Dear Readers,
Happy Holidays ! Here’s to a better 2011 !
Let me take this opportunity to thank all those who have commented on my blog posts over the past few months. Like most writers, I’m not always sure what impact my writing has, so it’s always humbling, and enlightening, to see any reaction from my readers. Again, thank you for all the positive feedback. I really appreciate it.
As you can see from the list below, there were many kind remarks about the content of different posts, in addition to requests for follow up articles, feedback from me, and further development of Media Intell on this site and on Facebook and Twitter.
So, What Comes Next ?
First things first: I’m open to any requests and feedback, but I don’t know who to respond to if you don’t contact me directly. (Blogger sends your comments to me as “Anonymous” unless you give me an address.) Please send any follow ups to me directly at exavier@socal.rr.com.
Second, I’m in the process of reevaluating how I’m going to continue the Media Intell project. My goal was to write about how the internet is developing. My professional and academic training taught me to look back in history for the answers, in this case, to wireless telegraphy, radio, television, cable, broadband, and finally to wireless broadband. My last post (Episode 15) is a summary of where the internet is today and how it may develop in the next decade.
Third, I always intended that short history to be the foundation of more current articles that I would write (some of which were included earlier), as the historical “context” in which the internet developed, with each episode as reference points that allow new developments to be explained.
This is where we are at present. Now that we have a clear picture of the internet’s history, the next phase will be to explain what’s happening on-line and in the internet industry in general.
A New Beginning
This is what I have in mind. I’ll be writing shorter pieces in the Media Intell space about different aspects of the internet as it develops, but with a new look which I’ll debut soon. I’m also looking in to launching Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter sites in the coming months.
I’m also writing a specialized monthly newsletter, which anyone can subscribe to, that will focus on using this new information to invest in internet and technology stocks as this new industry develops. This is a great way to become an informed internet observer and a savvy technology investor.
Over the last decade, I’ve benefited by using my research to make informed investment decisions, so I’m now making that knowledge available to subscribers who want to learn more about how information technology companies create value for shareholders and ways to identify the best companies to invest in.
Bonus Time
Here’s an example. Much has occurred in the last few months that can be bewildering to casual observers and internet investors alike. Chief among them is the first attempt by government to regulate the internet under “Net Neutrality” policies enacted on December 21, 2010.
Nothing, of course, occurs in a vacuum. There are competitive reasons why certain companies favored these policies, and lobbied the FCC for approval, and why others did not approve. Both are directly related to the importance of the internet to the world economy and how consumers now use it.
The advantage our readers will have is in-depth knowledge WHY some internet and technology companies are developing innovative products and services to take advantage of changing conditions, and WHICH specific companies are best equipped to thrive in the new economy.
Readers who are also interested in developing a more balanced, high value stock portfolio can link to my free video site, “Noodle Trading.net”, which will follow the progress of my personal stock portfolio. (Set to launch in early 2011).
I’ll have regular video commentary, interviews with industry executives, and information about using “soft” and “hard” indicators to create a long-term investment portfolio made up of companies in energy, emerging markets, consumer goods, healthcare, and of course, internet technology. My stocks have consistently returned 15% annually for the last five years, and are up over 25% year to date, despite the recession.
I invite you to watch the regular video posts on NoodleTrading.net, read the information on Media Intell, and subscribe to the newsletter as a value added investor.
Look for more to come in the near future.
(See your comments below)
Happy Holidays,
R.E. Xavier
exavier@socal.rr.com
Some Recent Comments on Media Intell
"Episode 4: The Birth of Cable Television":
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"Episode 1: Wireless Telegraphy and The Birth of Am...":
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"Episode 2: RCA and the Emergence of American Radio...":
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"Episode 14 – Google-Verizon's Internet and the Eff...":
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"Episode 5: Cable TV Struggles to Survive":
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"Episode 5: Cable TV Struggles to Survive":
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"Episode 6: Cable TV Matures":
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Episode 5: Cable TV Struggles to Survive
Brilliant stuff. Thank you. I'd always wondered how the campaign against STV had run.
By Stu Shea
The Internet
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
Episode 4: The Birth of Cable Television, Episode 6: Cable TV Matures
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