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New Website, New Boston MLS Rules: Unleash The Hounds!
I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that the Boston-area MLS — the database that brokers use to share listings —
Welcome Microsoftlings, We Love You
A job applicant just told me Thursday that “Everybody knows you don’t like Microsoft or Amazon people.” Just last week, a board member heard the
Lightweight Headless Test for Trailing Commas in JavaScript
Yesterday one of my co-workers spent hours reproducing and tracking down a bug that turned out to be a stray comma. Unfortunately, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Should Yammer Really Be Called Crammer?
Have you heard? Yammer is Twitter for corporations. On Monday it launched. On Wednesday, it won TechCrunch50’s top prize. By this morning, Yammer was reporting
Honey, I Shrunk the Startups!
Barack Obama and John McCain are going to spend the next two months arguing over the economy, mostly about how to foster innovation. The politicians
Message in a Bottle
We’ve been experimenting with messages in various locations across Redfin.com. Recently, we placed an announcement in a message box at the top of our map
Redfin Closes $12-Million Round Led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Redfin today announced its expansion to the Washington, D.C. area and a $12-million series-C financing led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the folks behind Skype, Overture
The Naked Truth: Bigger Than We Thought
Between Friday afternoon and Monday morning 320 people signed up for The Naked Truth, an event we’re putting together with Madrona to connect entrepreneurs with
The Naked Truth: The Diddy Spirit Returns
A year ago, the Diddy spirit pervaded Seattle, resulting in a NerdPartySupernova led by an Ephod-clad Michael Arrington as the Grand Poobah. Beer-hauling trucks conked
“Now, I’m Going to Kill You.”
Redfin is one of Time Magazine’s “50 Best Websites of 2007.” We woke up yesterday morning feeling historic, as if we had suddenly become a
A Crazy Decision
In a few minutes, Redfin will post on its website a short notice that we cannot take new listings: From June 16 to July 8,
First Freakonomics, Then the Redfin Advantage, Now An Academic Study Spanning Six Years
Last February, when the rain wouldn’t stop and we were bored out of our minds, Redfin released a year of sales records indicating that our
