Category Archives: Social Media

Partnering With Musician Roy Zu-Arets To Create A Musical Micro-Blogging Project

A few weeks ago my friend Roy Zu-Arets (disclosure: I created his wikipedia page) who is the most gifted musician and very original composer I have had the luck to meet and I began working on a fun side project … Continue reading

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First Look at OutLoud – Subscription Based AdWords for Dummies

I am a big fan of Outbrain, a content rating and recommendation service, and have been using it on my blog since it just came out. I’ve posted about its usefulness on twitter and on the company’s financing round on … Continue reading

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Soon One Of Roy Zu-Arets’s Piano Improvisation Videos Will Become A YouTube Hit

I have known Roy Zu-Arets since our sons attended the same day care a few years ago. Since then I have been closely following his unique journey in life which includes music, Judaism and a constant struggle of a musician … Continue reading

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Twitter – No Longer A Toddler

I read earlier today that Twitter is turning three today. As a parent to three young boys, one of them is a few months younger than Twitter, I had some thoughts on twitter’s development during his first two years and … Continue reading

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Social Media Services As A Growing Source Of Traffic

My blog gets a fairly small number of visitors and page views every month. But just like TechCrunch, Fred Wilson and Sean Percival, I decided to take a look at my Google Analytics account and see how much link love … Continue reading

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Why Twitter Should Not Sell Itself To Google

Despite what a few bloggers have posted lately, despite the fact Google wants to buy Twitter very much, despite Twitter’s speculated price tag, I am calling the Twitter executive team not to sell itself to Google’s. If Twitter will be … Continue reading

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Tropicana Orange Juice Gets A New Design – The Old Carton

Consumers are consumers no matter what online service or product they use. Once we use a product and like it, we are emotionally attached to it and become very passionate about it. This has not changed for years, but in … Continue reading

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Milestones

Yesterday this blog & I reached some pretty encouraging milestones: Milestone 1- My previous post, about Outbrain’s round B, was my 200th post since I began blogging almost 2 years ago. Who would imagine that would happen so fast? Milestone … Continue reading

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How I Almost Scooped Outbrain’s $12M Round B Story

Several months ago Josh Kopelman announced a small side project called FundingSleuth. It is a free service that lets you track SEC filings made by US private companies and email alerts whenever different forms are filed, including form D that … Continue reading

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Twitter users: Follow @QassamCount

Just like Ouriel, I noticed yesterday that QassamCount began following me on twitter. I checked their twitter account and once I saw what this is about I immediately followed back. Since then, in less than 36 hours, I am sorry … Continue reading

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