading Jay Thompson’s post about Marketing on Twitter, it’s looking like the answer should be “Yes”.

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What is Social Media?

What is Social Media?

Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo. [via Ubertor Real Estate Blog]

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Want to Integrate Google Earth into a Browser-Based Web App? Now You Can

Want to Integrate Google Earth into a Browser-Based Web App? Now You Can

Today, Paul Rademacher, a Technical Lead for Google Earth, announced the release of the Google Earth browser plug-in on the Google Lat Long Blog: Today, I’m happy to announce the release of the new Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google…

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Local Matters Purchases the Point2 Facebook Neighborhoods Application

Local Matters Purchases the Point2 Facebook Neighborhoods Application

Probably as a result of coming on a day where the NAR-DOJ agreement stole the headlines, there was an announcement today in the real estate tech world that went largely unnoticed — Local Matters and Point2 announced “an Agreement of Sale and Cooperation for Point2’s…

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