http://www.real-estate-feedback.com about practical technology Realtors can use Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I publish my blogs using wordpress. Often times photos are one of my favorite aspects of the blogs I write. The wordpress interface for uploading photos has never worked right for me, but I have gotton used to it. A few weeks ago wordpress function for uploading photos to my blog ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=76 I finally purchased my Kyocera router and shut off satalite service. I couldn't be happier. The alltell service using evdo is fast and dependable as advertised. Once again I can log into my office computer using a vpn and work as if I'm at my desk. There are a couple of ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=75 Think of the technology items that you pay for on a monthly basis. When I started in this business it was about $20 per month for a telephone and when I got busier I added another $10 a month for a pager. At first the cell phone was considered a ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=74 When cell phones first came out I clung to my old ways. I reasoned that there was no reason to have a cell phone if you just planned ahead and made sure you had a quarter for a pay phone in case of emergency. Now I could not be seperated from ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=72 Here are some details on using My Showing Log, including some screen shots. I know I've done this before, but each time it gets a little better. We will start at the beginning -- What is My Showing Log? An internet "tool" that automatically requests and collects feedback from other agents who ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=60 Microsoft does have some good stuff. Seems like it used to be when I bought a computer Microsoft Publisher came with it, or maybe it was bundled with that hog called Microsoft Office. The fact is Microsoft Publisher does it's job pretty darned well. We use it for property brochures. ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=58 The other day I was checking my email using web mail. Somehow I managed to slide the top of the window off the top of my computer Screen. Gone with the top bar of the window were the controlls for resizing and closing the window. Faced with this sort of thing ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=59 I try not to make life more complicated than it needs to be. For this reason I used Internet Explorer for a long time without trying any other browser. At some point I downloaded The Firefox browser and found that I like the way it works a lot better than ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=56 This message is for myself and the support people at visnetic. If you are anyone else you most likely won't find much interesting in this particular post. Something to remember, support is pretty good, but make sure you listen to the whole menu or you might wait for 45 minutes only ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=52 It takes about fifteen seconds to enter a showing into My Showing Log. When you are done, depending on your choices, you may have sent a showing confirmation via email to the showing agent and copied it to the seller and the listing agent via email. You have scheduled an ... http://www.real-estate-feedback.com/?p=46