Author: Aaron Traffas

  • Kansas Auctioneers Association convention fun, educational

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    2009 Hall of Fame Inductees Marvin Knopp John Shoemaker2009 President Dave Webb 2009 President Elect Andy Conser, CAGA, AARE 2009 Vice President Jack Newcom New Directors starting 2009 Megan McCurdy Byron Bina Eric Blomquist Presidential Award of Distinction Richard Garvin Livestock Contest Winner Charlie Cummings Rookie Contest Winner Mike Boesker Scholarship Award Winners Adam Pounds…

  • Dataopedia lists public information about websites

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    Have you ever wanted a quick way to learn all you can about a website?  A new web services called dataopedia.com makes it easy to view data like web stats, registrar information and links and stories from social networks. Note that the first search for a website seems to be a little sluggish, probably because…

  • Auction Listing Specialist Certification not for auctioneers

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    We’ve received some search traffic from users searching for the phrase Auction Listing Specialist. As involved as we are with the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and not ever hearing of such a course or designation, we decided to search it out as any responsible skeptic would. It seems that Auction Listing Specialist is a course…

  • Windows 7 is a faster Vista

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    We got our hands on a copy of the public beta of Microsoft Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista. From what we can see so far, it’s very fast on our test system, though we haven’t tested it with graphics drivers since our old video card isn’t supported. Hardware support is an issue…

  • Auction Podcast Episode 14 – Interview with Scott Musser

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    AuctioneerTech – My name is Aaron Traffas and joining me today for the third in the Auctioneer Interview Series is my friend Scott Musser, BAS. Scott is an auctioneer for Musser Bros. from Kennewick, Washington, and is currently the president-elect of the National Auctioneers Association. He has previously served the NAA as Vice President, Treasurer…