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AuctioneerTech

Aaron is Vice President of Technology for Purple Wave, Inc. He serves on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees and is an instructor for the NAA’s Auction Technology Specialist designation.

Aaron writes about technology, auctions and auctioneers at auctioneertech.com.

Aaron’s recent articles from AuctioneerTech

• CrashPlan is the perfect backup solution
  CrashPlan offers easy-to-use backup software and a separate cloud backup service, making it the perfect solution for one person, a family or a business of any size. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Problems with popular backup services Carbonite and Mozy
  Popular remote backup services have hidden problems that can be very expensive, costing both time and money. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Google Docs vs. Dropbox
  Google Docs and Dropbox have different strengths and weaknesses. Learn which tool to use for which job. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• GPS apps Waze and Google Maps obsolesce stand-alone devices
  Apps for tablets and smartphones make the purchase of stand-alone GPS unnecessary. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Practice calling bids with Virtual Auction
  New software provides an excellent simulation of an in-person bidding environment for bid callers to practice chants in a private setting. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• The auction convention automotive tent
  Associations should ask members with experience as mechanics to donate their time to help anyone with automotive problems. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• QR codes kill kittens
  A comical take by Scott Stratten on the frequency with which QR codes are misused. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Legalized gambling with penny auctions
  Penny auction sites are gambling, pure and simple. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Uninstall Adobe Flash
  An easy way to remove Adobe Flash through the control panel while still retaining the ability to view Flash content as needed with Google Chrome. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Fractured: Social networks should only provide interface to underlying public data
  I love Google+. I’ve been on it for 24 hours now, thanks to my friend John Schultz, and I can safely say it takes the best of what Facebook stole from Twitter and wraps it up in a clean and … Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Auction Podcast Episode 22 – Stop with the QR codes
  QR codes are utilitarian tools, not marketing methods. Learn when not to use them and when they may be appropriate. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• The standing desk
  A step-by-step explanation of how I approached building a standing workspace. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• LikeBids launches today, offers chance to win items by tweeting and liking
  I wrote about LikeBids a couple weeks go before I really knew what it was. It was speculated to be an auction-style site where users could bid on real items by performing actions within their social graphs. It looks like … Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Twitter to Facebook
  Hook Twitter to Facebook so you can update your Facebook status without logging in. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Evernote turns your handwritten notes and receipts into searchable database
  Evernote makes it easy to upload pictures of your handwritten notes and receipts to easily find them later from any device. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• LikeBids to launch as social auction site
  New site combines social media with getting merchandise in what may be the first social media auction service. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Mint’s credit card infographic
  Popular financial website Mint releases an infographic that shows what credit card numbers really mean. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Media use survey for auctioneers
  Take a quick survey to help collect information about how auctions are marketed. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Secunia releases new version to check your software for updates
  Secunia checks the software on your system for available updates. They just released version 2 of their Personal Software Inspector. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Jolicloud is a fast, cloud-based OS for netbooks
  Jolicloud is an operating system for netbooks that's fast and cloud-based, an excellent alternative to Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• LotSmarter simplifies auction inventory management
  LotSmarter is new software that helps auctioneers list inventory faster and easily export listings to a variety of third-party providers. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• The Doug Aitken auctioneer opera
  Watch several top auctioneers in this fun, choreographed production by Doug Aitken. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Document Foundation offers free alternative to OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice
  The OpenOffice.org development community breaks from Oracle, creates the Document Foundation and releases LibreOffice. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Dropbox now in beta for BlackBerry
  Dropbox releases BlackBerry beta. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Proxibid appoints former eBay SVP Ryan Downs as president
  Yesterday, the news was released that Proxibid has appointed former eBay and PayPal executive Ryan Downs a new President of the company. An interview with Downs has already been posted by Ina Steiner from auctionbytes.com. The press release is below. Proxibid, … Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Auction Payment Network announces specialized payment processing solutions for auction companies
  Proxibid launches the Auction Payment Network to help auctioneers securely handle auction transactions. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• New dat files in WordPress root
  Image via Wikipedia I woke up this morning to find a ton of randomly-named files in the root directory of several of my WordPress installations. The files are named similarly to 0303c831c9c6203ba966dbf523d119ab.dat. The data of these files looks like a serialized PHP … Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• 61st International Auctioneers Conference and Show in Greensboro, North Carolina
  Highlights from the 61st International Auctioneers Conference and Show Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• maxanetusers.com provides community support for MaxaNet
  maxanetusers.com provides community support for users of MaxaNet. Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry
• Auction Video Podcast Episode 14 – Global Auction Guide
  Dwayne Leslie from Global Auction Guide Media Group visits with Aaron from AuctioneerTech about the upcoming launch of the new Global Auction Guide website and the new features it will offer auctioneers. Video recorded in July, 2009, at the 60th … Continue reading →AuctioneerTech - Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry