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Guest Post from My Twin Brother: So Long, World Cup
My twin brother is an old-school letter writer with a Symbian phone. Here’s a note he just sent me about the World Cup, which has
Introducing MultiMarker: The fastest way to add many hundreds or thousands of markers on Google Maps
At Google IO 2009, our fearless leader Sasha Aickin (my boss) demonstrated our high-performance Google Maps utility library to the world; we provided directions explaining
DeeJayOh Argues that the Problem is Still Inventory, not Demand
Every month, Redfin publishes a newsletter about real estate prices out to a few hundred thousand people. A few hundred write back. The tone of
The Rise of the Quants
My favorite anecdote in Michael Lewis’s The Big Short is about one of the first people to make big bets against mortgage bonds, a Deutsche
What the Government Could Really Do to Support Entrepreneurs
Innovation and entrepreneurship are becoming my two least-favorite words, mostly because they are being appropriated in ways that are neither innovative nor entrepreneurial. Like in
Jeff Hammerbacher on Hadoop, Facebook and a Surprising Bit About Microsoft
As part of our engineer-to-engineer series of technical talks, Cloudera co-founder Jeff “The Hammer” Hammerbacher visited Redfin’s San Francisco office last week to explain why
Why I Work at Redfin: Marshall Park
Hear what a long-time real estate agent has to say about what it’s like to work at Redfin.
Redfin Experimenting with iBeacon
How Redfin engineers explored ways to incorporate Apple’s iBeacon into exciting customer experiences.
Introducing the Redfin Estimate
Big news! Redfin today launched the Redfin Estimate, developed to be the most accurate estimate of your home’s value.
Meet the Designers Behind the New Redfin Yard Sign: Lindy Kanand & Angela Salvo
Learn what went into the creation of the new Redfin yard sign.
Why I Work at Redfin: Andrew Chen
We sat down with Andrew in the San Francisco office to get his perspective on what makes Redfin stand out in Silicon Valley, what he values most working in the tech industry and why he chose to get involved with a tech brokerage.
Is a Real Estate Career for You? Redfin Hosts George Mason Students
Last Friday, as a part of Take a Patriot to Work Day, Redfin agents in Northern Virginia hosted several students from George Mason University to give them an inside look at life inside a busy real estate brokerage.
