http://www.odeo.com/channels/40845-OurielOhayon Misteroo no internet ? iphone ? jazz ? movies ? ideas internet ? iphone ? jazz ? movies ? ideas Jazz standards and songs played on the piano solo, duo and trio. Real Book and famous sonds revisited in personnal jazz way. en 40 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:34:43 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:34:43 -0800 Music http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25477264-2-compelling-details-on-SquareUp-A-round-with-Khosla-Ventures-and-Alyssa-Milano-as-advisor I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... update: techcrunch confirmed the round this night... I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... update: techcrunch confirmed the round this night... I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... update: techcrunch confirmed the round this night... tag:odeo.com,2009-12-01,25477264 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:34:43 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465814-2-compelling-details-on-SquareUp-A-round-with-Khosla-Ventures-and-Alyssa-Milano-as-advisor I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... I will become a cow tomorrow if SquareUp is not becoming a top 10 trending topic on twitter in the coming hours. Jack Dorsey, Twitter creator, has revealed a little more about his new project SquareUp a very interesting new way to use you iPhone as a payment system for credit cards. The experience seems compelling from the video demo below But 2 details have escaped the Twitter-Sphere.  Khosla Ventures has made an investment in the company (you can find it in the about page). Which is a great way to start Alyssa Milano is an advisor (i must have missed something here) In any case i think this is a very exciting projet. I always dreamed about having the same payment experience as in an Apple Store. Specially for receipts. This could happen now. I doubt it will be as viral as Twitter (for obvious logistical and geographical reason). But it has a very clear business case... tag:odeo.com,2009-12-01,25465814 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:52:52 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465816-Fantastic-When-classic-music-meets-jazz via www.youtube.com One of my favourite Jazz standard, introed by a surprising version of my favorite classical music composer: Ravel (sonatine part 2 btw) I am rediscovering Phineas Newsborn, a great jazz pianist! via www.youtube.com One of my favourite Jazz standard, introed by a surprising version of my favorite classical music composer: Ravel (sonatine part 2 btw) I am rediscovering Phineas Newsborn, a great jazz pianist! via www.youtube.com One of my favourite Jazz standard, introed by a surprising version of my favorite classical music composer: Ravel (sonatine part 2 btw) I am rediscovering Phineas Newsborn, a great jazz pianist! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-30,25465816 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:22:17 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465817-Made-in-Israel-the-first-UI-UX-that-make-me-think-twice-when-looking-at-my-iPhone Whoever has tried to copy the iPhone interface, even Google/Android, has not come yet with something exciting and different enough. This phone, created by Emblaze, an israeli company, is the first to make me think that something better is possible It reminds me a lot of what Swype is trying to bring to the keyboard input but extended to everything I may contradict myself, but we have in Israel great potential at creating some great UI/UX. This is an example. Or better said, an exception update: ok, no so fast then. lot of left handed readers rightly complained in the comments that the device is not built for them. Good point. And one of my followers on twitter tried it and said it is the worst phone ever...wow. via Engadget Whoever has tried to copy the iPhone interface, even Google/Android, has not come yet with something exciting and different enough. This phone, created by Emblaze, an israeli company, is the first to make me think that something better is possible It reminds me a lot of what Swype is trying to bring to the keyboard input but extended to everything I may contradict myself, but we have in Israel great potential at creating some great UI/UX. This is an example. Or better said, an exception update: ok, no so fast then. lot of left handed readers rightly complained in the comments that the device is not built for them. Good point. And one of my followers on twitter tried it and said it is the worst phone ever...wow. via Engadget Whoever has tried to copy the iPhone interface, even Google/Android, has not come yet with something exciting and different enough. This phone, created by Emblaze, an israeli company, is the first to make me think that something better is possible It reminds me a lot of what Swype is trying to bring to the keyboard input but extended to everything I may contradict myself, but we have in Israel great potential at creating some great UI/UX. This is an example. Or better said, an exception update: ok, no so fast then. lot of left handed readers rightly complained in the comments that the device is not built for them. Good point. And one of my followers on twitter tried it and said it is the worst phone ever...wow. via Engadget tag:odeo.com,2009-11-25,25465817 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:07:44 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465818-The-scandalous-plague-of-direct-marketing-telephone-scam-spam update: ok. i just called bezeq again and they have a possibility to mask your number for advertiser and automated calls. it takes about a week to be implemented. we'll see after if this still happening. i received again a call yesterday. i hung up but next time i will record the name of the advertiser and will start to list them. A new plague is coming to Israel and i am sure i am not the only one suffering from it.  For the past 2 months every day or close to, i receive at home, my personal phone number, automated calls for advertising. Those are run by phone robots who play pre recorded advertising messages. I have no idea how they got my number. And there is absolutely no way to know how they did it, nor to ask an opt out. I called Bezeq, the land line phone company in Israel to ask them to block those calls. They claim they have no idea what those calls are. They can't block them since they don't know the origin.  Let's put this aside for a sec. Because this is a tota... update: ok. i just called bezeq again and they have a possibility to mask your number for advertiser and automated calls. it takes about a week to be implemented. we'll see after if this still happening. i received again a call yesterday. i hung up but next time i will record the name of the advertiser and will start to list them. A new plague is coming to Israel and i am sure i am not the only one suffering from it.  For the past 2 months every day or close to, i receive at home, my personal phone number, automated calls for advertising. Those are run by phone robots who play pre recorded advertising messages. I have no idea how they got my number. And there is absolutely no way to know how they did it, nor to ask an opt out. I called Bezeq, the land line phone company in Israel to ask them to block those calls. They claim they have no idea what those calls are. They can't block them since they don't know the origin.  Let's put this aside for a sec. Because this is a totally crap excuse. If bezeq wanted to block those calls they could do it. They could originate the caller and block them on request. Now the real problem is that there are out there companies that spam your home phone number with unsolicited calls. In countries where i lived before there are laws to prevent that and punish those who bypass the rules. Who in Israel is going to address that? Is there a direct marketing association in Israel? Is this someone at the telco minister? I have no idea. I want this to change because it pollutes my life (calls are coming in the evening when i don't want to be disturbed) We need a law to prevent abusive collection of private number enable simple opt out from your operator track the callers and punish them force the advertiser to disclose how they got your number Until this happens, Israel will remain an area of scam for israeli citizens taken hostage by stupid advertisers. update: ok. i just called bezeq again and they have a possibility to mask your number for advertiser and automated calls. it takes about a week to be implemented. we'll see after if this still happening. i received again a call yesterday. i hung up but next time i will record the name of the advertiser and will start to list them. A new plague is coming to Israel and i am sure i am not the only one suffering from it.  