0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/27/2008
A co worker asked me if I wanted to live the blog the NBA Draft for Yardbarker. I jumped at the opportunity as I have never really “live blogged” anything. I think I did okay, and the Yardbarker community gave me some good marks. Check it out here. http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/Live_Blogging_the_NBA_Draft/282761
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/25/2008
This week’s commercial of the week has aired in multiple shorter incarnations during the Euro Cup. Below is the full 2 minute piece. Its directed by Guy Ritchie of Snatch, Lock Stock, and Madonna fame. The commercial is uptempo, exciting, tells a story, and has loads of soccer star power. What sets it apart is […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/24/2008
Wanted to throw a couple of interesting updates on the Green Technology fronts. I have covered Tesla Motors and even had the pleasure of visiting to their offices in San Carlos. The overhead costs associated with launching a car company are ginormous and rumors are that Tesla is seeking some more dough to help get […]
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The newest viral hit, is… Shaq freestyling with his newest hit “Kobe.. Tell me How my Ass Taste?” It’s catchy and funny. But the question begs, is this a better performance than the Kazaam video below? Let me know your thoughts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=357o0kPWGFc&hl=en&fs=1
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Awhile back I blogged about how the NHL’s television deal on Versus was a significant detriment to the league’s continued growth and success. On the flip side, ESPN (the NHL’s former television carrier), was discretely stagnating its efforts in covering the NHL with no business incentive to cover the least popular of the the big […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/23/2008
Technology blog GigaOM had a great piece analyzing Linkedin’s billion dollar valuation in their latest round of funding. Accompanying that piece was a video (featured below) made by Linkedin’s marketing team gathering the opinions of various investors including Dave Sze who is featured prominently in Sarah Lacy’s great book “Once You Are Lucky, Twice You […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/21/2008
Below is a very interesting but kind of long interview with Bill Gurley from Benchmark Capital (investor in Vudu, Open Table, and Zillow) and his soon to be colleague Matt Cohler. Cohler spent the past three years at Facebook where he headed product management and before that was integral to Linkedins’ efforts to get off […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/20/2008
Ohio State will be hosting its Senior Camp this weekend and will host some of the country’s best soon to be senior football players. This usually serves as a recruiting boost and there are rumblings of almost a handful of potential commitments in the works. In particular look for some movement with the below players […]
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Today on a wimb I did a Google News search on the Big Ten Network looking to see if they had mady any progress to strike a distribution deal with Comcast. I found an article around noon with an update was iminent in the coming week. Fast forward to a couple hours later when I […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/19/2008
Awhile back I wrote a blog ranking the 12 months of the year of how exciting they are to me as a sports fan. While June clocks in midway through the list, the second half of June followed by July and August are some of the most difficult times of the year to endure. I […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/18/2008
I had a handful of commercials pegged for commercial of the week, but none seem to be on youtube. Following up on my ode to Apple yesterday I thought I would go with the new ad for the new 3g Iphone. Nothing special but its great that they position it as twice as fast and […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/17/2008
Last week I gave the Oakland A’s some love about some solid determination and business practices surrounding my interest in procuring a luxury box for a birthday event . This week I decided its time to show Apple some love once again. But first I wanted to point out that tomorrow Firefox is releasing a […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/11/2008
This past weekend a handful of interesting things stood out to me on the Entertainment front. Below are some highlights. – A couple of coworkers told me about the play- Point Break Live. At first it sounded too good to be a true. A play based on the riduculouly over the top and entertaining action […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/10/2008
Life has been hectic of late and will not calm down until next week. However, I hope to jam in 3-4 solid posts before the weekend. This one will focus on sports with hopefully some commentary on tech, entertainment, and commercials soon to follow. – Rajon Rondo had a stellar weekend putting up 18 assists, […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 6/9/2008
I am constantly bewildered by a lot of consumer business practices among some of the larger companies in our country (Cable, Airlines, Automakers). But it feels good in the rare scenario, when you truly feel that someone or some company went the extra mile to truly earn your business. Today I encountered one of those […]
