[Special] One Year Anniversary of The Housing Helix Podcast

Posted by Jonathan Miller -Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 5:51 PM
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Hey!

Its been a year since I ventured into the world of podcasting. I ended up with 76 podcasts (not including this one) totaling 1.4 days of audio and 1.17 gigs of mp3 files, fraught with audio and hardware challenges, Skype, a new laptop, multiple types of microphones (usb, xlr, lavalier), mixers, cables, scheduling, web site issues, WordPress plug-ins, Amazon S3 and bandwidth made this a year to remember (for me anyway).

Thanks so much for listening!

The idea was to bring the real estate conversation into long form, something I wasn’t able to find anywhere else.  I’ve always loved content you could listen to while commuting that wasn’t sound bite driven and shallow.

For original subscribers, periodic and new listeners, I hope you’ve enjoyed it! I certainly have enjoyed bringing it to you.

In 2010 I plan to deliver more content, more timely uploads (2x per week), off site interviews and a wider interview base, I still need your feedback and suggestions.  I was thinking regular days ie Mondays, Thursdays with special reports interspersed.

While I don’t really have a master plan (despite wide spread rumors of my intentions of global domination) other than this being a fun, entertaining and informative endeavor, I feel strongly that it will lead to other things.  It may already have!  More on that later this year.

Again, thanks for listening and spread the word!

 

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Calculate This: HP 12C 30th Anniversary Today

Ok so my son, who is studying engineering in college, texts me a trivia question this morning: “What is so important about today? You have 5 minutes.” Of course I see this a no brainer since he’s in engineering – my answer: It’s the 30th anniversary of the HP 12C calculator today! (It actually is) “No”, he corrected me, “it is the start of WWII“. Of course I’m thinking Pearl Harbor and December 7th but that’s only the US entry point.

Where’s reverse polish notation (RPN) when you need it?

This year I reluctantly retired my HP 12C after 25 years of loyal service. I bought one in 1986 when we launched our appraisal firm Miller Samuel. Since 1986 I’ve only changed the battery once, its logo fell off, 3 footpads are missing, there was gunk on the screen and lots of dents in the metal. However, it had done billions of dollars in calculations and was a great thing to have handy at all times.

I eventually got an HP 12C app for my laptop and one for my iPhone and iPad. The built-in calculator for macs now has a setting for RPN -> think “1 enter, 1 +” instead of “1 + 1 =”

Earlier this year, several number buttons wouldn’t work without pressing very hard, so I eventually made the painful decision to replace it. I even considered dragging my new model behind my car for a few miles to break it in, like stone washing a pair of new jeans.

Ok, back to work.

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Kentwood <b>Real Estate</b> Celebrates 30th Anniversary in March Premier <b>...</b>

February 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentwood Real Estate, Colorado’s Premier Real Estate Company, will celebrate its 30th anniversary on March 18, 2011. The high-profile real estate company is regarded within the real estate community as a market leader where the vision, culture and mission established by the firm’s original founders have remained unchanged for the past three decades

Full article: Kentwood Real Estate Celebrates 30th Anniversary in March Premier Company’s Culture, Vision, Mission and High Standards Remain Unchanged After Three Decades ...

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