Category Archives: Technology

Out of the office really does not matter anymore

Posted on February 22, 2013 by markkolier

I have not used Out-of-Office via MS Outlook in a couple of years. After a 16 hour flight to Hong Kong from JFK where I caught maybe 4 hours of sleep I am wired and working late on a Friday … Continue reading →

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Snow days won’t ever be the same again

Posted on February 11, 2013 by markkolier

When I was an elementary school kid it seemed to snow all the time. Our suburban bus stop in winter had us kids standing outside braving the cold and snow. On multiple occasions we built a snow-wall in the middle … Continue reading →

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What next for Foursquare?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by markkolier

I was a fairly early adopter of Foursquare having joined up in March of 2010. I was particularly interested in how people might use the platform with check-ins and how Foursquare might monetize the platform. Nearly three years later I … 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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At all costs avoid the ‘endless feedback loop of you’

Posted on December 10, 2012 by markkolier

I wrote a post recently about serial cookie deleters in relation to online tracking http://wp.me/pn6jX-Iw. One of the sources I cited was Jeffrey Rosen’s Sunday NY Times article “Who do they think you are”  . I also noted a line in … Continue reading →

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Will Serial cookie deleters change online tracking for the better?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by markkolier

Last week I had lunch with a friend who I met through business. He runs a very good company that helps other companies manage and leverage their data as well as aggregate outside data to help make accurate real-time marketing … Continue reading →

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Where are the individual supermarket store apps?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by markkolier

Every now and then I find myself at the Home Depot not far from my house. I’ve heard that Lowe’s is considering moving into my area of southwestern Connecticut and I will no doubt go there as well once they … Continue reading →

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Count me in but are you ready to work in the cloud?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by markkolier

In the aftermath of the storm called Sandy it was difficult for many U.S. east coast residents to work last week – normally or not. While my family and I were in large part spared from being without power at … Continue reading →

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Will I ever buy another laptop again?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by markkolier

On Tuesday October 23rd Apple introduced its smaller tablet called the iPad Mini. Later this week Microsoft is launching its new tablet called the Microsoft Surface. It will run on software called RT (not the forthcoming Windows 8) at first … Continue reading →

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Laurene Powell Jobs should write about living with a modern day Newton

Posted on October 8, 2012 by markkolier

Now that I have finished Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs I have to admit that I wish I’d met the man – something I had never felt was all that important before I read the book. What I’d also … Continue reading →

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