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My 301 Redirect

ג׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (Thursday 7 April 2011)

A few weeks ago, I left Israel, where I’d lived for about seven years, and returned to America. My decision to leave was pretty quick, and I went through the whole process of leaving in just about three weeks. I decided not to let it get drawn out because I saw how hard that was [...]

Messages by Medium

י״ט באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״א (Wednesday 23 February 2011)

Interesting and germane question on The Fuerst Stone: What is the message implied by the media we use to communicate? I’d answer like this: Facebook messaging: I can’t be bothered to remember or care about remembering your email address. Or I don’t trust the email protocols to deliver an email to you and then deliver [...]

Aphorism #4

כ״ב בשבט ה׳תשע״א (Thursday 27 January 2011)

In times of civil unrest, the only thing worse than riot police is rioters.

Weird iPhone Push Notifications

י״ז בשבט ה׳תשע״א (Saturday 22 January 2011)

A couple months ago when I was in America, I got a new iPhone (actually my father’s old iPhone 3GS) to replace my old one, and while I’ve been waiting to be able to unlock it, I’m using it as an iPod Touch. Push notifications are turned on, and for some utterly bizarre reason I’m [...]

Social Media Optimization & Gaming (An Exercise)

כ״ט בטבת ה׳תשע״א (Wednesday 5 January 2011)

As social media optimization matures as a field and as a set of best practices, its effects on the gaming industry in particular are beginning to be felt more and more. The primary effect of social media on online gaming is in marketing: driving traffic by intentionally and actively promoting online casinos via viral content [...]

Danny Farahan Ben-David

כ״ד בטבת ה׳תשע״א (Friday 31 December 2010)

I’ve just returned from the shloshim for Danny Farahan Ben-David, marking 30 days since his death. In his honor, his family and friends gathered last night at Mike’s Place in Tel Aviv to celebrate his life with stories and laughter and alcohol, and then again this morning at בוסתן הכרמל (Carmel Orchard), by his kibbutz, [...]

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