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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What is Your Primary Method of Communication? What Will it be in 5 years?

What is Your Primary Method of Communication? What Will it be in 5 years?

Is e-mail in danger? That’s the question Alex Iskold at ReadWriteWeb set about to answer with his post yesterday. With Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, text messaging, blogs, wikis, Skype, instant messaging, and the array of other online communication tools available, the question of whether e-mail is…

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Bernanke, Real Estate, and Web 2.0

Bernanke, Real Estate, and Web 2.0

There are 130 real estate web 2.0 logos — do you see your logo?

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The Great Real Estate Plugin

The Great Real Estate Plugin

Here is a plugin worth looking into — the Great Real Estate Plugin. There is a great write up over at MyTechOpinion for those that want an overview.

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MySpace DataAvailability is Live

MySpace DataAvailability is Live

Myspace’s DataAvailability functionality is live at developer.myspace.com. Here is a test application from TechCrunch that should give you a feel for what is possible. I’m not sure if there are legal or technical restrictions that would prevent this, but one possible use of DataAvailability could…

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Changing the World with Google MapMaker

Changing the World with Google MapMaker

This might be a little off topic and not relevant to the US market (yet), but it is “geeky” and pretty cool, so I’ll post it anyway. Google MapMaker, which is Google’s attempt at using its massive community of users to improve their Google Maps…

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Links for Geeks – June 19th

Links for Geeks – June 19th

Here are a couple links worth noting — Tracking the real estate web in real-time – FeedPot.com BIRDVIEW Widens On-Line Marketing Reach for Real Estate Brokerage Clients Introducing StepRep from MyFrontSteps How to Increase Your Blog Subscription Rate by 254%

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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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