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Roost is Providing Free, Unique, Customizable Widgets for Your Website or Blog

roostblog — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:54:48 +0000

The Wikipedia definition of a Widget is as follows:

“A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are derived from the idea of code reuse. Other terms used to describe web widgets include: gadget, badge, module, webjit, capsule, snippet, mini and flake. Web widgets usually but not always use DHTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash.”

Now you’ve probably seen widgets before [...]

Exclusive: Conference Call with Poppy Dinsey of Zoomf

roostblog — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:22:53 +0000

My Conference Call With Poppy Dinsey of Zoomf.

Earlier this week I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Poppy Dinsey of London-based Zoomf (Yee Haw for Skype). Don’t let the name fool you, this is one incredibly bright and articulate Real Estate/Web 2.0 Geek with a passion that would rival most in the industry.

So how the heck did I meet some random woman that works for a real estate search site [...]

Three reasons why Kayak sets the standard

roostblog — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:57:53 +0000

Three reasons why Kayak sets the standard

OK, I know firsthand that there are more reasons why Travel is unlike Real Estate then there are similarities. Real Estate is fundamentally local; I do not believe REALTORS® can/will be disintermediated; the purchase cycle happens over months if not years; and so on.

But despite all that, I still look to Kayak.com for inspiration more often than I’d care to admit.

Full disclosure, there are a few extenuating circumstances that influence how [...]

Roost.com Lays a Golden Egg

roostblog — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:09:17 +0000

So you thought you could keep your little real estate search gem a secret all to yourself. Well I’m sorry to inform you that the word is out and you are not alone in your discovery of the coolest and most innovative real estate search site around.

Roost.com is proud to announce that it is one of the five finalists in the “New Technology” category for the 11th Annual [...]