For the past 2 months every day or close to, i receive at home, my personal phone number, automated calls for advertising. Those are run by phone robots who play pre recorded advertising messages. I have no idea how they got my number. And there is absolutely no way to know how they did it, nor to ask an opt out. I called Bezeq, the land line phone company in Israel to ask them to block those calls. They claim they have no idea what those calls are. They can't block them since they don't know the origin.  Let's put this aside for a sec. Because this is a totally crap excuse. If bezeq wanted to block those calls they could do it. They could originate the caller and block them on request. Now the real problem is that there are out there companies that spam your home phone number with unsolicited calls. In countries where i lived before there are laws to prevent that and punish those who bypass the rules. Who in Israel is going to address that? Is there a direct marketing association in Israel? Is this someone at the telco minister? I have no idea. I want this to change because it pollutes my life (calls are coming in the evening when i don't want to be disturbed) We need a law to prevent abusive collection of private number enable simple opt out from your operator track the callers and punish them force the advertiser to disclose how they got your number Until this happens, Israel will remain an area of scam for israeli citizens taken hostage by stupid advertisers. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-24,25465818 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:19:11 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465819-One-of-the-coolest-thing-i-have-seen-in-a-while simple and genious. Innovation in simple things is also great simple and genious. Innovation in simple things is also great simple and genious. Innovation in simple things is also great tag:odeo.com,2009-11-23,25465819 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:26:50 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465820-The-beauty-of-simplicity via www.ommwriter.com Going to give this tool a shot. hard to focus writing and thinking with all those streams and features around via www.ommwriter.com Going to give this tool a shot. hard to focus writing and thinking with all those streams and features around via www.ommwriter.com Going to give this tool a shot. hard to focus writing and thinking with all those streams and features around tag:odeo.com,2009-11-21,25465820 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:09 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25465821-Litl-gorgeous-little-laptop-with-great-experience via www.youtube.com pretty awesome. amazing how they managed to bring so much innovation in a field that seems saturated. However my deepest belief is that we are just at the beginning. The human/computer interaction has been totally neglected for the past 10 years. We still use a keyboard and a mouse. Apple has managed to shake the rules with the touch screen. But you can feel this is just a beginning via www.youtube.com pretty awesome. amazing how they managed to bring so much innovation in a field that seems saturated. However my deepest belief is that we are just at the beginning. The human/computer interaction has been totally neglected for the past 10 years. We still use a keyboard and a mouse. Apple has managed to shake the rules with the touch screen. But you can feel this is just a beginning via www.youtube.com pretty awesome. amazing how they managed to bring so much innovation in a field that seems saturated. However my deepest belief is that we are just at the beginning. The human/computer interaction has been totally neglected for the past 10 years. We still use a keyboard and a mouse. Apple has managed to shake the rules with the touch screen. But you can feel this is just a beginning tag:odeo.com,2009-11-19,25465821 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:07:06 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384101-The-musical-staircase   A piano lover like me could not ignore this brilliant creative exercise Posted via email from MyBlog   A piano lover like me could not ignore this brilliant creative exercise Posted via email from MyBlog   A piano lover like me could not ignore this brilliant creative exercise Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-11-01,25384101 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:49:18 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384102-Tango Elegant, rich and brilliant variation on the famous Tango by Albeniz. By Godowsky  Posted via email from MyBlog Elegant, rich and brilliant variation on the famous Tango by Albeniz. By Godowsky  Posted via email from MyBlog Elegant, rich and brilliant variation on the famous Tango by Albeniz. By Godowsky  Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-31,25384102 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:28:50 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25384103-2-stunning-things-that-caught-my-attention-in-the-movie-industry-this-week 1. This trailer for 2012. So incredible that i wonder what's left for the movie.... 2. The genius marketing coup for "This is it" of releasing the documentary on Michael Jackson for only 2 weeks. Worldwide. So brilliant. Going to be a huge hit. probably bigger than most movies that stay on screen for 2 months. I suspect the movie business should go in that direction to maximize revenues and kill the piracy effect. Posted via email from MyBlog 1. This trailer for 2012. So incredible that i wonder what's left for the movie.... 2. The genius marketing coup for "This is it" of releasing the documentary on Michael Jackson for only 2 weeks. Worldwide. So brilliant. Going to be a huge hit. probably bigger than most movies that stay on screen for 2 months. I suspect the movie business should go in that direction to maximize revenues and kill the piracy effect. Posted via email from MyBlog 1. This trailer for 2012. So incredible that i wonder what's left for the movie.... 2. The genius marketing coup for "This is it" of releasing the documentary on Michael Jackson for only 2 weeks. Worldwide. So brilliant. Going to be a huge hit. probably bigger than most movies that stay on screen for 2 months. I suspect the movie business should go in that direction to maximize revenues and kill the piracy effect. Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25384103 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:15:17 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25345588-iPhone-App-developers-get-famous-before-even-beginning Yesterday we announced the first pre-app store iPhone app contest. The response so far is amazing (coverage here  TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and TheNextWeb ) and for some good reason: it is damn hard to get visibility on the app store. So we created with Appsfire the App star awards, with an uber jury (Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, Louis Gray,..) and top backers like SFR/Vodafone and LeWeb. We believe this could change the way apps are introduced and marketed. Lots of developers already tease about their apps before it launches (we did that ourself). Beyond a symbolic prize (cash and ad space) participants will get great visibility and recognition. Of course that won't be enough. But that's a great way to start off before even beginning. Here we say it in music :) Pre-registration are open now. Submissions will start November 23rd. Results will be announced on stage at LeWeb conference in Paris. Appsfire is growing day after day as a strong download generator for apps. I am really... Yesterday we announced the first pre-app store iPhone app contest. The response so far is amazing (coverage here  TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and TheNextWeb ) and for some good reason: it is damn hard to get visibility on the app store. So we created with Appsfire the App star awards, with an uber jury (Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, Louis Gray,..) and top backers like SFR/Vodafone and LeWeb. We believe this could change the way apps are introduced and marketed. Lots of developers already tease about their apps before it launches (we did that ourself). Beyond a symbolic prize (cash and ad