Category Archives: Media

Why should the Mets owners the Wilpon’s have known about Madoff?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by markkolier

It’s no secret that New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son Jeff have had ‘Madoff’ problems since the scandal broke a year and a half ago. Longtime friends and associates of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, the Wilpons had … Continue reading →

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A LinkedIn IPO – this one could be a big winner

Posted on January 28, 2011 by markkolier

Yesterday in Kara Swisher’s allthingsd.com blog http://bit.ly/e5QFen it came out the LinkedIn.com will likely file an S-1 for an IPO. This was confirmed late Thursday – http://nyti.ms/hZTvLp . Some interesting stats from the article were that LinkedIn has more than … Continue reading →

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Why are people still flocking to movie theaters?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by markkolier

If you’re like me you have well over 100 television channels available to watch at home whether you are a cable or satellite TV customer. Yet I find it remarkable that more often than not it’s difficult to find something … Continue reading →

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Snowovereaction

Posted on January 7, 2011 by markkolier

This morning I left JFK airport in New York (it is kind of cool to post from 33,000 fee somewhere over South Dakota) amidst the first flakes of an impending snowstorm. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken a … Continue reading →

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The CES – Consumer Electronics Show – I am not going – are you?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by markkolier

Every year in January the CES takes place in Las Vegas. This year there is buzz about tablet PCs (more than 50 will be on display), television apps, 3D TV apps and accessories, computer printers (HP apparently has a really … Continue reading →

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Taking the day off from Twitter and Facebook – is it a sacrifice or a vacation?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by markkolier

I will start by noting that I like Alicia Keys’ music and whole vibe actually. I respect Lady Gaga as a premiere performer who really gets in touch with her audience. So why was I shaking my head when I … Continue reading →

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Yelp and Foursquare should go to the altar together

Posted on November 17, 2010 by markkolier

Being on the road again in mostly unfamiliar cities I have been using Yelp – http://www.yelp.com more and more. Enabled with GPS technology on my smartphone, Yelp allows me to search out the nearest coffee shops, wine bars, restaurants and … Continue reading →

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Have you pre-ordered your own personal drone?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by markkolier

Articles this week in the Wall Street Journal http://on.wsj.com/aMR2bD and the New York Times http://nyti.ms/bLeAiA both covered the emergence of new technology that could be very useful while (to me) being extremely frightening at the same time. You can now … Continue reading →

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Cablevision and Time-Warner – When Monopoly is no fun at all

Posted on November 3, 2010 by markkolier

When I was a kid playing Monopoly was one of my favorite board games. It was fun to try to dominate the competition. The cable companies apparently paid close attention. Many people feel the American economy relies so much on … Continue reading →

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AOL’s finally making some big changes – but is it just whistling while walking through the internet graveyard?

Posted on November 1, 2010 by markkolier

An interesting story in this past Saturday’s NY Times – http://nyti.ms/b2RQFQ discussed the revamping of AOL’s website to give a greater emphasis to news created by AOL’s staff as well as original video clips. This appears to me that it … Continue reading →

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