Posted by Leonard Steinberg of URBAN COMPASS on November 8th, 2014 This week’s mediocre results from TWITTER may signal a shift: is the world getting tired of the shallowness of so much of what is reported? Is 160 characters enough to truly get a message of substance across? Is the world starting to look for… [Read More]
FUZZY MATHEMATICS AND REAL ESTATE
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on April 17th, 2014 In this morning’s POST an article addresses the concerns of activist Reverend Dennis Dillon that Mayor De Blasio’s administration is not as diverse as the City and doesn’t reflect its composition: African-Americans account for about 23% of New York City’s population, and make up 26% of the… [Read More]
TWITTER MOVES TO CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 24th, 2014 Twitter is coming to Chelsea, joining Google as the two most important tech companies in the area. Their 141,000 square-foot new base is just one block from Google on Eighth Avenue. The buildings used to be wagon warehouses: now the two are connected loft buildings at 245… [Read More]
140 CHARACTER DEBATE?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on 4/13/2013 Twitter provides just 140 characters for posts: makes billboard mentality seems like deep discussion?
700 PROTESTERS ARRESTED ON NEW YORK’S BROOKLYN BRIDGE – OLD FASHIONED?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 2nd, 2011 Yesterday while most of Wall Street was away enjoying the first weekend of Fall 2011 in the Hampton’s, 700 Protesters were arrested for blocking the Brooklyn Bridge, protesting all sorts of things especially Wall Street GREED. Isn’t this a bit old-fashioned in the age of Twitter-heads and Facebookers? I… [Read More]
TWEET NOTHINGS!
I just returned from a Real Estate Conference that addressed the future, existing technology, and new technology, and how all this will impact our lives as real estate brokers. About 500 people attended. So here I am blogging…. The most annoying aspect of this conference was the strong encouragement of that recent phenomenon called TWITTER…. [Read More]