Category Archives: Community


[Help] The RE.net Help the Tornado Victims

A few days ago, while we were out voting and partying on Super Fat Tuesday, a series of Tornadoes left a path of destruction that killed over 50 people and left thousands homeless.
Almost immediately, Benn and Lani over at Agent Genius jumped into action and began to mobilize the RE.net to do what they help [...]

Reinforcing the RE.net Community with RE BarCamp

In the 48 hours since I announced the first RE BarCamp on ZebraTalk show & on Agent Genius, the RE.net community has mobilized into action and is laying the foundation for a dynamite event.
The wiki is filling up.
We have a logo. (Thanks Mike!)
People are blogging about it. and a blog for the event itself [...]

Changing the Conversation Over @ Trulia Voices

If you look on the right sidebar, you’ll see that I’m a ‘Local Ambassador’ for the SF based Real Estate search site Trulia. Basically this means that every now and then, I take some time to answer questions from home buyers and sellers on Trulia Voices.
I used to really enjoy doing it, but [...]

The 30 Day Challenge - The Recap & the Future

Wow, that went by quick. The first 30 day challenge is over and it was a whole lot more fun than i thought it was going to be. During the challenge, I put out a blog post on 27 of the 30 days. Knowing that I was committed to a daily [...]

Looking to Build Your Business? Come and Mastermind With Us

Over the next year, we’re going to be focusing our efforts on building our audience and turning casual readers into a thriving community. One of the ways that we’re going to be doing this is reaching out to local entrepreneurs and small business owners so that we can leverage our talents to help each [...]

Quit Hiding Behind that Computer & Cross the Digital Divide

I love online social networking.
In fact, a good portion of my online life in 2007 seemed to revolve around social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, among others With a bit of effort on my part, I’ve managed to build a quite sizable network of ‘friends’ within these sites fairly quickly.
Now, having a [...]

If You Live in San Francisco and Want to Be a Good Neighbor…

…go to this site and help Meraki build a free wireless network to eventually cover all of San Francisco.

After noticing the ‘Free the Net’ network while at BarCamp Block last August, I did a bit of research and saw that Meraki was offering free repeaters to San Francisco residents that were willing to place them [...]

You Gave My Christmas Gift to Brad Pitt?

Well, maybe not Brad Pitt directly, but as a holiday gift, one of my favorite lenders Bonnie Paulson, left me a card at the office. When I eagerly opened the envelope, I was surprised that instead of a gift card or a pocket calendar or something lame like that, there was a note saying that [...]

Talking Twitter in the Aftermath of a Twitter Storm

Earlier today, Steve Groves posted part one of a podcast that San Francisco agent Brad Coy and I recorded with him a couple of weeks ago on the subject of Twitter and how we’re using the tool and integrating it into our businesses.
The Twitter community continues to grow at an astonishing pace.  A couple of [...]

The Inagural 30 Day Challenge : Blogging

I’ve heard that in order groove a new habit, you need to do it every day for 30 days straight. Then after 30 days, it just becomes natural and a part of your daily routine.
With this in mind, last night on Seesmic, I issued a 30 day challenge to myself and anyone [...]

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