space) participants will get great visibility and recognition. Of course that won't be enough. But that's a great way to start off before even beginning. Here we say it in music :) Pre-registration are open now. Submissions will start November 23rd. Results will be announced on stage at LeWeb conference in Paris. Appsfire is growing day after day as a strong download generator for apps. I am really excited about it and this event. Specially knowing that it is an unfunded project :) Posted via email from MyBlog Yesterday we announced the first pre-app store iPhone app contest. The response so far is amazing (coverage here  TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and TheNextWeb ) and for some good reason: it is damn hard to get visibility on the app store. So we created with Appsfire the App star awards, with an uber jury (Michael Arrington, Robert Scoble, Louis Gray,..) and top backers like SFR/Vodafone and LeWeb. We believe this could change the way apps are introduced and marketed. Lots of developers already tease about their apps before it launches (we did that ourself). Beyond a symbolic prize (cash and ad space) participants will get great visibility and recognition. Of course that won't be enough. But that's a great way to start off before even beginning. Here we say it in music :) Pre-registration are open now. Submissions will start November 23rd. Results will be announced on stage at LeWeb conference in Paris. Appsfire is growing day after day as a strong download generator for apps. I am really excited about it and this event. Specially knowing that it is an unfunded project :) Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25345588 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:31:26 -0700 no OurielOhayon ipod / iphone, appsfire iphone apps http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25302930-I-love-this-piece Elegance, contrast, mystery and clarity revealed. by Brahms and Richter Posted via email from MyBlog Elegance, contrast, mystery and clarity revealed. by Brahms and Richter Posted via email from MyBlog Elegance, contrast, mystery and clarity revealed. by Brahms and Richter Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-17,25302930 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:08:51 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25288837-John-Biggs-on-his-upcoming-non-Tech-book About a month ago i met the founder of Crunchgear.com in Israel. Crunchgear is one of the biggest gadget blogs out there and i thought John Biggs was coming for some gadget/story scouting.  No. He was coming for the book he's writing about the watch of French queen Marie Antoinette. Relation with Israel? The watch has a long history and is currently hosted here. In the following video John explains how and why. Expect soon an interesting book (to get on your Kindle of course) sorry for the sound quality.... Posted via email from MyBlog About a month ago i met the founder of Crunchgear.com in Israel. Crunchgear is one of the biggest gadget blogs out there and i thought John Biggs was coming for some gadget/story scouting.  No. He was coming for the book he's writing about the watch of French queen Marie Antoinette. Relation with Israel? The watch has a long history and is currently hosted here. In the following video John explains how and why. Expect soon an interesting book (to get on your Kindle of course) sorry for the sound quality.... Posted via email from MyBlog About a month ago i met the founder of Crunchgear.com in Israel. Crunchgear is one of the biggest gadget blogs out there and i thought John Biggs was coming for some gadget/story scouting.  No. He was coming for the book he's writing about the watch of French queen Marie Antoinette. Relation with Israel? The watch has a long history and is currently hosted here. In the following video John explains how and why. Expect soon an interesting book (to get on your Kindle of course) sorry for the sound quality.... Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-15,25288837 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:10:58 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25277665-The-mouse-needs-to-die-I-want-that-now I keep thinking to myself that the next big thing about computers is not about software but about interaction with the the software i want that now   via TechCrunch Posted via email from MyBlog I keep thinking to myself that the next big thing about computers is not about software but about interaction with the the software i want that now   via TechCrunch Posted via email from MyBlog I keep thinking to myself that the next big thing about computers is not about software but about interaction with the the software i want that now   via TechCrunch Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-13,25277665 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:03:11 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25272020-Holy-C I stopped everything i was doing (something quite important actually) to share this video i discovered on Facebook  This is a piece of music that stroke me right away. It appears it is composed by a great musician i never heard of, a russian composer by the name of Nikolai Kapustin (how could i miss it so far...) It is something between Ravel, Art Tatum and Scriabin. Take 2 min to listen. Believe me you won't regret it It is purely A*M*A*Z*I*N*G Posted via email from MyBlog I stopped everything i was doing (something quite important actually) to share this video i discovered on Facebook  This is a piece of music that stroke me right away. It appears it is composed by a great musician i never heard of, a russian composer by the name of Nikolai Kapustin (how could i miss it so far...) It is something between Ravel, Art Tatum and Scriabin. Take 2 min to listen. Believe me you won't regret it It is purely A*M*A*Z*I*N*G Posted via email from MyBlog I stopped everything i was doing (something quite important actually) to share this video i discovered on Facebook  This is a piece of music that stroke me right away. It appears it is composed by a great musician i never heard of, a russian composer by the name of Nikolai Kapustin (how could i miss it so far...) It is something between Ravel, Art Tatum and Scriabin. Take 2 min to listen. Believe me you won't regret it It is purely A*M*A*Z*I*N*G Posted via email from MyBlog tag:odeo.com,2009-10-12,25272020 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:31:00 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25087240-Incredible-Yaron I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will ... I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will like... I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will like... tag:odeo.com,2009-09-07,25087240 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:10:42 -0700 no OurielOhayon Television, jazz http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25051434-Incredible-Yaron I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will like... I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will like... I invite you to discover 3 videos of Yaron Herman [disclosure i create this wikipedia page a while ago], The israeli jazz pianist, the Israelis forgot to discover, who is gaining an amazing awareness and success abroad. Yaron is a great friend of mine, we must talk like every single week no matter where he is in the world. He never finishes to surprise me. His musical energy is unusual - i knew it before we became friends - and musicians like that too. He recently got a great review in AllAboutJazz, The "TechCrunch" of jazz where is answers tell a lot about the simplicity and sophisticated side of his personality. I invite you to discover 3 parts of a program that ran on national TV this week end in France. In the first he plays Message in the bottle (Sting), Toxic (Britney Spears) And Heart Shaped box (Nirvana). In the second a stunning variation on the famous theme of Beethoven's 5th and finally a gorgeous duo with a french rap singer Passi, i did not know but i think i will like... tag:odeo.com,2009-08-31,25051434 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:50:54 -0700 no OurielOhayon Television, jazz http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24988349-Want-to-share-your-apps-Now-there-is-an-app-for-that The title of this post is inspired by the iPhone TV ad focused on the fact you can share anything from your iPhone. Indeed: You can share pictures, songs, contacts, videos, notes,...everything except one thing: apps. Apple has made impossible for user to easily share their iPhone apps with their peers although this is what is happening in real life (people love to tell what they download and use) Today we are happy to announce that AppsFire has been approved by Apple (took only 13 days in 1 go) and now present in the App Store (download it here). It is the very first app that allow users to share their iPhone apps with others with zero effort. And for the opportunity we have opened AppsFire to all (including to Windows users). AppsFire lists automatically your apps in a private area. And then you can decide what to share and who with in 1 click.  