Sam Shueh
Realty One Group
Campbell, CA
IBM
Early on I recall many people who could not say computer and often call it IBM. In my humble opinion, many companies released a product often with minimum amount of stress testing, as long as more products leaving the factory than returning, most manufacturers are generally pleased. IBM, unlike others actually test and stand behind every specifications come back with actual data ascertain it will exceed quarter million hours of running time (30 years continuous use). Whether it was an enterprise hard drive, laser printer or typewriter they are designed to last longer than intended use. I still have a Selectric type writer bought over 30 years ago. I use it now and then. In the 90s I recall a hard drive purchased by the British government failed. It was shipped to US hard drive division with secretive content. Data were recovered quickly and an field engineer flew to London carrying a new hard drive in person and an extensive failure analysis report and corrective action to assure to the customer that they have a handle on the problem. I doubt its competitor will go in depth as the Big Blue. Wall Street today still uses Z mainframes due to its rugged design & high reliability.
Honda
Unlike the Big Blue it came as an outgrowth of motor cycles. It was one of those well refined vehicles which appeared to be smaller than its US counter parts. Honda CVCC was one of those vehicles which was spectacular in fuel efficiency and burned clean without a catalytic converter. The converter on US cars weight 35 pounds and had platinum inside. In California, on a hot day I saw many bigger Buick, Ford cars over-heated on I-5 Grape Vine while the nimble Civic surpass their American packed clumsy passenger vehicles. It moved manufacturing from Japan to Ohio in 1982. The CRX was the first American built car to reach a gas mileage of 50 mpg! It saved a lot of time standing fighting for precious gas then. Granted Acura is more an luxuries brand with more features. I like simplicity. I drive a new Civic to show homes. The trunk is roomy enough to hold all Open House signs and my realtor tool box (Silicon Valley Realtor Tool Kit). I have never been criticized for driving a basic car showing homes. People find it is roomy and the high tech features, camera etc is awsome for the price. What does Mark Zukerburg drive? Well, he drives a VW Golf, even more basic. Does car brand mean success?
Waze
GPS must be the most successful navigational tool to keep all realtors from being non-neighborhood specialists. I used a printed map and people made remarks that I do not know my way around. Garmin was a great tool. It gave me vocal directions in Spanish to make the day interesting. Apple map was so bad I let it go. No, I am not going to drive across the runway to get to the airport terminals as (apple-maps-bad). Closest is Google maps while it does the job. I never get the voice activate feature working right and often have go in circles in some neighborhoods trust my instinct instead.
Waze is a Google acquired product developed by a handful of Israel programmers. It is an Android compatible product that gives you real time traffic and direction. When I see traffic backup I looked at these cherries (traffic jam) then take an alternative route. Its ads is minimum but if I need to pull in a gas station the direction is also at my finger tip. It is popular in 13 countries. The only bad experience is it does not differentiate banks from ATMs. I wasted a lot of time to go to places looking for a notary public. It is audio and advise one what next street to take and merging directions.
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