Author: Aaron Traffas
Don’t shill bid. Just don’t.
Image by duncan via Flickr If you’re an auctioneer and you’re bidding on behalf of yourself or your seller, there’s nothing illegal about it provided it’s disclosed properly and that it’s not an absolute auction. However, if you’re going to do it, don’t be sneaky about it. Don’t create a fictitious name or bidding account.…
2009 Kansas Auctioneers Association bid calling championship recap
The top five places for the 2009 – 2010 Kansas Auctioneers Association bid call contest are as follows. Charly Cummings, Yates Center, KS Megan McCurdy, Wichita, KS Justin Schultis, Fairbury, NE Lance Fullerton, El Dorado, KS Aaron Traffas, Sharon, KS The other participants are listed below in appearance order. Eric Blomquist, Assaria, KS Lance Kinderknecht,…
Live blogging the Kansas Auctioneers Association bid-call contest
Last year’s live blog from the Kansas State Fair worked, but we tried to go completely live using coveritlive.com last August for the regional competition. We weren’t impressed, mainly because it required Flash. This year, we’re going to try for both live and simplicity by using our favorite real-time device, FriendFeed. You’ll get the status…
Redbeacon wins TechCrunch50
Held every year in San Fransisco, the TechCrunch50 Conference showcases the best and brightest startups. We wrote about the 2007 winner, Mint, which this week announced that it has been acquired by Intuit for $170 million. The experts panel this year included tech and investor rockstars including Kevin Rose, Robert Scoble, Marissa Mayer, Yossi Vardi…
Opera 10 module 9 error solved
Image via Wikipedia We love us some Opera. We’ve been advocating the Opera 10 web browser since the first alpha version was released last December. We even wrote about it in March. We’ve been faithfully using it through the beta releases and release candidates. The final version was recently released and it’s stellar. Today, we…