Month: July 2009

  • Microsoft releases another emergency update

    Image via CrunchBase Last October, we shot out a heads-up regarding an out-of-band update from Microsoft. An out-of-band update is one that is released outside of the patch Tuesday update schedule, the well-known pattern Microsoft has established for releasing updates to its products on the second Tuesday of each month. Today, Microsoft has released another…

  • theAuctioneerchannel.com to provide video of live auctions and more

    theAuctioneerchannel.com to provide video of live auctions and more

    We’ve had our eye on recently-launched website theAuctioneerchannel.com for the last several days. A joint venture between Michigan auctioneers Scott Vander Kolk, Jr., and David Helmer, the site aims to promote the live auction industry through videos and blogs. We caught up with Scott Vander Kolk and shot him a few, quick question. What is…

  • Auction Video Podcast Episode 1 – Auction Flex

    The first episode of the Auction Video Podcast features Brandon Harker from Auction Flex. We recorded the Auction Podcast Episode 9 with Brandon to discuss Auction Flex, but this year they debuted a monster new feature. The upcoming version of Auction Flex will feature self-check-in kiosks that will allow customers to register themselves for live…

  • Auction Video Podcast

    We took some time during the 60th International Auctioneers Conference and Show in Kansas City to roam the trade show floor to talk with the exhibiting vendors about their products and services. We didn’t make it to every booth, as some had already packed up by the time we started on Saturday, but we saw…

  • The end of the FAQ

    We’ve all seen websites that list frequently asked questions, or FAQ. Continuing in our series All Things Must End, we’re going to show that FAQ are training wheels from when the web was new and have no place on modern websites that are properly designed. Image via Wikipedia While there isn’t really anything inherently evil…