{"id":15082,"date":"2011-09-12T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T17:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=15082"},"modified":"2011-09-12T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T17:39:56","slug":"introducing-ascende-me-an-eye-candy-view-of-some-of-the-most-breathtaking-homes-for-sale-in-metropolitan-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/15082\/introducing-ascende-me-an-eye-candy-view-of-some-of-the-most-breathtaking-homes-for-sale-in-metropolitan-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Ascende.me, an eye-candy-view of some of the most breathtaking homes for sale in Metropolitan Phoenix."},"content":{"rendered":"

I am introducing Ascende.me<\/a> today at BloodhoundRealty.com<\/a>. I’ve been working on this, in my spare time, since Steve Jobs announced tabbed browsing in the iPad version of Safari, and it’s time to draw further inspiration from Mr. Jobs: “Real artists ship.”<\/p>\n

There is added functionality still to come in this software — and for something that looks like a web site, there is a ton of software under the hood.<\/p>\n

Even so, the essential algorithm comes down to software-encoded art. That is a hint to Realtors in Phoenix: Your dipshit vendors can’t copy this. They’ll tell you they can, but they can’t.<\/p>\n

If you are a Realtor in any other town, we can talk about licensing the underlying technology.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here is my release announcement:<\/p>\n

 
\nHere’s a screen shot from Ascende.me<\/a>, a new web site we are launching today:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Ascende is a wish book, not a full-blown search tool. We already run the best real estate search site in Greater Phoenix<\/a>. Instead of bombarding you with everything, Ascende gives you a small subset of available homes, an artistically-chosen selection of the best homes, the most stunning homes, the most impressively-marketed homes.<\/p>\n

The purpose? To dream, to plan, to hope — and to capture. The homes featured in Ascende may not be for you, but they sure will give you ideas…<\/p>\n

Got an iPad? Ascende will work on any normal browser, but it’s orientation-sensitive on the iPad. There will be more iPad integration to come.<\/p>\n

Play with it and let me know what you think. I like looking at big pictures of gorgeous homes. I think you will, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am introducing Ascende.me today at BloodhoundRealty.com. I’ve been working on this, in my spare time, since Steve Jobs announced tabbed browsing in the iPad version of Safari, and it’s time to draw further inspiration from Mr. Jobs: “Real artists ship.” There is added functionality still to come in this software — and for something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-technology","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":593,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/593\/introducing-russell-shaw\/","url_meta":{"origin":15082,"position":0},"title":"Introducing Russell Shaw . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"We built BloodhoundBlog to be a brokerage weblog. 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