I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t heard about WolframAlpha. It’s not something the general media has been following and seems it would be aimed at researchers and other highfalutin scientist types but it’s a tool that everyone can and will use. What makes it exciting is that although technically it’s a web search tool it’s much more, it’s also a computational knowledge engine.
A computation knowledge engine is a program that will accept queries then compute an answer, not just generate a list of websites that might have the information you’re looking for. The Wolfram Alpha algorithms (more than 50,000 of them) use a combination of licensed and free data sources to compute answers. These data sources combined equal approximately 10 trillion different pieces of data. Pretty cool. Continue reading ‘WolframAlpha is live’
What is digital media? For this post I’ll use the term digital communications as media has many meanings and it might cause confusion to use it. OK, Digital communications, since you’re reading this you’re already aware of two general digital communication technologies, web pages and blogs- I’ll bet you know even more examples. The current state of digital communications is constantly being explained, debated and dissected. There’s no need for me to add to clamor so I’ll focus on where digital communications might be going.
Video has taken the web by storm, spreading everywhere from YouTube to personal blogs. There are many reasons why video has become so popular—inexpensive video cameras, readily available broadband, free video hosting sites, as well as free and easy-to-use video editing software. Video editing is the most technically challenging aspect of video production and publication, but here’s a simple how-to for a popular free video-editing application: Windows Movie Maker(1).
To get started, you should have a computer with Windows XP or a newer version of Windows, some video footage, and Movie Maker. You may already have Movie Maker on your computer; to find out, just go to your start button, select “Programs”, and navigate to “Accessories”, then “Entertainment”. If you already have it, then Movie Maker will be listed here. If it isn’t, then you can download it for free from Microsoft.com.
REALTOR® Confidential: Episode 3 is in the final editing process. In this episode we will talk with IT professionals and find out what they think about technology plus get some helpful tips. Keep an eye on the REALTOR® Confidential blog for the next installment and remember to send us your tech tips. Video, audio and even that old twentieth century tech, text, is welcome.
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Join us as we crack the code on one of the best kept secrets in real estate — how REALTORS are using and learning about technology to improve their business — in the new web-based video series REALTOR CONFIDENTIAL. In fact, the first episode is up and ready to go at the website, www.realtorconfidential.org. Along with first episode, the site contains all the information about the series. Take a look, and please don’t keep your thoughts confidential – let us know what you think.
About REALTOR® Confidential:
CRT, in conjunction with the Information Central and Public Affairs divisions, has created an online video series to educate our membership about technology-related topics. REALTOR® Confidential is also a project to investigate how to best use Web technologies to communicate. Following the CRT mission, we will share this knowledge with members and the real estate community. In the first season, we follow 2007 NAR President Pat V. Combs as she and her staff implement new technologies. The audience finds out what works for Pat and her staff, what doesn’t, and why.
We’ve already said the Bloggers Lounge was going to be on the 4th level in room 4605. If you’re not familiar with Venetian that probably doesn’t help much so here’s a floor plan. Room 4605 is in the Zeno section.
Stop by the Bloggers Lounge in the Forum room at the Omni Shoreham. Show us your blog and we will give you a CRT Blogger Ribbon. Be cool like Todd Tarson of the MOCO Real Estate News blog.
“I love things that are great!/ Good things are fantastic!” Tony Bennett(as played by Alec Baldwin)
Only a week until the grand opening of the Blogger’s Lounge at the swinging Omni Shoreham Hotel. Come for a visit or hang out and write a post to your blog.
We’ll be serving beverages and snacks along with some terrific free gifts. CRT staff will be on hand to answer tech questions and talk about what we’ve been up to.
Dates and times:
The Lounge will be open May 15th through the 18th from noon to 8pm.
