Comments on: REALLY!?! (Or Why I Attend Local Tech Events)

By: Danilo Bogdanovic

Danilo Bogdanovic — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:38:46 +0000

I’ve been in classess/presentations where I know as much or more than the presenter, but I still stick around. Why? Because there may be somethin later on in the presentation that I don’t know about and I don’t want to miss it.

It’s foolish to assume that you know more ahead of time. The time you think you “already know that” may just be the time you don’t and you miss something that could make you more successful.

I agree that NAR isn’t the best at hiring the best presenters and is big on sales pitches, but not every conference/convention is by NAR.

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:15:11 +0000

I try to go to everything within a reasonable distance. But I’ve definitely left early – in fact, at the last one I went to where they were explaining that you shouldn’t steal someone else’s content. Do people really need to be told that?

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By: teresa boardman

teresa boardman — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:33:07 +0000

Interesting about the camera thing. Who knew. I get frustrated, it is hard to sit still and it is hard to keep quiet at some of the events. I attend a lot of technology events but have been attending local events outside the real estate industry. I am learning how other businesses use the same tools that we do and am getting ideas. I hope that I can bring some new ideas into the real estate arena next time I speak.

By: Nick Bostic

Nick Bostic — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:09:58 +0000

@Matthew – Yes and yes. I think your last post is spot on and hopefully proves to people that trying to sync traditional free apps isn’t that easy in order to (I assume) hopefully sell more of your service. For me though, I’m a sync’er because I’m a tree-huggin-hippie-in-a-suit and my computer goes into standby after about 5 minutes, so remote access doesn’t work. But I do have remote access to my NAS. As for the blog, I’m a little saddened that Chrome can’t find an RSS feed and I didn’t see a feed icon/link because I’d like to keep reading.

@Keith – let me know when the site is up, I’d love to see what you’re doing.

By: Keith Kreuer

Keith Kreuer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:11:50 +0000

From one instructor to another…Great article!

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By: Mark Eibner

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By: Matthew Hardy

Matthew Hardy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:14:28 +0000

Interesting. Do you have any background in CRM or computer networking? Would like to know your thoughts on my last post (our site/blog).