I caught this bit from the GeekEstate Blog in my feed reader.
That’s the list of weblogs in the suitable-for-framing map of “Real Estate Web 2.0” produced by the 1000Watt Consulting group, a consortium of people who make money by not understanding the difference between wattage and luminosity.
Notice anyone missing? It’s not just us. Curbed can’t find a parking space. Rain City Guide is left out in the rain. Even Bert and Ernie, who have been everywhere, can’t make it here.
We get snubbed from dumbass beauty contests all the time, and I take a certain kind of delight in it. First, nobody has to be told what is going at BloodhoundBlog — or anywhere else that matters. And second — and this is especially rich — the essence of Web 2.0 is that no one can tell you what does or does not matter. The first middle-men to be disintermediated by Web 2.0 were the would-be arbiters of taste.
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Brian Brady says:
I find it interesting that only 2-6 licensees are on that whole list.
Is the “future of real estate web2.0” non-practitioners?
That post is just another star-tech convention, Greg.
November 1, 2007 — 11:07 pm
Todd Carpenter says:
Gregg, you just don’t get Web 2.0. It’s got the reflecting label, AND the del.digg,io buttons. That makes it beyond rebuke.
November 2, 2007 — 12:12 am
Dan Green says:
Todd, you’ve had a series of zingers lately. Must be that cold air coming through Colorado.
November 2, 2007 — 4:15 am
Brian W. Barringer says:
You seem a little sore about it…..
November 2, 2007 — 8:51 am
Greg Swann says:
> You seem a little sore about it…..
Utterly inconsolable. I weep incessantly.
FWIW, my take, on limited evidence, is that Brian Boreo can do this job. The third guy on their weblog is a cipher to me, but every single time I take note of Marc Davison, he comes up two pints short of a quart. As an example, this week the sage real estate consultant tells all seven of his readers that Apple’s Leopard is ready for prime time in real estate. Except for the part about not running the MLS or Zip/WinForms. (If you’re new here, I am beyond fanatical about the Macintosh.) We have way too many “experts” in this business who don’t actually work in this business. They have put together a list I would campaign to get off of.
November 2, 2007 — 9:17 am
derherold says:
Imho, Davison+BrianB are quite inspring.
They write about wattage, not luminosity – it is important that I know the difference.
November 2, 2007 — 1:16 pm