I’m having the best time with technology lately. My computer has randomly decided that I deserve to be locked out on a near daily basis (2 weeks with no accurate diagnosis). We’re rebuilding some of our applications at work. I’m slowly realizing that I can’t disconnect my cords. Ever wonder why Skynet wins in Terminator?…
Programming in the real estate space
In another edition of “How Real Estate is Different” we discover that the lingo and metrics of this space are not things that people outside the industry encounter often. somehow something simple like building a data collection front end becomes a messy endeavor. Have you ever tried to explain rentable square feet to a software…
My job is to profile
Statistics is built on the basis of believing there will always be outlying events that could occur but shouldn’t. Risk management is about understanding those events, mitigating against them, and making the best decision possible. What is mitigation if not profiling? When looking at a distribution center I first create inventory and storage profiles. What…
Yeah, I went there. So what?
A building sits upon the corner and silently watches over. An occasional glance from the crowd is all the time it gets. Our lonely box is thinking upon the nature of space; it occupies quite a bit but people keep walking through. And time it is more fickle since our building here just sits. Time…
There’s power in those day to day tasks
We’ve all become enamored in the last few years by “real estate strategy.” It seems so important that sometimes everything else gets lost. You know what is really important though? Getting through today. Ensuring that your business doesn’t fall apart while you worry about the bigger five year picture. Keeping seats occupied and managing those…
Where are the underground stars of real estate?
In almost every industry you have the well known bad boys thaT people love. The ones that break the rules and just don’t care. That person willing to call down the thunder simply because you looked at him wrong in the sales meeting where he’s selling to you. Why do we not have them in…
Is fragmentation really a bad thing?
You may have heard, but the latest retread reason that analysts and “experts” are bashing on Android is the concept of fragmentation. Essentially every manufacturer makes a few different handsets a year with different specs – screen size, processor, and most importantly the Android version. Each of these versions treat apps slightly differently which makes…
Follow the leader
Leaders get to their position for a reason. They offer a compelling offering that customers get. Follow in their footsteps because there are only two ways to overtake them: Beat them at their own game. Reinvent the game. Number two is the cleanest way to win but also the riskiest. Number one is a tough…
Don’t forget to include the fun
It’s amazing how often these days people equate business with serious. It’s as if we sometimes don’t believe that fun is allowed to exist inside the four walls of our workstations. Raise your hand if your company blocks “fun” sites from access inside the office. When working remember two things: Never take the full time…
A challenge in start-up
One of the most significant challenges of this blog has been to ensure that I have the discipline to keep the posts coming on a daily basis. When faced with low (but rising) readership and a significant workload in the real world, it can be difficult to maintain the updates here (and make sure that…