Today ReadWriteWeb covered the new release and qualified our app of - quoting - must have. This is a great achievement but we are far from... The title of this post is inspired by the iPhone TV ad focused on the fact you can share anything from your iPhone. Indeed: You can share pictures, songs, contacts, videos, notes,...everything except one thing: apps. Apple has made impossible for user to easily share their iPhone apps with their peers although this is what is happening in real life (people love to tell what they download and use) Today we are happy to announce that AppsFire has been approved by Apple (took only 13 days in 1 go) and now present in the App Store (download it here). It is the very first app that allow users to share their iPhone apps with others with zero effort. And for the opportunity we have opened AppsFire to all (including to Windows users). AppsFire lists automatically your apps in a private area. And then you can decide what to share and who with in 1 click.  Today ReadWriteWeb covered the new release and qualified our app of - quoting - must have. This is a great achievement but we are far from the perfect experience. First we need to improve the way apps are indexed. To date our methodology is not good enough, but we re improving over time. Why isn't it right away perfect? Because Apple has made close to impossible the possibility to read what you have on your iPhone. But we'll get there. We know how. It just takes time. Second the experience is ok but not amazing. We are cooking some really cool stuff that will make people stick to the app and brings to users a compelling discovery experience. I can't disclose here all the small things we are preparing but there are a number of small details that are going to make a major difference very soon. Third getting to high numbers is not easy. right now we are experience a massive growth due to the novelty and coverage. But we need to work harder on getting to critical size. We think we know how to get there. But anyone who has dealt with an iPhone app knows how complicated this is. Conclusion: Appsfire is THE app to share apps. Right now we are very excited. But we keep our feet on the ground for much more to come. Now enjoy, share and discover great apps. The title of this post is inspired by the iPhone TV ad focused on the fact you can share anything from your iPhone. Indeed: You can share pictures, songs, contacts, videos, notes,...everything except one thing: apps. Apple has made impossible for user to easily share their iPhone apps with their peers although this is what is happening in real life (people love to tell what they download and use) Today we are happy to announce that AppsFire has been approved by Apple (took only 13 days in 1 go) and now present in the App Store (download it here). It is the very first app that allow users to share their iPhone apps with others with zero effort. And for the opportunity we have opened AppsFire to all (including to Windows users). AppsFire lists automatically your apps in a private area. And then you can decide what to share and who with in 1 click.  Today ReadWriteWeb covered the new release and qualified our app of - quoting - must have. This is a great achievement but we are far from the perfect experience. First we need to improve the way apps are indexed. To date our methodology is not good enough, but we re improving over time. Why isn't it right away perfect? Because Apple has made close to impossible the possibility to read what you have on your iPhone. But we'll get there. We know how. It just takes time. Second the experience is ok but not amazing. We are cooking some really cool stuff that will make people stick to the app and brings to users a compelling discovery experience. I can't disclose here all the small things we are preparing but there are a number of small details that are going to make a major difference very soon. Third getting to high numbers is not easy. right now we are experience a massive growth due to the novelty and coverage. But we need to work harder on getting to critical size. We think we know how to get there. But anyone who has dealt with an iPhone app knows how complicated this is. Conclusion: Appsfire is THE app to share apps. Right now we are very excited. But we keep our feet on the ground for much more to come. Now enjoy, share and discover great apps. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-19,24988349 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:24 -0700 no OurielOhayon ipod / iphone, appsfire apps iphone apple discovery http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24953337-iPhone-and-Pizzas-Meet-up-for-iPhone-lovers Appsfire.com (Yann and myself) hosted Monday the first edition of "iPhone and Pizzas" a private, small size, short meet up for Pizza iPhone lovers. More exactly people who love the iPhone enough to make some kind of business out of it, either as developer, user or investor. The iPhone community in israel is quite reduced yet, mainly because there are just not enough developers and the iPhone is not being sold yet (i am not referring to iPhone owners acquired abroad). The idea was to put together a group of 20 persons very savvy about the iPhone, around a great pizza (thanks you Appsfire and Apple) and see what the interaction between people in real life can produce. It was highly interesting (The pizza is a good fuel maybe) and we re definitely going to host more of those. We had people from Benchmark Capital, Gemini israel funds, Pudding Media, iPhone groups, key iPhone bloggers, dev of popular apps (yes there are a few in Israel), ....You can see below a short video (shot of cours... Appsfire.com (Yann and myself) hosted Monday the first edition of "iPhone and Pizzas" a private, small size, short meet up for Pizza iPhone lovers. More exactly people who love the iPhone enough to make some kind of business out of it, either as developer, user or investor. The iPhone community in israel is quite reduced yet, mainly because there are just not enough developers and the iPhone is not being sold yet (i am not referring to iPhone owners acquired abroad). The idea was to put together a group of 20 persons very savvy about the iPhone, around a great pizza (thanks you Appsfire and Apple) and see what the interaction between people in real life can produce. It was highly interesting (The pizza is a good fuel maybe) and we re definitely going to host more of those. We had people from Benchmark Capital, Gemini israel funds, Pudding Media, iPhone groups, key iPhone bloggers, dev of popular apps (yes there are a few in Israel), ....You can see below a short video (shot of course with an iPhone 3GS, courtesy of Yaron Samid from Tech Aviv) to measure the temperature In spite of the noise around, we discussed key iPhone developpers issue, Apple policy, business and marketing approaches and of course our favorite Apps (i discovered a few i did not know). It was also an opportunity to showcase our upcoming appsfire native iPhone app for sharing....apps..