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About markkolier

Futurist, entrepreneur, left lane driver, baseball lover

Wikipedia – crowdsourcing making the world a better place

Posted on September 28, 2011 by markkolier

I attended the OMMA http://bit.ly/q9cZ36 (Online media and marketing association) conference in New York City yesterday. While it is a two-day event I could only steal away for the opening sessions on Monday morning. I’m glad I went since the … Continue reading →

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Netflix shows how to kill the Golden Goose – and win?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by markkolier

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has made a number of really good moves over the past ten years. From knocking out Blockbuster (and nearly every other brick and mortar video store) to becoming THE default source for movie rentals, Netflix parlayed … Continue reading →

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QR codes will die soon – Here come ‘Near Field Communications’ (NFC)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by markkolier

I have made no secret of my disaffection with QR (Quick Response) Codes. You know them as the funny looking little square that you’ve noticed popping up in advertisements in print, billboards, the web and even on television. Although the … Continue reading →

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Spotify.com – I love this music site!

Posted on September 21, 2011 by markkolier

Pandora.com is pretty cool but in my view Spotify.com blows it away. You have to be ‘invited’ but I don’t think that is a big problem – after all I received an invitation and did nothing special to receive one. … Continue reading →

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Car rental fees are getting more creative

Posted on September 19, 2011 by markkolier

Perhaps car rental companies figure that people won’t pay much attention to the continuously creeping up of additional fees tagged on car rentals. The airlines have mastered this and car rental companies are taking pages out of the airlines’ playbook. … Continue reading →

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Home telephone service – it’s time to cut the cord

Posted on September 16, 2011 by markkolier

Call me old school but we still have a ‘land-line’ telephone at home. However a year or so ago we bundled our internet and cable service to include our telephone service. There was a financial incentive to do so at … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Tablet – I think I may try it

Posted on September 14, 2011 by markkolier

I don’t consider myself a technology nut although there are those that might disagree. For instance I do not own an iPhone (although I am moving closer to breaking down each and every day), nor an iPad. Actually I don’t … Continue reading →

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It won’t be possible to forget 9/11

Posted on September 12, 2011 by markkolier

Any American over the age of 14 years old yesterday (September 11th 2011) will be unlikely to forget the events of 9/11/01. In fact I am a bit put off by the constant reminder to ‘Never forget’ – as if … Continue reading →

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Google buys Zagat – it should have bought Yelp

Posted on September 9, 2011 by markkolier

I have been familiar with and have used Tim and Nina Zagat’s restaurant guide for more than twenty years. I’ve long since given up the printed books for an on-line subscription which offers me access to Zagat reviews for restaurants … Continue reading →

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Today’s tennis technology wouldn’t allow John McEnroe to argue

Posted on September 7, 2011 by markkolier

As a tennis fan for more than forty years I’ve seen technology change the game in many ways. From major changes in equipment (I think I still have an old Dunlop Maxpli somewhere in my house) to electronic scoreboards, and … Continue reading →

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