The virtual land rush rages on
Sure, the Seattle-area real estate market is slowing down to “normal†rates while the rest of the nation wonders how long the downturn will last. But the online land rush, the domain land rush, is still going strong. Computer.com just sold for $2.2 million. Investment.com for $900k. No Bank of America no-fee-but-still-bad-deal loans available for these guys.
Off topic, but sort of on topic, here’s one map of the domains of the world (unfortunately size is not proportionate to registrations):
via: StrangeMaps
Join the discussion »A.PlaceBetween.Us
I like tiny, single purpose web apps, even if I immediately forget their names. Here’s my app of the day: a.placebetween.us. Give it 2 or more addresses and what you are meeting about and it will give you suggestions right in the middle of your places. Note: not that helpful if you are a Seattleitte meeting with Eastsiders.
via: Brian Dorsey (founder of NoonHat), who faintly reminds me of Dustin Luther.
Join the discussion »- October 12th, 2007
- by Galen
- Features, Maps, real estate
Maps demand more screen real estate
If you have a big screen, Estately is one of the only real estate search sites that will fill it up with real estate search goodness. Small screen? We shrink to your level unless it’s tiny. Seriously: go to Estately’s Seattle real estate page now and try resizing your browser – see how everything scales to fit your needs? Regardless, some people have asked us for even more map and even more room for photos and today we deliver, but only if they really want it.
Hanging out between the map and the search options is a little triangle in a long thin bar. Click on it and Huzzah! the map is full screen. Once you’ve set up your search, you can shrink that sucker down and just cruise the map, going from listings to photos to neighborhood information. Want it back? The same bar is still hanging out on the left side of the map. Click it again and Huzzah! it’s like it was never gone.
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After:
Welcome to the man coast
My suspicions were confirmed by Strange Maps the other day: as a Seattlite I am surrounded by a lot of dudes. Not just locally; all along the West Coast it’s as though we’re still feeling the effects of the gold rush of decades ago.
I’m guessing the Microsoft area of Redmond bring up the stats considerably, especially given their 75+% male makeup. In fact, with 33,000 Puget Sound employees, Microsoft employs approximately 16,000 of the unmatched men in Seattle.
