Archive for December, 2008

Why the idea of 2.0 might have a long way to go.

To those of us that have made our job, livelihood or passion around this modern day technology, most of this is pretty basic. We look to Mashable or other sites to see how they have improved upon it or what the latest “plugin” is to take us to the next level. But… what about the other 90% of the world? What about the 40+ consumer that doesn’t get it or doesn’t think that social media is anything more than a way for high school kids to bitch about their teachers and share pictures?

Happy Holidays from Matt and The You Factor

Wishing all of you the Happiest of Holidays this season and positive thoughts for an outstanding 2009!
~ Matt Dollinger and Family

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Tired of Christmas Music? – Try a Rockabilly Christmas!

So if you spent any time in the shops this year doing your thing for Holiday cheer, you can relate to me on this post. There’s only so much “Rum Pa Pa Pum” that I can actually digest.

Real Estate 2.0 – The Migration to Real Estate Advisor

Recently, even before the changes in the market, I began talking about what we can simply refer to as “Real Estate 2.0”. This “Migration to Real Estate Advisor” has been fostered by some wonderfully generous leaders of our industry including Marc Davison of 1000 Watt Consulting (www.1000wattconsulting.com ), NikNik and Reggie of My Tech Opinion [...]

Google Street View to Include BFE by the Year 2011 – says The Onion

According to the really really smart people in charge of Google Maps (including Google Street View) they are in the works of covering every nook and cranny of the world by 2011. (Just kidding)

However, they have done a great job of increasing their overall view of the United States and the world by increasing their coverage map:

Turn Your Gmail Account into a Text Messaging Machine

Big shout out to Joel Burslem from FOREM for sending out a Tweet the other day discussing Google Labs’ new process for sending text messages from your Gmail account.  The full “How To” can be found on the Google Labs Official Gmail Blog here , but it’s easy enough.  I even put together a quick video [...]

How to Develop an Obama-like Marketing Plan for Your Business

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential. – Barack Obama
If you are like me (and even if you [...]