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Real Estate Twitter Composition April 15, 2009 4 comments

My new family is preparing to find a place we can really call home. We’ve been scouring the web taking in as much real estate knowledge as humanly possible and are prepared to commit to a buyer’s agent. We’ve even weeded out a local agent who stands a bit taller than the rest.

What I’d like to do before we commit, is compose a tweet summoning local buyer’s agents to contact me. Similar to brands that are alerted of mentions of themselves in the Twitosphere, I’m assuming a real estate professional using Twitter would follow specific keywords, perhaps even zip codes. They can then follow up with the twitterer, offering their services.

When I went to compose this tweet, I realized I don’t know the twit vernacular that will maximize my exposure. I’m thinking keywords would be a start. I’ve also seen tweets precede keywords with the pound symbol. For example, “#skate”. I assume that is to get themselves bunched in with some kind of keywording group?

This is what I’ve come up with. Any advice on maximizing my tweet?

In search of a buyer’s agent. North NJ, NY Metropolitan area. Real estate 07086. DM if that’s you.

Links for 4/14/09 April 14, 2009

• Twit Twat Torrent Tweet
  Miramax Offers Two Free Passes via Twitter, really just cause they weren’t doing anything better anyway.
• del.icio.us system tags
  Remember the delcious system tag. Loaded with tons of functionality that some smart guy can totally use.
• 8 ways to improve your type
  Don’t we all love links about type on the web?

The Links Have Risen April 13, 2009

• How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke

  About five years ago, (Torri) Hunter says, he invested almost $70,000 in an invention: an inflatable raft that would sit under furniture. The pitch was that when high-rainfall areas were flooded, consumers could pump up the device, allowing a sofa to float and remain dry.

• Google will account for 16.5% of U.S. consumer Web traffic this year
  The article itself isn’t that interesting, but this tidbit of info, which didn’t seem to raise any eyebrows, stood out.
• 3 reasons why you should let Google host jQuery for you
  Use Google content delivery network to serve jQuery to your users directly from Google’s network of datacenters. Wow!

Around Town, Weehawken NJ April 11, 2009

Around Town, Weehawken NJ, photoset on Flickr

Some art links on this, a Friday April 10, 2009

• Javier Jaién’s artwork is nice
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• Tim Gough’s artwork is also nice
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• Dan Witz
  Kinda diggin these faces in windows art pieces.

Links, 2009-09-09 April 9, 2009

• Grocophile, GroceryGadget, Groceries, ShopSHop
  Fear not. When it comes to grocery list preparation and execution, on the iPhone of course, you have options.
• Cufón aims to become a worthy alternative to sIFR

  Fast text replacement with canvas and VML - no Flash or images required.

• While newsrooms get gutted, classrooms are full
  Trains aren’t in the train business, they’re in the transportation business. How will your news be delivered?

Links for this day in early April April 6, 2009 1 comment

• How social media really works

  just make awesome stuff that gets people excited

• ISP monthly data caps
  Wow, can you imagine an internet with a monthly data cap? A dark and scary place.
• Microsoft SuperPreview: a New Way to Test Web Sites

  The killer feature is overlay layout: it allows you to stack a partially transparent browser on top of a design mockup or any other browser… The full version of SuperPreview appears in the next release of Microsoft Expression Web.

  Included in Expression Web? I take that link back. SuperPreview looks like something I’ll never use.

etnies ecommerce April 3, 2009 1 comment

What a novel idea, sell your own shoes online! In these tough economic times did Sole Technology stop messing around with overpriced under performing outsourced ecommerce and finally bring it all under their own umbrella?

It looks that way, congrats web dept, nice work!

Links of remote interest April 1, 2009

• The Best Beer in America
  Maybe if the top 3 breweries weren’t Anheuser-Busch, Miller and Pabst, this chart (and the American Beer festival) would carry some weight with me…
• Litmus
  LitmusApp.com shows you how your site looks on every platform, across every web browser. The free version includes 50 tests a month.
• Browser Ball
  Their byline is true, it is more cool than you think it will be.

Parra Plays March 30, 2009

From the developer of That’s What She said comes a game with a touch more class, titled, Parra Plays.

Within Parra Plays are three games so wonderfully colorful, thanks to dutch artist Parra, with gameplay so well crafted, thanks to the peoples at incase; that Para Plays’ purpose as an ad-free gigantic interactive advertisement takes a subtle backseat. A marketers dream!

Immerse yourself Today! (link opens iTunes, careful)