Author Archives: Thomas Guy

Time-Warner Merger Trivia

At the time (pun intended) it was the largest corporate merger in US history. For some reason the lawyers were able to convince the shareholders that a merger of the two companies would be hugely profitable for them. Synergies would abound! Redundancies would be found! Efficiencies would know no bounds! In fact, for a while,Continue reading “Time-Warner Merger Trivia”

Monday News

The operating system for the new Palm Pre, WebOS, is supposed to offer some killer apps. Apart from its wireless charging capabilities is some really intuitive functionality. Supposedly, the new device will use the calendar, which will contain the location, time, and attendees of meetings, and couple all that with your GPS location, to calculateContinue reading “Monday News”

Duh, Time Warner Cable = Regional Monopoly

I had another splendid experience with Time Warner customer service the other day. Unlike my previous experiences with them, however, this call was cleverly camouflaged in competency! They do seem to have added a new group of CSRs. That, or they’ve stepped up the training regimen at one of their call centers. Ugh, Steve RossContinue reading “Duh, Time Warner Cable = Regional Monopoly”