[covered btw yesterday in ReadWriteWeb in an awesome way] It's amazing to see the passion around this device. A passion i have never seen around any other consumer electronic device (the Wii would be the closest to that). Something Android will have a hard time beating. No matter how open/massive this is going to be. So we'll run more of those meetups. But don't search for a place to be invited. There are not. It is a private, invite only and small scale event and will remain that way. However if you are interested in the next events just shoot me an email on ouriel AT appsfire dot com and explain what you do and why you should attend this event. Appsfire.com (Yann and myself) hosted Monday the first edition of "iPhone and Pizzas" a private, small size, short meet up for Pizza iPhone lovers. More exactly people who love the iPhone enough to make some kind of business out of it, either as developer, user or investor. The iPhone community in israel is quite reduced yet, mainly because there are just not enough developers and the iPhone is not being sold yet (i am not referring to iPhone owners acquired abroad). The idea was to put together a group of 20 persons very savvy about the iPhone, around a great pizza (thanks you Appsfire and Apple) and see what the interaction between people in real life can produce. It was highly interesting (The pizza is a good fuel maybe) and we re definitely going to host more of those. We had people from Benchmark Capital, Gemini israel funds, Pudding Media, iPhone groups, key iPhone bloggers, dev of popular apps (yes there are a few in Israel), ....You can see below a short video (shot of course with an iPhone 3GS, courtesy of Yaron Samid from Tech Aviv) to measure the temperature In spite of the noise around, we discussed key iPhone developpers issue, Apple policy, business and marketing approaches and of course our favorite Apps (i discovered a few i did not know). It was also an opportunity to showcase our upcoming appsfire native iPhone app for sharing....apps..[covered btw yesterday in ReadWriteWeb in an awesome way] It's amazing to see the passion around this device. A passion i have never seen around any other consumer electronic device (the Wii would be the closest to that). Something Android will have a hard time beating. No matter how open/massive this is going to be. So we'll run more of those meetups. But don't search for a place to be invited. There are not. It is a private, invite only and small scale event and will remain that way. However if you are interested in the next events just shoot me an email on ouriel AT appsfire dot com and explain what you do and why you should attend this event. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-13,24953337 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:52:21 -0700 no OurielOhayon ipod / iphone, Israeli Internet http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24948110-The-Onion-is-totally-killing-it Must watch video. Hilarious parody of the recent decision of Google to let users Opt Out to benefit from more privacy. I can't stop laughing Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village Must watch video. Hilarious parody of the recent decision of Google to let users Opt Out to benefit from more privacy. I can't stop laughing Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village Must watch video. Hilarious parody of the recent decision of Google to let users Opt Out to benefit from more privacy. I can't stop laughing Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village tag:odeo.com,2009-08-12,24948110 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:59:03 -0700 no OurielOhayon Funny http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24868883-Announcing-Appsfire-native-iPhone-app-and-Link-Maker Today was a good for Appsfire, our new service that allow you to share easily your favorite iPhone apps: we got great coverage from Louis Gray and Next Web. We also released a new tool for iPhone developers and marketers/bloggers that will allow them to create smart iPhone apps links and getting real time stats on them: indeed Apple iTunes link are kind of ....long and not friendly for sharing. Soon we ll be introducing new tools for monetizing those links (but patience for now) The real big news is that i was able to test our upcoming native iPhone app, that will allow anyone in 2 clicks to share your iphone apps. The experience is really simple because it is totally integrated with the contact book. You can view a first video demo below. But the final version will have more features (once approved by Apple) With Appsfire, the Appstore becomes a little more social. And this is only the beginning Technorati Tags: apple share iphone apps appsfire Today was a good for Appsfire, our new service that allow you to share easily your favorite iPhone apps: we got great coverage from Louis Gray and Next Web. We also released a new tool for iPhone developers and marketers/bloggers that will allow them to create smart iPhone apps links and getting real time stats on them: indeed Apple iTunes link are kind of ....long and not friendly for sharing. Soon we ll be introducing new tools for monetizing those links (but patience for now) The real big news is that i was able to test our upcoming native iPhone app, that will allow anyone in 2 clicks to share your iphone apps. The experience is really simple because it is totally integrated with the contact book. You can view a first video demo below. But the final version will have more features (once approved by Apple) With Appsfire, the Appstore becomes a little more social. And this is only the beginning Technorati Tags: apple share iphone apps appsfire Today was a good for Appsfire, our new service that allow you to share easily your favorite iPhone apps: we got great coverage from Louis Gray and Next Web. We also released a new tool for iPhone developers and marketers/bloggers that will allow them to create smart iPhone apps links and getting real time stats on them: indeed Apple iTunes link are kind of ....long and not friendly for sharing. Soon we ll be introducing new tools for monetizing those links (but patience for now) The real big news is that i was able to test our upcoming native iPhone app, that will allow anyone in 2 clicks to share your iphone apps. The experience is really simple because it is totally integrated with the contact book. You can view a first video demo below. But the final version will have more features (once approved by Apple) With Appsfire, the Appstore becomes a little more social. And this is only the beginning Technorati Tags: apple share iphone apps appsfire tag:odeo.com,2009-07-27,24868883 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:11:05 -0700 no OurielOhayon ipod / iphone http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24746233-No-more-teasing-Introducing-AppsFire-a-new-way-to-share-your-favorite-iPhone-apps-with-anyone How do you find interesting iPhone apps to install, among 40k and growing ? Once you bought an iPhone and got familiar with the amazing iPhone software, it is highly likely that one of the first questions you ll ask yourself will be around which apps you want/should download from Apple AppStore. A natural way to solve this issue is by checking out the AppStore itseft and browse the most downloaded sections. But since Apple's iTunes merchandising is a black box, in addition to be a painful browsing environnement this is not enough. A second natural way to solve that issue is by asking your friends. This happens every single day. I have never met 2 guys that have an iPhone and that do not start discussing their apps. The web is also full of post and articles about most recommended apps, best apps,..Twitter is also a good way to figure out people need a better way to discover Apps. Apple has not solved the problem of Apps Discovery and distribution. And we believe the key is in adding ... How do you find interesting iPhone apps to install, among 40k and growing ? Once you bought an iPhone and got familiar with the amazing iPhone software, it is highly likely that one of the first questions you ll ask yourself will be around which apps you want/should download from Apple AppStore. A natural way to solve this issue is by checking out the AppStore itseft and browse the most downloaded sections. But since Apple's iTunes merchandising is a black box, in addition to be a painful browsing environnement this is not enough. A second natural way to solve that issue is by asking your friends. This happens every single day. I have never met 2 guys that have an iPhone and that do not start discussing their apps. The web is also full of post and articles about most recommended apps, best apps,..Twitter is also a good way to figure out people need a better way to discover Apps. Apple has not solved the problem of Apps Discovery and distribution. And we believe the key is in adding a social layer to iTunes AppStore Enter AppsFire.com [btw this is the project i was teasing about under codename AF] this is why we created AppsFire.com a new service that will allow you to share easily your apps with your Friends and streamline what you already do in real life. We believe the way to solve discovery is by adding a social layer to your iPhone. There are about 40k iPhone apps. And the number is going to rise soon. No one has the time to browse them all. Appsfire is a shortcut to this problem. There might be other solutions. but we believe this one makes sense. A few months ago, i came out with this idea out of personnal frustration and because