Jay's Blog: Archive

Software is Eating the World →

Six decades into the computer revolution, four decades since the invention of the microprocessor, and two decades into the rise of the modern Internet, all of the technology required to transform…

Aug 22nd

On Apple & What Matters →

We can’t make superficial analysis of other people’s success and expect to have their success, too. It won’t happen. You’ll fail every time. Kyle Baxter

Aug 11th

Life & Death →

Dustin Curtis has put together an interesting application that allows users to create a timeline of their life in a clean and interesting way. It’s still in beta and uses estimates…

Jul 22nd

If it’s Not a Hit, Switch →

I’m just starting to read Derek Sivers’ new book, Anything You Want. This is a powerful message and one that’s usually forgotten at exactly the wrong time.

Jul 1st

Happy Friday →

This is a cool full-length album video from Jacob Krupnick and Anne Marsen in collaboration with Girl Talk on his latest album, All Day. They’ve been filming in New York City since the spring and…

Jun 25th

Words →

Great copy is one aspect of marketing that’s overlooked far too often. Yet just a quarter turn by the right person can make a huge difference.

Jun 22nd

Ignite Boulder #15 →

As one of the founders of Ignite Steamboat it’s always fun to go to the Mecca of Ignite in Boulder. It’s a huge event, selling out with over 1300 people.

May 22nd

WordPress Workshop (free) Plus 10 Ways to Use WP... →

They say the first step in addiction recovery is to admit you have a problem. So ok, I’m admitting it, I’m a WordPress junkie. But I’m a WP junkie for good reason. Me & Matt…

Mar 17th

Tracks →

Posted in Images On a photo shoot in the middle of nowhere. Leave a Comment

Mar 13th

Follow-Up: Can You Find the 5 Things Wrong with... →

This is a follow-up to last week’s post where we took a hard look at a real estate magazine ad. There’s been a great discussion in the comments of the original post and thanks to all who…

Mar 6th

Can You Find the 5 Things Wrong with this Ad? →

Find the 5 Mistakes - Click to Enlarge With shrinking ad budgets and customers few & far between, paying attention to marketing details is as important as ever. This ad struck me not…

Feb 23rd

Getting Some Work Done →

Posted in Images It used to be big corner offices were a thing of aspiration. Now, this is an environment that seems so desirable in today’s world. (I took this shot a few weeks…

Feb 20th

Epic powder →

Posted in Video View Video Makes me smile that I live here Leave a Comment

Feb 11th

Stuff I’ve Been up to this past week February 3rd →

Posted in Articles Published Stuff I’ve Been up to this past week January 27th. New personal blog post, Stuff I’ve Been up to this past week January 27th –

Feb 4th

Thrush →

Posted in Video View Video Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo. Leave a Comment

Jan 22nd

Go For It! New January 2011 Wallpaper →

Desktop Wallpaper - Go For It Some of you who may be new here may not know that I have a photography site over at www.Steamboatpics.com. Every month, among other posts, I post a…

Jan 3rd

10 Videos to Help You Get Back Up →

Let’s face it, not everything in life will go your way. It often happens that just when things seem to be going so well, something comes out of left-field to knock us down. It’s a question of…

Nov 29th

Listen →

Moms today are unbelievably active. They have more choices than ever in terms of work life, social life, travel and the way they raise their kids. All that activity can sometimes lead to…

Nov 23rd

Web Camp →

Introducing a better way to work the web. Today I’m launching a new venture called Web Camp. To some this will be really special. I say ‘some’ because it’s not for everyone. Web Camp is an advanced…

Oct 30th

Sometimes Ya Gotta See It To Believe It →

For most people, real estate transactions are extremely complex. The number of variables in a transaction are staggering and one of the values a real estate professional can provide is in…

Sep 3rd

Your Brain at Work – Video →

After reading 17 books so far this year “Your Brain at Work” by Dr. David Rock has been the most impactful. I discovered the book thru this video of the author giving a talk/presentation at…

Jul 15th

Real Estate Photography Class (Free) →

In December I hosted a real estate photography class/presentation for Colorado Group. I received great feedback and there was strong interest in an on-site class so brokers could learn the…

Jun 24th

I'm spending more time on my personal blog instead... →

May 22nd

SteamboatPics.com – a New Site →

For the longest time I’ve wanted to create a space for my photos that I own & control. Online services like Flickr are great for some things like reaching other photographers but they don’t…

May 4th

Apr 19th

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Virtual Spring Break I’m not going anywhere for spring break so I dug up some b-roll from a past trip and made a “virtial spring break” video!

Apr 17th

Pursuit of Happiness →

Rocks

Apr 8th

Apr 7th

One at a Time →

Lots of this going on. If you like it, you can get the full version for your desktop here: http://bit.ly/9Niv6K

Apr 5th

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Apr 3rd

5 Tools for the 21st Century Real Estate Pro →

Over just the past few years, the growth in productivity, management & communication tools has been amazing. Sometimes (often) it seems a bit too much. Here’s a short collection of tools I use…

Mar 26th

“As Congress and the people consider restructuring the American healthcare...”

– Eric Chevlen, M.D. - Confessions of a Health Care Rationer This is a phenomenal discussion of how health care is inevitably rationed, by a doctor and insurance industry insider. (via sds) (via jayparkinsonmd)

Mar 24th

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PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Mar 24th

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Mar 14th

Video of the Week – Gary Vaynerchuk →

I had a blast putting on the Future of Real Estate Marketing conference here in Steamboat. More importantly I was really lucky to meet and interact with a lot of fun, forward thinking…

Mar 14th

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Mar 5th

Stand Up While You Read This! →

Your chair is your enemy. It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting — in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home — you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and an early death. In other words, irrespective of whether you exercise...

Mar 2nd

Feb 25th

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This is gonna be big! “A short, unrehearsed video describing the concept of my current work-in-progress, Mimeo and the Kleptopus King, a game for the iPhone and iPod touch.”

Feb 25th

Ok - Totally addicted to Feedly.com. I thought I... →

Feb 25th

Tumblr vs Posterous: quick blogging showdown →

Nice in-depth overview of 2 options in this space.

Feb 23rd

You Need More Than Passion Going Forward →

Good stuff…

Feb 21st

“Great catch-up with Bryan Conklin yesterday ;-)”

Feb 21st

The Future of Real Estate Marketing Conference →

I’m hosting a free 1/2 day conference on March 12. We have some great speakers coming to Steamboat to present and the announcement goes out to the public Monday morning. To say thanks…

Feb 21st

New Twitter Resource in the Labs →

I’m always interested in how people use Twitter and it seems there’s a lot of experimentation going on. Twitter was smart to open an API early as this allowed developers the chance to…

Feb 8th