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Redfin Buys Walk Score!
Holy moly! Redfin just bought Walk Score, an online service started to score homes based on their walking distance from restaurants, groceries and bars. The acquisition is Redfin’s first and the reason for it is simple: We want to give folks a complete portrait of what it would be like to live somewhere new, within the house and in the surrounding neighborhood.
Why I Work at Redfin: Jeffry Rhodes, Support Agent
When I was young, my mom always said I had a knack for helping people. Whether at church or working at the local produce market, I always wanted to help people make the right decision. After graduating from Washington State University, I knew I wanted to be in a place where I could thrive in helping others. You could say that I had a personal passion for customer service.
Redfin Agents Find Their Way to Fabulous Fresno!
Redfin has arrived in the heart of San Joaquin Valley, also known as California’s largest inland city, Fresno! Residents of Fresno can now work with
Why I Work at Redfin: Kevin Lu, Developer
It’s a good time to be a software developer. Tech companies compete for developers by offering everything from free lunches to cool offices and state-of-the-art tech. Redfin has all of these, plus sharp co-workers and affable managers. But, believe it or not, this is not why I chose Redfin.
Lawn-Mower, Coder, World-Conqueror
There are probably hundreds of people with Bill Gates’ talent all over the world today who won’t get what Gates got at an early age, access to a computer, and the educational foundation to master it. That’s changing, and it can’t change soon enough.
Behind the Scenes of Redfin 3D Walkthrough
Redfin agent Mia Simon gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at Redfin 3D Walkthrough, which uses Matterport technology to create virtual home tours.
Honey, I Shrunk the Startups, Part II
A few comments about Dave McClure’s Sunday post encouraging entrepreneurs under 30 to sell at the earliest opportunity, from someone who was a founder under
How to Set Up Hot Code Replacement with Tomcat and Eclipse
This blog post will guide you through setting up Tomcat hot code replacement (also called hotswap debugging) in Eclipse. What Is “Hot Code Replace”? What’s
Installing Beta Builds on iPhone
Probably the hardest part of learning to code an iPhone app is figuring out how to get your app installed on a phone. Even after
This is Only a Test…
My college roommate used to end every midnight conversation with me — we were inseparable friends and still all we talked about with one another
At Last! Redfin Releases Its iPhone App!
At long last, Redfin has an iPhone application. And it is gorgeous and fast and free and freakishly powerful. Apple took ten days to approve
August Newsletter: Prices Tick up, Redfin in Time's Top 50 Websites
On the last Tuesday of every month, just before the Case-Shiller data is released at 6 a.m., we start writing Redfin’s customer newsletter. Which has
