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What’s Wrong With the Israeli Internet Today? – A Post Using the Israeli Screen Actors Guild

March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · venting

I have already posted an elaborate list of the top annoyances plaguing the Israeli Internet, but wherever my mouse takes me I encounter more and more prototypical examples:
Today, while preparing to reply to a recent reader’s comment in a post I wrote about Israeli actress Hadar Ratzon, I stumbled upon her private cell phone number, her [...]

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What’s Wrong With the Israeli Internet Today? - A Phlog Post Using the IDF

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments · venting

I have already posted an elaborate list of the top annoyances plaguing the Israeli Internet*, but wherever my mouse takes me I encounter more and more prototypical examples:
Let’s say you want to check out the official website of the Israeli Defense Forces. You google IDF (in Hebrew in our example), and get these results:
Oh my, you hit [...]

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Blogging: The Tipping Point

February 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 100% vent free

Most bloggers and small content-providers do not expect to earn money that way. They do it for the fun of it, writing about things close to their heart. But everyone needs to feel the love, and so bloggers take comfort in the rising number of visitors, the search terms that led visitors to the website, [...]

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Web 2.0 and Jerusalem Snow Alerts

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments · 100% vent free

Jerusalem is expecting significant snowfall this coming Tuesday evening, and so the director of the Naggar School of Art, a client of mine, has asked for my advice on how to instantly update the school website so that students will know if there will be any classes Wednesday morning.
Good thing Web 2.0 was around to help [...]

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