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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MyBlogLog Adds Support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain Profiles

MyBlogLog Adds Support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain Profiles

It looks like MyBlogLog is aiming to ramp up adoption in the RE.net by adding support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain profiles (and Tumblr, Multiply, and FriendFeed) as part of their Online Services section of MyBlogLog profiles. Now, if you use the About Me…

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Carnival Of Real Estate #78

Carnival Of Real Estate #78

The 78th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Pine Needle Lawn.

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There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net

There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net

I 2nd Russell’s point. I’m not going to single anyone out by name or with a link, but there have been several personal attacks in the RE.net over the past several months that have bothered me. This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to…

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The Redesign of HAR.com

The Redesign of HAR.com

Congrats to the Houston Association of Realtors for for getting their new website, HAR.com,  out the door! Head over to the In my View Blog for an overview of the changes.

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Neighborhood Boundaries in Directions Magazine

Neighborhood Boundaries in Directions Magazine

Here’s a link for the geeks out there; a story in Directions Magazine — Neighborhood Boundaries: The Next Big Thing in Geographic Data.

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More Google Street Views – 12 Cities Added

More Google Street Views – 12 Cities Added

According to the Google Earth Blog, there are now 12 new cities that include Google Street View imagery: Albany and Schenectady, NY Boise, ID Juneau, AKR Kansas City, MO Manchester, NH Milwaukee, WI Research Triangle Park (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), NC San Antonio, TX Salt…

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MoveSmart.org – Technology for an Integrated Chicagoland

MoveSmart.org – Technology for an Integrated Chicagoland

Last week, I read about MoveSmart.org at ReadWriteWeb (also coverage at Wikinomics) and thought some of the real estate geeks reading Geek Estate might be interested in the project. According to MoveSmar.org – Until now, information on neighborhoods has been buried in the back of…

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Yahoo!, Zillow, and Trulia Making Progress on a Common Data Standard

Yahoo!, Zillow, and Trulia Making Progress on a Common Data Standard

Back in January, you might have read the news of the upcoming common data standard that Yahoo!, Zillow, Trulia are working on, and I have an update to share — there is significant progress being made!! There’s a big meeting today down at Trulia’s offices…

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Carnival of Real Estate #77

Carnival of Real Estate #77

The 77th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at Property Grunt.

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