Jewels upon blackness,
Tangled sparkles, velvet dreams,
Icy air drives me.
Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
Gazing
My mind drifts onward
Lighting upon cloudy dreams
Embraced future tense
Random Thoughts About The Last Week
I spent most of last week in Orlando taking part in Keller Williams Family Reunion. Around 15k real estate agents from all over the globe deepening our knowledge and celebrating the unique culture that is KW. It’s an amazing event.
My focus: developing my internet marketing skills. Tons of new ideas, which I’ll flesh out more fully in the coming weeks. Evernote got a lot of use! Digging through all of that will be a continuous review.
Friday, I took what I called a Decompression Day. Focused on organizing my thoughts, mail and desk. And since my son had a half day, I was able to just hang out. I took him and one of his friends to Donut Factory. Lynnwood area friends, this is worth your time. Very tasty with an eclectic blend of flavors. We decided to go again yesterday, too.
Seattle’s weather was dramatically different, but that was great for me. I love Florida, and it’s glorious weather. Seattle, though, is home. The cool morning mists make me content. Once that sense of home is achieved, one’s relationship forever is changed.
Variations
Embrace the strangeness,
Unique viewpoints we each bring
Colors in stained glass
More Tech Thoughts From The Sky
I’m sitting on a plane now returning to Seattle after the better part of a week away. With my trusty tablet, though, I’m pretty fully connected. My laptop is at my feet, sleeping peacefully. My phone is charging. And I’m fully in touch with the world. Well, save for the slow wifi and the fact I lost my stylus. The wifi should be excused as it looks like nearly everyone is online in some way, shape or form.
But we’re never satisfied, are we? Always want more, more speed, more power, and that’s what drives innovation and competition. The possibility to out innovate the established player drives us further.
Still, I’m struck by what I can do, right now. It didn’t seem so long ago that it was novel to just use a laptop in flight, without any connectivity. Really, if we think about it, it’s amazing.
Someone will make internet even faster, and other new glorious opportunities will arise. My biggest hope, though, is that we shorten security lines and shorten flight times. Oh, to dream!
Inconsistency
Powerful words
Burst downwards
From the angry sky
Singing songs of
Rage and anguish
Into the vacant night’s
Sky, echoing amongst
Cold stars
Heading Home
Into darkened skies
Flung upwards against logic
Longing pulls homewards
Facing Homewards
Completed journey
Having done all that I can
Now facing homewards
Humanity’s Echoes
Morning’s strange silence,
A gentle hum from machines
Human’s echoing
Oh, Glorious Technology
I’ll write more about this later, but I wanted to share some notes from the past week at KW Family Reunion. First, modern real estate lives on smartphones. It’s nearly impossible to imagine doing this work without a smartphone. I’m using my trusty Samsung S5 and LG G tablet. The majority of phones I’ve seen this week are iPhones. iPads are prevalent for the heavier lifting begging for tablets. I’ve been surprised, and pleased bug the number of Surface devices (former Microsoftee here). I’m pretty sure that will be my next “laptop”.
So many people crowd the relatively few outlets around the Orange county convention center. Finding plug-in spots provided some challenges. I bought an external battery pack/charger. Wise. Charging my phone waking around, never having to find room at one of the charging stations, nor find an outlet somewhere: priceless!
Just a few lessons for you.
Cheers!