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Yesterday, REtechSouth released pictures taken from the 2010 REtechSouth Convention held last week in Atlanta.  I, unfortunately, was still back here in Cincinnati, and these pictures only remind me of all the fun I missed.  For those who were there - fill me in on the fun and tell me some of the...

  Saturday will be known as Holy Saturday for some of us, and I'm not referring to Easter Weekend. This Saturday, the iPad will finally go on sale, and Apple fanatics the country over will be hammering for the holy grail of computing. But as a real estate professional, should you be in line, too?...

Earlier this month, my girlfriend and I joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and this past weekend, we had a tour of the facilities. For a few hours a month of volunteer time and a few bucks a week, we'll be able to enjoy fresh, locally grown food every week until next fall. My taste bu...

DotLoop's Chief Technology Officer, Matt Vorst, handed me his copy of Fast Company this morning and thought I might be interested in the cover article about the smart phone revolution.The article discusses how kids are becoming more and more in-tuned with technology and starts by detailing the sm...

I'm not sure if you heard or not, but this week, the federal government announced a major policy change that will most likely affect every American.Don't worry, I'm not talking about the health care overhaul - I'll let others debate the merits of that. What I am talking about is the new Housing a...

My girlfriend wants a smartphone, but I keep telling her that she already has a smart boyfriend with a phone, so isn't that close enough?But she's a fan of foursquare (I tell her she already has me; she just needs three more) and her old phone isn't making the grade.Of course, she's not alone. In...

This week, I've been discussing the future broadband. For today's Friday Farewell post, I thought I'd show you just how far we've come. This news clip from 1993 discusses the "revolution" going on in rec rooms that allows people to pass on cooking tips. It's funny to laugh at now, but consider th...

On Monday, the FCC announced its new broadband initiative for the next decade. That got me to thinking, because didn't we have a broadband initiative back in the 90s? I could have sworn I remember seeing pictures of then-Vice President Al Gore installing fiber optic cables in schools when I was i...

Consider this: Slovakia is ahead of the United States. South Korea is also ahead of the United States. Oh don't worry, we still have the bigger military and more cup holders in our cars, but America lags behind these two countries - and 13 others - in terms of Internet speed. Currently, the avera...

Take a think of this: unemployment has been hovering around 10% (underemployment has been even higher - around 17%) for a while. Now, imagine you are either unemployed or underemployed. How would you go about looking for a job? Would you ask your family and friends or perhaps take a look at the l...