i was kept being asked about recommended apps. When i met Yann Lechelle, who is a first class iPhone application creator in France, i suggested we create the service. Today we are opening AppsFire in private beta for a few hundreds user. And if we bet right we should see an interesting viral phenomenon take place in the next days. AppsFire is a very simple application [only for mac now, PC coming soon, as well as native iPhone app] that is for now only available for mac and that will list your applications in a private web page. You then can decide which app you want to share, and then you decide how you want to share them (email, social network of widget). You contact then receive a list of Apps to be downloaded directly from the Appstore. For example here are my favorite web apps. What you see today is only a little part of what the service is aimed to become. But we had to start somewhere. If you want to track our activity here is our Twitter account. For further releases you can register here. If you have any suggestions, comments, please leave them on our Appsfire suggestion page. Or simply comment here Check also our coverage on TechCrunch CrunchBase Information AppsFire Information provided by CrunchBase Technorati Tags: iphone apps appsfire itunes apple How do you find interesting iPhone apps to install, among 40k and growing ? Once you bought an iPhone and got familiar with the amazing iPhone software, it is highly likely that one of the first questions you ll ask yourself will be around which apps you want/should download from Apple AppStore. A natural way to solve this issue is by checking out the AppStore itseft and browse the most downloaded sections. But since Apple's iTunes merchandising is a black box, in addition to be a painful browsing environnement this is not enough. A second natural way to solve that issue is by asking your friends. This happens every single day. I have never met 2 guys that have an iPhone and that do not start discussing their apps. The web is also full of post and articles about most recommended apps, best apps,..Twitter is also a good way to figure out people need a better way to discover Apps. Apple has not solved the problem of Apps Discovery and distribution. And we believe the key is in adding a social layer to iTunes AppStore Enter AppsFire.com [btw this is the project i was teasing about under codename AF] this is why we created AppsFire.com a new service that will allow you to share easily your apps with your Friends and streamline what you already do in real life. We believe the way to solve discovery is by adding a social layer to your iPhone. There are about 40k iPhone apps. And the number is going to rise soon. No one has the time to browse them all. Appsfire is a shortcut to this problem. There might be other solutions. but we believe this one makes sense. A few months ago, i came out with this idea out of personnal frustration and because i was kept being asked about recommended apps. When i met Yann Lechelle, who is a first class iPhone application creator in France, i suggested we create the service. Today we are opening AppsFire in private beta for a few hundreds user. And if we bet right we should see an interesting viral phenomenon take place in the next days. AppsFire is a very simple application [only for mac now, PC coming soon, as well as native iPhone app] that is for now only available for mac and that will list your applications in a private web page. You then can decide which app you want to share, and then you decide how you want to share them (email, social network of widget). You contact then receive a list of Apps to be downloaded directly from the Appstore. For example here are my favorite web apps. What you see today is only a little part of what the service is aimed to become. But we had to start somewhere. If you want to track our activity here is our Twitter account. For further releases you can register here. If you have any suggestions, comments, please leave them on our Appsfire suggestion page. Or simply comment here Check also our coverage on TechCrunch CrunchBase Information AppsFire Information provided by CrunchBase Technorati Tags: iphone apps appsfire itunes apple tag:odeo.com,2009-06-30,24746233 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:36:59 -0700 no OurielOhayon ipod / iphone http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24478246-Holocaust-Day-What-2-min-of-silence-looks-and-sounds-like-in-Israel If you never saw this, this is the moment. While some idiots participate in the racist Durban conference, Israel remembers the terror of the Shoah ps: i wish we could see better the number of those cabs plate so we can send them to the police Technorati Tags: shoah remembrance holocaust israel jew If you never saw this, this is the moment. While some idiots participate in the racist Durban conference, Israel remembers the terror of the Shoah ps: i wish we could see better the number of those cabs plate so we can send them to the police Technorati Tags: shoah remembrance holocaust israel jew If you never saw this, this is the moment. While some idiots participate in the racist Durban conference, Israel remembers the terror of the Shoah ps: i wish we could see better the number of those cabs plate so we can send them to the police Technorati Tags: shoah remembrance holocaust israel jew tag:odeo.com,2009-04-21,24478246 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:16:41 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24450953-Watch-Validation I am currently going through a tough period. this is not the first time this is happening, and over the years i have gathered a few tools that help me cope with difficult moments. A few days ago, while learning to be patient and waiting, i have discovered an incredibly powerful video that i absolutely recommend to anyone who feels a little down. It is a short 16 min movie called "Validation". I garantee you ll feel full of positive energy at the end of it. I am currently going through a tough period. this is not the first time this is happening, and over the years i have gathered a few tools that help me cope with difficult moments. A few days ago, while learning to be patient and waiting, i have discovered an incredibly powerful video that i absolutely recommend to anyone who feels a little down. It is a short 16 min movie called "Validation". I garantee you ll feel full of positive energy at the end of it. I am currently going through a tough period. this is not the first time this is happening, and over the years i have gathered a few tools that help me cope with difficult moments. A few days ago, while learning to be patient and waiting, i have discovered an incredibly powerful video that i absolutely recommend to anyone who feels a little down. It is a short 16 min movie called "Validation". I garantee you ll feel full of positive energy at the end of it. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-14,24450953 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:56:05 -0700 no OurielOhayon FILM http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24371761-Want-to-spot-Twitter-Ghosts-faster-Try-Topify-com There is a long thread of thoughts and discussion about fake users and brands on Twitter. Hard to avoid with the popularity growing. There also many suggestions to spot those ghosts. Common sense and observation is a good start. But if you don't have time and want to go threw the learning curve of spotting real users from fake users, try Topify.com (new site coming very very soon) Topify replaces traditional email alert when you have a new follower and will bring you all the necessary information for you to judge who the user is. Most of our users in private beta are telling us that the first benefit is to spot spammers and fake users and avoid following them back. I believe this is a good start to find out about a Ghost: say the way the bio or the last 5 twits are written or even better the ratio Following/Followers. If you want to try it give a jump here (100 invitations). We have already a few thousands users in private beta and requests keep coming. The satisfaction rate is high... There is a long thread of thoughts and discussion about fake users and brands on Twitter. Hard to avoid with the popularity growing. There also many suggestions to spot those ghosts. Common sense and observation is a good start. But if you don't have time and want to go threw the learning curve of spotting real users from fake users, try Topify.com (new site coming very very soon) Topify replaces traditional email alert when you