Technology

I had a blast yesterday joining our friends John Cook & Todd Bishop on the GeekWire podcast. We talked online real estate and home technology. You can either catch it on KIRO 97.3 or 770AM this weekend, or listen to their show below or directly via this MP3 file.  You can get every episode of the [...]

I’m a bit of a technology geek and had to be one of the first to get my hands on the Nest Learning Thermostat. The folks over at GeekWire asked me write up a review of the first few days with Nest, which was published today. It is a neat device that will help you [...]

As a startup tech company in Seattle ourselves, I was excited to learn today that my favorite tech journalists, John Cook and Todd Bishop, have left TechFlash and the cozy confines of the Puget Sound Business Journal and ventured out on their own to start Seattle’s newest technology news site called GeekWire.

We have a guest post today on the Seattle technology news site TechFlash. This is a follow up to an article I wrote back in January, based on Google’s recent acquisition of ITA Software, an airfare pricing and booking company. I think there are many similarities between the two industries when it comes to the [...]

We have a guest post on the Seattle technology news site TechFlash. In the article, I take a look at the potential for Google to enter the real estate search industry, what it will take for them to succeed and some of the consequences it will have for other players in the real estate industry. [...]

We had a blast last night at the TechFlash Holiday Party & first birthday bash, courtesy of our favorite Seattle technology news team. Congrats to John, Todd & Eric on their successful first year and for continuing to be a valued member of the Seattle technology and startup scene. As part of the festivities, they [...]

I did a guest post today on Seattle Bubble which gives a rundown of the real estate search apps available for the iPhone in Seattle. We’ve got a plethora of iPhone apps in the Seattle, including Zillow, John L Scott, Coldwell Banker and Redfin. We don’t yet have our own iPhone app, so I thought [...]

findwell is featured today on TechFlash, a news site about the technology industry in Seattle. I have been a loyal Windows Mobile user ever since I was a product manager on the team that launched the original Windows Mobile devices in 2002. However, I was lured to an iPhone because of the Zillow real estate [...]

I love online customer reviews. Sites like Yelp and Judy’s Book are great when you are researching a business and want to here what everyday people are saying about them. ServiceMagic also does a decent job of showing you customer reviews and rankings for their suggested home repair vendors. Yesterday I was obtaining bids to [...]

When choosing a real estate agent, it is important to understand how they use technology to help you buy or sell a home. Technology has transformed and continues to transform the real estate industry, yet amazingly there are many agents in the business who refuse or are slow to embrace it. I recently attended a [...]