Author Archives: markkolier

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About markkolier

Futurist, entrepreneur, left lane driver, baseball lover

Three things I’ve already learned while not running a company

Posted on January 9, 2013 by markkolier

Note:  This post first appeared in December on the Vistage.com business blog.   It’s been six months since my former company began the process of dissolution. While the fallout will have an impact on my former employees, production providers, me … Continue reading →

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A $10 bottle of wine isn’t what it used to be

Posted on January 7, 2013 by markkolier

If you hate or don’t drink wine at all this post will be of little interest. However, if you have been a regular consumer of wine you already know that these are the days of wine and roses for wine … Continue reading →

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Tablets and mobile phones are NOT the same experience

Posted on January 3, 2013 by markkolier

Over the past month I feel as if I have had countless conversations with on the subject of people who use mobile devices and tablets to search and purchase goods and services. In looking at Google Analytics data for our … Continue reading →

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Will 2013 be the year the metric system takes hold in the United States?

Posted on December 31, 2012 by markkolier

The short answer is – NO!  We’ve all seen this movie many times haven’t we? I was thinking about this yesterday as I plan a trip overseas for early 2013. Every time I visit another country that has the metric … Continue reading →

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Christmas to New Year’s – maybe my favorite week of the year

Posted on December 24, 2012 by markkolier

I was thinking about that yesterday. How here on Christmas Eve (a Monday this year) I actually looked forward to going to my office since I knew most people were either not working or not working the way they usually … Continue reading →

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What story might be interesting enough to write about?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by markkolier

                              Since I blog about three times each week I often write the blog within a day or two of its posting. This enables me to … Continue reading →

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Snapchat is spreading faster than a virus – but it’s a good virus

Posted on December 19, 2012 by markkolier

If it had not been for my 19 year old daughter I only would have first heard about Snapchat today via a TechCrunch article – Snapchat is a photo sharing application in which photo messages are snapped, sent via MMS … Continue reading →

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Annoying Automated Algorithmic ‘Suggestions’

Posted on December 17, 2012 by markkolier

I’m not sure if Amazon.com was the first company to offer crowd-sourced algorithmic suggestions of books I might like to read based on my browsing and buying history but certainly Amazon was one of the first.  I’ve written about this … Continue reading →

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Sandy relief concert – better viewed live than on DVR

Posted on December 14, 2012 by markkolier

I’ve posted before on the notion of how DVR’s (and I LOVE DVR’s) have changed the social behavior of people in the U.S. and beyond. The 12/12/12 concert was a good example of that. Granted the concert which was broadcast … Continue reading →

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Ode to the New York Knicks – watching a high functioning team is inspiring

Posted on December 12, 2012 by markkolier

As my fellow Knick fans also know, there rarely has been that kind of commitment and performance since 1973. This is not to disparage the two NBA finals teams (1994-95 and 1999-2000) but those teams cannot be compared to the … Continue reading →

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