have a new follower and will bring you all the necessary information for you to judge who the user is. Most of our users in private beta are telling us that the first benefit is to spot spammers and fake users and avoid following them back. I believe this is a good start to find out about a Ghost: say the way the bio or the last 5 twits are written or even better the ratio Following/Followers. If you want to try it give a jump here (100 invitations). We have already a few thousands users in private beta and requests keep coming. The satisfaction rate is high (VERY high). That won't be enough. Twitter will need to become or work with a full digital ID standard to stop that. Starting by checking email adresses (which they don t do for now). I am sure this will come soon update: also read users comment on that matter here. speaks by itself Technorati Tags: twitter topify users fakes ghost There is a long thread of thoughts and discussion about fake users and brands on Twitter. Hard to avoid with the popularity growing. There also many suggestions to spot those ghosts. Common sense and observation is a good start. But if you don't have time and want to go threw the learning curve of spotting real users from fake users, try Topify.com (new site coming very very soon) Topify replaces traditional email alert when you have a new follower and will bring you all the necessary information for you to judge who the user is. Most of our users in private beta are telling us that the first benefit is to spot spammers and fake users and avoid following them back. I believe this is a good start to find out about a Ghost: say the way the bio or the last 5 twits are written or even better the ratio Following/Followers. If you want to try it give a jump here (100 invitations). We have already a few thousands users in private beta and requests keep coming. The satisfaction rate is high (VERY high). That won't be enough. Twitter will need to become or work with a full digital ID standard to stop that. Starting by checking email adresses (which they don t do for now). I am sure this will come soon update: also read users comment on that matter here. speaks by itself Technorati Tags: twitter topify users fakes ghost tag:odeo.com,2009-03-27,24371761 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:21:18 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24364560-I-AM-GUILAD Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions (for example NPOs and humanitarian organizations like the red cross are not allowed to visit) by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea update: Benjamin Elharrar (@sdblepas on twitter) translated it in english. the owner of the video just has to embed it in youtube in subtitles. The original file is here on drop.io/iamguilad I am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'm 22I'm FrenchAnd IsraeliI'd like toLaughLearnLoveHold a girlin my armsKiss her lipscause a commotion with my big brotherGo to the movies with my little sisterAnd to argue with my parents that I lovethat I didn't see for two yearsBut they forbid meI am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'22I am held hostage by me... Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions (for example NPOs and humanitarian organizations like the red cross are not allowed to visit) by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea update: Benjamin Elharrar (@sdblepas on twitter) translated it in english. the owner of the video just has to embed it in youtube in subtitles. The original file is here on drop.io/iamguilad I am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'm 22I'm FrenchAnd IsraeliI'd like toLaughLearnLoveHold a girlin my armsKiss her lipscause a commotion with my big brotherGo to the movies with my little sisterAnd to argue with my parents that I lovethat I didn't see for two yearsBut they forbid meI am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'22I am held hostage by menWith weaponsbelonging to the HamasThey don't want me to see the red crossor anyInternational organisationThey don't want me to seemy parentsThe don't applyGeneva conventionsI'm a hostageI'm a hostageI'm a hostageI am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'm dreaming for the daywhere I'll be freedI'm the last french hostageStill in custody in the worldI'm 22If you don't do anything I WILL DIEHelp me Technorati Tags: guilad gilad shalit hamas hostage video Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions (for example NPOs and humanitarian organizations like the red cross are not allowed to visit) by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea update: Benjamin Elharrar (@sdblepas on twitter) translated it in english. the owner of the video just has to embed it in youtube in subtitles. The original file is here on drop.io/iamguilad I am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'm 22I'm FrenchAnd IsraeliI'd like toLaughLearnLoveHold a girlin my armsKiss her lipscause a commotion with my big brotherGo to the movies with my little sisterAnd to argue with my parents that I lovethat I didn't see for two yearsBut they forbid meI am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'22I am held hostage by menWith weaponsbelonging to the HamasThey don't want me to see the red crossor anyInternational organisationThey don't want me to seemy parentsThe don't applyGeneva conventionsI'm a hostageI'm a hostageI'm a hostageI am GuiladGuilad ShalitI'm dreaming for the daywhere I'll be freedI'm the last french hostageStill in custody in the worldI'm 22If you don't do anything I WILL DIEHelp me Technorati Tags: guilad gilad shalit hamas hostage video tag:odeo.com,2009-03-26,24364560 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:12:56 -0700 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24363597-I-AM-GUILAD Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea Technorati Tags: guilad gilad shalit hamas hostage video Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea Technorati Tags: guilad gilad shalit hamas hostage video Great little movie made by famous french actors (Elie chouraqui, Yvan Attal) and personalities (Marek Halter) to help people be aware of the case of the poor Guilad Shalit, treated in unacceptable conditions by the Hamas (for those who did not know Guilad is also french). I wish and Hope this video will be subtitled in English/Spanish/German. I contacted the team to suggest this idea Technorati Tags: guilad gilad shalit hamas hostage video tag:odeo.com,2009-03-25,24363597 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:10:17 -0700 no OurielOhayon Current Affairs http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24341684-Dave-McClure-on-pitching-VCs-how-to-give-them-a-hard-on And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the first employees of Paypal and successful investor - including slideshare). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the first employees of Paypal and successful investor - including slideshare). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the first employees of Paypal and successful investor - including slideshare). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-22,24341684 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:41:35 -0700 no OurielOhayon Venture Capital http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24340196-Dave-McClure-on-pitching-VCs-how-to-give-them-a-hard-on And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the founders of Paypal and successful investor). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the founders of Paypal and successful investor). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. And not a hard one. Dave is brilliant funny guy. His presentations are always full of smart and provocative references using street language to explain complex business situations (he s also one of the founders of Paypal and successful investor). I am always asked to give tips on how to pitch VCs. I would strongly recommend the read of those slides Dave created. One tip though: avoid this language in your actual VC presentation View more presentations from Dave Mcclure. