Category: Israel
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Spring is Coming
I’m hearing of more and more people starting up new businesses with cool, innovative ideas. Spring season in the Start-up Nation is coming. The differences from the years 2000 and 2008, I think, are: Crowdfunding (Kickstarter, Headstart) Affordable IT Infrastructure (AWS, Google) Affordable and idiot-proof (read: hackable by software engineers) hardware platforms (Raspberry Pi, Arduino) and sensors…
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7 Years Without Alon
Seven years ago today, my cousin Alon was murdered by a suicide bomber on a bus, on his way to Nazareth. I translated an article, from about a week after the terror attack, written by Natan Zahavi, a good friend of the family. The Saint Natan Zahavi says goodbye to Alon Goldenberg, his best friend’s son, who…
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Kutiman: Thru-You(Tube)
Update: Check out Researching ThruYOU for downloads and information about Kutiman’s YouTube remix project Yesterday, when I first set my eyes and ears on what Ophir Kutiel (aka Kutiman) did, my mind was immediately blown away by the freshness, the untamed talent and the attention to details. Did it really take him only two months to produce?!…
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“Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West”
I have some troubling thoughts after seeing the movie “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West“: It got me thinking about meme evolution and about Hawks vs. Doves (Game Theory) I learned about in Richard Dawkins‘ book “The Selfish Gene“. In a way, this is a struggle, and only one lifestyle can prevail – the Western, modern,…