I spent some time this morning trying to set up my iphone/ipad so that I could send emails from a new domain. I want to switch all my personal emails to go from @4realz.net to @dustinluther.com… and have already set everything to work “right” on the backend of my Google Aps account.
The author there was trying to do something a bit different in that they want to change a name alias (as in “a@4realz.net” to “b@4realz.net”), where as I want to change a domain alias (as in “c@4realz.net” to “c@dustinluther.com”). However, the good news is that the solution is virtually the same. Here’s where you need to change within your ios settings to make the change.
This worked the first time for me… and hope it does for you too!
I’ve been playing with Google Buzz for a few days now and I know I must be missing something *big* because the ONLY thing I’ve found interesting about it so far is that by connecting with a bunch more people on the google platform, I now get more articles showing up in my Google Reader.
The whole service feels really kludgy and doesn’t pass the would-my-family-use-this-tool test… and if they did, they certainly wouldn’t use it to share personal stories, organize events, upload photos, etc, like they do now. My gut tells me it has potential to be a popular tool among the tech-crowd along the lines of twitter thanks to slick mobile integration, geolocation features, etc., but it’s missing way too many of Facebook’s “connecting” features like photos sharing/tagging, video sharing/tagging, groups, etc., for it to really be a mass-appeal social network.
However, with that said, David Gibbons obviously has a different take. He tweets:
Things have been pretty quiet around here lately as I’ve been just swamped with work. The work is really good stuff and I’ve been getting my hands dirty in all kinds of interesting projects. I’m not ready to say who any of my clients are, but I’ve currently got some really interesting clients (almost none of whom are in the real estate space) and loving the work.
Anyway, for reasons I’m not ready to get into, I’ve been playing with Seesmic for the past few days and having a lot of fun with it. If you don’t know, Seesmic is an online video community where folks get together to chat. The potential is pretty darn high and it really doesn’t take long to connect to other folks.
All of which leads me to the video that I just posted on Seesmic… I called it Geeking with Gmail and spend a few minutes talking about how I’ve been using gmail to keep my email-life organized. Maybe you’ll find it interesting/helpful.
Geeking with GmailGiving some tips… and looking for your ideas.
And because I mention it in the video, here’s a link where you can sign up for the free hosted version of Google App.
By the way, if you have a webcam and want to test Seesmic out, things are set up so that you only need to leave a video comment on this post to take part! (Click on the “Add a video comment with Seesmic” option at the bottom of this post!)
I’m a huge fan of releasing interesting projects and seeing where the community will take things. In terms of experimentation, the Hotlist has been a huge success, and I want to thank the dozens of folks who have signed up… and especially those who have posted microposts and/or comments.
In the past day, we’ve had some great posts and I found out about some great posts that wouldn’t have otherwise crossed my plate. Here’s some highlights:
BiggerPockets releases a digg-like social network… Because they’ve got a built-in community, I give them more potential than some of the other similar tools that have withered and become spam centrals.
“Poppy’s got a good point. I would go farther to advise not to use an email from a domain that you may eventually sell. Going through issue myself right now” by Todd Carpenter
It was at that point that I knew I had to move 4realz.net to a self-hosted environment so I could realize this long-held dream and open up the site to the rest of you. Well, after messing with the code for a while to get the site to operate just how I wanted, I’m ready to release what I’m calling the 4realz Hotlist.
4realz Hotlist Screenshot
So, here’s the idea… Once you register with the Hotlist you’ll be able to submit articles to be published on the site. And because I’m going to be very liberal in what I let get published on the Hotlist, it just became quite trivial to give yourself a link from the 4realz.net domain.
Here’s one way to think about the 4realz Hotlist. After you write a blog post that you know is great, think to yourself: why did I write this post? If you can sum it up in one sentence, then publish that one sentence as your 4realz mini-post along with a nice link back to your site.
With that said, don’t limit your activity to simply promoting your own stuff. You can also use the Hotlist to promote just about anything interesting you find on the web. And if you check out how I’ve been using the tool over the past few weeks, you’ll see that I’ve been embeding YouTube videos, photos, and generally linking out to anything that catches my eye.
But here’s the catch, I really want to encourage clever, interesting and/or insightful mini-posts. So to put the incentives in the right places, I’m going to publish the highlights each week here on 4realz.net (Carnival of Real Estate style) AND include the highlights in my weekly emails that go out to many of the most influential people in online real estate. This means that a clever one-liner is likely to get you some great traffic, some nice inbound links, and in front of some interesting people.
But enough about the tool… You really have to try it out to get a feel for how cool it is to publish a blog post from the homepage a blog, so get over to the Hotlist, register for an account and start posting!
(month old news): I’m extremely skeptical that anyone will make progress on the transaction front when they require people to change their behavior, but I’m wishing N-Play well because I like the founder, Mark Bloomfield.
Agent Bloggers: Take the survey or Ben is going to be forced to eat lovely salads for a week!
By the way, this blog post is very similar to the emails I (normally) send out on a weekly basis. If you want to get a weekly update on what’s going on in online real estate, simple subscribe using the widget on the 4realz.net sidepanel!
“This is unbelievable,” Mozilo wrote. “Most of these letters now have the same wording. Obviously they are being counseled by some other person or by the Internet. Disgusting.”
