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 just found it via David Brooks, and can hardly recommend it enough. Part of what makes the lecture seem so important is the audience hearing it. West Point students are… Read More
I just toured a startup the other day and what struck me while making the rounds was the fundamental sameness of the startup vibe: a handsome group of slack-jawed folks drowning out their ADD with 80-decibels of music. Startup offices are supposed to have the buzz a newsroom once had, but often are sort of… Read More
Ahoy Redfinnians! We just got word from Apple that an update to our iPhone App will hit the store in the next hour or so. The big new feature is the ability to run saved searches from Redfin.com on your iPhone: You can also save searches run on your iPhone, for later use from either… Read More
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 to log in via Facebook and the introduction of partner agents into areas once exclusively served by our own agents — and we expanded to Dallas, our 15th market, and… Read More