Tag Archives: Facebook

Do I want to buy a Facebook ‘Portal’ device?

Posted on November 28, 2018 by markkolier

Having a daughter that lives in a city located almost 1,000 miles away is sometimes frustrating. I miss her and wish I could see her and spend time with her more often. And I know I am in good company … Continue reading →

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Has Facebook become tedious?

Posted on July 9, 2018 by markkolier

There are those that will say Facebook already was tedious.  A couple of weeks ago while guest lecturing a Fordham grad school class, I asked the students if they used Facebook more or less than five years ago and almost … Continue reading →

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Facebook provides a lens of your life

Posted on August 18, 2016 by markkolier

Facebook is still only 12 years young and there are still plenty of people that remember LBF – Life Before Facebook. And even if Facebook usage is waning amongst millennials and Gen Z’ers (younger than Millennials), I would not bet … Continue reading →

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First run movies at home won’t kill going to the movies

Posted on March 24, 2016 by markkolier

Last week Sean Parker (of Napster and Facebook fame) announced a new startup project, and as FORTUNE magazine put it “… called the Screening Room, that would allow users to pay to watch movies from home on the same day … Continue reading →

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Is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg among the best CEO ‘s in the U.S. today?

Posted on February 25, 2016 by markkolier

A few years ago it would have been unthinkable to consider twenty-something and millennial Mark Zuckerberg in the same vein as Jack Welch. But there I just did it and I think it’s worth consideration. Jack Welch was a terrific … 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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You’re raising a barn on Farmville – nobody cares

Posted on May 21, 2012 by markkolier

With Facebook’s successful IPO this past Friday Zynga (creator of Cityville, Words with Friends, Draw Something, Farmville, Frontierville and other ‘villes) has more motivation than ever to unwean itself from the mother ship that is Facebook since Facebook may come … Continue reading →

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Gen Y has it tougher than it’s ever been before

Posted on April 16, 2012 by markkolier

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Technology was supposed to make things easier and among other things aid in making twenty-something’s (i.e. Gen Y denizens) achieve more, make more money and contribute faster to society. It could be argued … Continue reading →

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Will Instagram be the new Napster?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by markkolier

This past Monday Facebook announced it will pay cash and stock totaling one billion dollars for a company that has no revenue model. Instagram has been around for less than 24 months. It has (reportedly) 30 million users who upload … Continue reading →

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