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Watch episode 2 and find out how REALTOR® Edwin Resuello uses technology in his business.
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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.
Look for the first episode in April 2008.
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.
Here’s the link:
Floor Plan
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.
Location:
The Forum Room- Omni Shoreham Hotel.
“I love things that are great!/ Good things are fantastic!”
Tony Bennett(as played by Alec Baldwin)
Only 8 days until the grand opening of the Blogger’s Lounge at the swinging Omni Shoreham Hotel.
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.
Location:
The Forum Room.
We weren’t able to book Tony or Alec so CRT’s own Chris McKeever will be performing a medley of showtunes every hour on the hour.
I was reading an article a while back that discussed Texas Instrument’s chip with multiple transceivers. With this chip devices will be able to connect to WiFi networks, Bluetooth and FM radio. This got me thinking, is this the beginning of a distributed communication revolution? Will the next versions include ultra wide band and WiMax transceivers as well?
Imagine a phone that not only connects to your cell provider but any other wireless network in the area. Handheld devices with increasingly more powerful processors could act as routers providing QoS for individual communication (deciding which network to use based on price and speed) and network nodes to pass data for other local devices (participating in a mobile ad-hoc network).
What would this mean for consumers and the current communication companies? First I think it would give consumers flexibility. A mobile device user would be able to communicate with local devices, think walkie talkies, for little or no cost and at the same time communicate with a device in Japan. Second the major communication companies might be forced to rethink their business plans if their customers only required long distance service or they might be relegated to operating satellite and under water fiber links as mobile and mesh networks mature.
In any case if this technology comes to fruition I predict some legal battles with the major communication companies (see New Orleans) and the RIAA.
CRT started using Google’s free online calendar when it became apparent that we needed to be aware of others’ schedules but we all used different calendaring applications. Google calendar allows users of MS Outlook,Yahoo! Calendar and Apple iCal to import their events easily. With it people can still use applications they're comfortable with yet participate in a group calendar.
Google Calendar is an online application. It has much of the functionality found in calendars that are part of back office software suites but requires no administration. Each user adds events and manages their own calendar. One main benefit is that there is no software to install, any computer with a browser and an internet connection can access the calendar.
One downside is that Google offers no guaranty, your data could be lost. fortunately it can be backed up by exporting your events to the applications listed above- Outlook, etc. I suggest this be done on a regular basis if users update the calendar often.
Google Calendar was just what we needed in CRT to help us keep orginized. It doesn't cost anything and allows users to keep in touch remotely.
Here's how to get started.
CRT will be hosting a WiFi Hotspot at NAR's annual meeting in New Orleans. It will be located in the entry foyer of the New Orleans Hilton Riverside.
CRT staff will be on hand to answer technical questions.
