Diamonds in the Sawdust
Andrea and her team at Doorify KNOW how to put on an event, but I’ll admit, last Wednesday was ambitious even for them. We invited the busiest, most skeptical group…
The Future of PropTech Is Bespoke
SaaS Forms Systems may have seen their day By Matt Fowler, CEO, Doorify MLS For twenty years, real estate technology has worked like a restaurant with a fixed menu. Your…
Una Persona de Integridad
So. Its 2001 I think, maybe 2003, but my kids went to a youth group at our Church. We were really involved back then and the new youth pastor, Luke,…
Mark Twain, On Republicans and Math
Ron Chernow on NPR “Mark Twain had very valuable things to say on patriotism. It drove him crazy when people would say, my country, right or wrong. He said we…
The Lamp and the Lie
Own It, or Don’t Act Like You Do In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote the words that would come to define America’s self-image: a mighty woman lifting her lamp beside the…
Happy NEW Year
New Year’s Eve is a threshold—one foot in the year that was, one in the year that will be. Rilke reminds us that the future isn’t just more of the…
Happy 100th to Dad
Today would have been Dad’s 100th birthday. He was never really pointed at 100 to be honest. I think 17 year old Billy (#10) would have been surprised that he…
9/11 – Twenty Four Years
OK, here’s mine. 24 years ago I was in a funeral home on Harrison Avenue in Panama City, Florida. It was temporarily the Bay County Association of Realtors when I…
Family Stories: The Grishams
More old pics on Mom’s side of the family. Look at that bow! This is my Great Aunt (Audra Leonard Bates Grisham 1905-1988), my Mom’s Mom’s sister, with her little…
Patriotism: The Next Gang of Robbers
“Patriotism … is a word which always commemorates a robbery.”—Mark Twain, Notebook, May 26, 1896 Mark Twain had a way of cutting through the fog. In his 1896 notebook, he…
Nine Days Later: June 28th, 1865
I’m CEO of a company that decided to be closed today, on purpose. We’re sure some people would like to know why. If you have time, this is Page Two…
450 Million Meals, Earthquakes, & Butterflies
When in DC we go out to eat at fun places that are unlike things we have back in Durham. We love Durham and the restaurants here are well known…
Where Should We Put All That New Housing?
Everyone alive and breathing in America today has heard about “The Housing Crisis”. Doorify MLS closely monitors the housing market in 16-counties around Raleigh, North Carolina. The MLS is the…
Were the COVID-19 Vaccines Safe and Effective? What the Science Says
It’s been a few years since the first COVID-19 vaccines rolled out, and with the benefit of hindsight—and mountains of data—we can now answer one of the biggest questions of…
Stilton Cheese, Quenby Hall, and The Ashby’s
Most who knows me likely know I am writing a book, or trying to. It is loosely based on my family’s history and includes real stories of actual people, including…
