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Do I want to buy a Facebook ‘Portal’ device?
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
Facebook provides a lens of your life
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
First run movies at home won’t kill going to the movies
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
Posted in ads in movies, Movie theater advertising, Screenvision, Technology
Tagged Cost for first run movies at home, DirecTV, Facebook, first-run movies at home, Fortune Magazine article home theaters, home theaters, movie theaters, Napster, Prem Akkaraju, Screening Room, Sean Parker, Variety.com, watching movies at home
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Is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg among the best CEO ‘s in the U.S. today?
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
Annoying Automated Algorithmic ‘Suggestions’
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
Posted in Best business practices, Customer Experiences, Entertainment, Innovation, Marketing stuff, Personal Privacy, Social Media, Technology
Tagged algorithmic suggestions, Amazon.com, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Facebook, Oscar Peterson, recommendation systems, Spotify.com, Thelonius Monk
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You’re raising a barn on Farmville – nobody cares
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
Posted in Community, Social Media, Technology
Tagged Cityville, Draw Something, Facebook, Farmville, Frontierville, Words with friends, Zynga
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Gen Y has it tougher than it’s ever been before
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