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Transparency

So it’s been a rough week at Solid Earth.  Over the last couple of years we have tried to communicate to our customers that transparency in our communication is critical.  To deliver enterprise software well, our company must disclose everything to our customers: our capacity, our strategy, our mistakes and our successes.  They need to [...]

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Spring: The Video

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The Emerald Coast: Persistent Prosperity

And on the second day of my road trip, I got to sit down for an in-depth discussion with ECAR Association Exec Mr. Cliff Long and MLS Exec Susan Beck.  Cliff is a 39 year old powerhouse of a man with four kids.  He was previously the Association’s Legislative Liaison but and he’s recently been brought in [...]

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New Orleans, New York and New Deadlines

Like most all Americans, once the Christmas holidays start I begin to peel away from the office and its contents both tangible and intangible and trade them in for last-minute shopping, traveling and some retrospection. This year for me and my family was a bit different. Since my beloved Crimson Tide was playing for the [...]

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Predicting

An early morning Google search for “real estate predictions 2012″ resulted in 6,890 pages worth of related content. That’s really amazing to me. That’s a decent sized crowd at a tractor pull. By contrast, the approximate current enrollment at Harvard. Or, the number of brain cells I placed in harm’s way on New Years Eve. Almost [...]

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MLS in 2012: Part 4

Well I thought Part 3 was the end of this series, but something happened last week that sparked another thought that I need to share with you. I had a most interesting client lunch. To my left was the outgoing MLS Chair, to my right was the incoming MLS Chair. What a valuable time we [...]

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NAR Decompression, Spring has sprung and other stuff

It was around mid-September when I saw the first Spring demo on a tablet. I stood there in our back room holding an iPad searching for listings on a beautiful UI. I knew we were on to something. I couldn’t stop smiling as I held the next chapter in the story of Solid Earth in my hands. [...]

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