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SOA met its demise on January 1, 2009, when it was wiped out by the catastrophic impact of the economic recession. SOA is survived by its offspring: mashups, BPM, SaaS, Cloud Computing, and all other architectural approaches that depend on “services”.

Diigo is easy to get started with, and hides a huge amount of flexibility and functionality.  To get the most out of this utility, it is not necessary to use all of its features, but it is definitely good to familiarize yourself with everything that it can do, in case you may need that functionality at a certain point in the future.

I think the future holds more licensing requirements in store for real estate professionals. After entering a credit crisis like we are currently experiencing, all professionals connected to the real estate industry may face new licensing or additional requirements.

What's the fix?  LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media applications have user-generated contact data and personal details - all that's necessary is to port the data into the CRM application. Why stop there? CRM systems should aspire to Friendfeed-like aggregation of online conversations across various applications. That means email, IM, Twitter and Facebook conversations should ideally be referenceable by contact name. It may be nothing more than dragging and dropping URLs containing the data or cut/paste the conversations in a contact timeline.

The Google Base Data API allows you to programmatically manipulate your Google Base data. For those of you unfamiliar with Google Base, it's a free service that allows a user to insert, update, and delete virtually any kind of data for Google to index. So for example, you can upload job postings, list products from an online store, or publish your favorite recipes--- all for the world to search and find.

Buying a house is the largest investment most people ever make; yet all too often it's a decision made in haste without adequate preparation. Use our list of common house-buying mistakes to avoid costly regrets.

My usual go to sites for Social Networking these days are all over the map. Twitter - a good place to see a steady stream of consciousness and an occasional cool link. Facebook - my first step into SN. Beyong playing Scrabulous and Oregon Trail with friends and strangers, I am not the originator of much communication through this medium. LinkedIn - a business Facebook with the centerpiece around my resume. Inman - a huge resource and a great way to stay in touch with people in the industry. Trulia Voices - I get a steady stream of questions and answers (including mine) that pertain to topics I am interested in. The alternative to blogging by real estate agents.