Company News
How Much Would Mint Be Worth Now?
It has almost been 18 months since Intuit acquired Mint for $170 million, so long ago that we can hardly remember how vigorously venture investors
Friendship and Solitude
Have you read the wonderful, deeply counter-cultural lecture on solitude and leadership delivered by William Deresiewicz in spring 2010 to the West Point plebe class? I
Redfin Launches Facebook Integration, Customer Deal Room
Big news! Redfin launched a bunch of new technologies last night — an online Deal Room to guide our home-buying customers through escrow, the ability
The Story of My Life
When we think about what makes a life good or bad, we tend to focus on the key events: a small envelope on the counter,
Celebrity or Entrepreneur?
I was just reading Chris Dixon’s notes on starting your first company, and noticed that five of his eleven recommendations focus on becoming a social-media
Jim Flatley Wasn't a Recliner
Every time I get on a plane, I think of Jim Flatley, the vice-president of sales at my old company, Plumtree Software. Corvette-driver, hair-gunker, suit-wearer,
Announcing React Server
Wish your site had blazing fast page loads and seamless transitions between pages? Read on.
Python at Redfin
We hosted PuPPy, the Puget Sound Programming in Python meetup group, in the Redfin Seattle office yesterday — here’s a link to the slides.
ES6 in Node v6
What are the performance implications of switching from Babel to V8 native? We did a test to find out.
Destructuring and Default Parameters in ES6
How default parameters and destructuring interact in ES6 to make gorgeous code, and why just checking MDN isn’t enough
American Cities Were Built for Cars. What Will Happen When They All Leave?
The self-driving car could change the shape of the American city profoundly.
Redfin at the White House
What happens when technologists, community organizers and policymakers get together to talk about data
