{"id":2474,"date":"2008-01-06T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T20:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2008-01-06T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T20:13:15","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2474\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open"},"content":{"rendered":"

A total of 15 entries on the short list this week, out of a long list of 55 posts. Vote for the People’s Choice Award here<\/a>. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy.<\/p>\n

Ahem: Please don’t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. First, what we’re interested in is what is popular among people who would have been voting anyway. And second, I’ll eliminate you for cheating. Don’t say you weren’t warned.<\/p>\n

Voting runs through to 12 Noon MST Monday. I’ll announce the winners of this week’s awards soon thereafter.<\/p>\n

Here is this week’s short-list of Odysseus Medal nominees:<\/p>\n

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\n“Dan Green — Mortgage economics\tHigh Unemployment Rates Are Good For A Lot Of People<\/a>“,
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\n“Dustin Luther — Zillow RE Auction\tI may have found the Tellar in Zillow’s Cellar!<\/a>“,
\n“Jay Thompson — Bureaucrats Gone Wild\tTodd Kaufman, Loudoun County Assessor — Starring in \\”Bureaucrats Gone Wild\\”<\/a>“,
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\n“Kris Berg — Alphabet Soup\tAlphabet Soup<\/a>“,
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\n“Michael Wurzer — Open Letter\tOpen Letter To Yahoo!, Google, Trulia, and Zillow, Encouraging Data Standards<\/a>“,
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\n“Russell Shaw — Todd Kaufman\tCan Loudoun County Assessor Todd Kaufman tell me what to say and not to say?<\/a>“,
\n“Troy W. Garris — Dodd Exits Presidential Race\tDodd Exits Presidential Race; Focus Turns to Lenders<\/a>“,
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