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-21,24340196 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:00:41 -0700 no OurielOhayon Venture Capital http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24336976-Discovering-Esperanza-Spalding I am probably late in the race but i just discovered the highly talented jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. She's only 23 and plays double bass. Quite unusual. But she also has a great voice too:  If Stevie was a girl this is what he would have been. I am not a bass fan, i always skip the bass sections in a jazz tune because i can't really "read" them. But here the combination is interesting. The same musician leads the two main layers of the song: the bottom layer (the bass) and the top layer (the voice). And it works well. I let you discover a great song below and strongly recommend her last album Technorati Tags: jazz esperanza spalding I am probably late in the race but i just discovered the highly talented jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. She's only 23 and plays double bass. Quite unusual. But she also has a great voice too:  If Stevie was a girl this is what he would have been. I am not a bass fan, i always skip the bass sections in a jazz tune because i can't really "read" them. But here the combination is interesting. The same musician leads the two main layers of the song: the bottom layer (the bass) and the top layer (the voice). And it works well. I let you discover a great song below and strongly recommend her last album Technorati Tags: jazz esperanza spalding I am probably late in the race but i just discovered the highly talented jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. She's only 23 and plays double bass. Quite unusual. But she also has a great voice too:  If Stevie was a girl this is what he would have been. I am not a bass fan, i always skip the bass sections in a jazz tune because i can't really "read" them. But here the combination is interesting. The same musician leads the two main layers of the song: the bottom layer (the bass) and the top layer (the voice). And it works well. I let you discover a great song below and strongly recommend her last album Technorati Tags: jazz esperanza spalding tag:odeo.com,2009-03-20,24336976 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:57:31 -0700 no OurielOhayon music, jazz http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24272472-Would-Eric-Schmidt-announce-buying-Twitter-on-TV TechCrunch notes that Eric Schmidt said on TV that he's unlikely to buy twitter (go to min 8'00 on the below video)...Actually unlikely to buy nothing in the short term and because the prices are too high. Let's decode. Schmidt is in one of the most popular TV show: he would certainly not declare anything about acquisition there, specially if it is going to happen soon. Whatever the reason. Note also that he does not mention Google is not interested. "Unlikely" means, this is an option. Then another surprising declaration "prices are too high". We are precisely in a period where prices are going to be as cheap as can, and acquisitions are going to be accelerated because the darwinian process is doing his job in the startup jungle. I already said it. Google will buy Twitter. This acquisition makes total sense. I would even say it is necessary The way i understand Eric Schmidt declarations: "We want to buy Twitter but it's too expensive for now, We are still negotiating" Technorati Ta... TechCrunch notes that Eric Schmidt said on TV that he's unlikely to buy twitter (go to min 8'00 on the below video)...Actually unlikely to buy nothing in the short term and because the prices are too high. Let's decode. Schmidt is in one of the most popular TV show: he would certainly not declare anything about acquisition there, specially if it is going to happen soon. Whatever the reason. Note also that he does not mention Google is not interested. "Unlikely" means, this is an option. Then another surprising declaration "prices are too high". We are precisely in a period where prices are going to be as cheap as can, and acquisitions are going to be accelerated because the darwinian process is doing his job in the startup jungle. I already said it. Google will buy Twitter. This acquisition makes total sense. I would even say it is necessary The way i understand Eric Schmidt declarations: "We want to buy Twitter but it's too expensive for now, We are still negotiating" Technorati Tags: twitter google TechCrunch notes that Eric Schmidt said on TV that he's unlikely to buy twitter (go to min 8'00 on the below video)...Actually unlikely to buy nothing in the short term and because the prices are too high. Let's decode. Schmidt is in one of the most popular TV show: he would certainly not declare anything about acquisition there, specially if it is going to happen soon. Whatever the reason. Note also that he does not mention Google is not interested. "Unlikely" means, this is an option. Then another surprising declaration "prices are too high". We are precisely in a period where prices are going to be as cheap as can, and acquisitions are going to be accelerated because the darwinian process is doing his job in the startup jungle. I already said it. Google will buy Twitter. This acquisition makes total sense. I would even say it is necessary The way i understand Eric Schmidt declarations: "We want to buy Twitter but it's too expensive for now, We are still negotiating" Technorati Tags: twitter google tag:odeo.com,2009-03-07,24272472 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:36:42 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24254575-Opening-Topify-for-smarter-Twitter-Notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly ... It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed (update: Tim Oreilly also) a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful, people like it a lot and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed (update: Tim Oreilly also) a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful, people like it a lot and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation tag:odeo.com,2009-03-04,24254575 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:02:49 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24253552-Opening-Topify-for-smarter-Twitter-Notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly ... It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed (update: Tim Oreilly also) a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed (update: Tim Oreilly also) a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation tag:odeo.com,2009-03-04,24253552 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:55:51 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24251304-Opening-Topify-for-smarter-Twitter-Notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly ... It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation It all started with a blog post on email as a command system for web apps. Arik Framovitch liked the post and created Topify a simple web app that enables Twitter users to deal in a smarter way with the flow of email notifications coming in their inbox. Arik then offered me to help him develop this product. We started teasing around and we have opened today the first batch of invitations to users. Topify vision is bigger, but for now it enables you to receive a smart notification from the user requesting to follow you so you can know who is that person. We provide you with enough information to decide whether you want to follow him or not (bio, number of followers/following, date he joined the service, his last message...). Once you have decided this is a person to follow, instead of sending you to twitter to see his page and then follow him, you only have to reply to this email and send it. Then when you'll receive direct messages on your mail box, you ll be able to reply directly from there. Without having to go to the twitter site or your twitter client. In a word we make Twitter more efficient and help you will a more real time based experience. This is probably something Twitter should have done from day 1. But we could not wait. Maybe they will do it. This will be a great news for all, because this is the way it should be. Topify has received tremendous welcome from day 1 (read for example the great review by TheNextWeb WeboLobby and Jay Meydad). TechCrunch noticed a different service and claims it is a copy. I am not sure we can say that although their domain is only a couple of days old and their screencast looks very very much like the one i produced. But who cares, This is what you call Instant competition on the internet. Free online screen recorder Our service is already more advanced/useful and more things are coming soon (great things) Right now the service is in close beta and we ll open the service in the coming days. In the meantime you can register to the beta ps: for those wondering topify is NOT PSS Technorati Tags: topify twitter email notifcation tag:odeo.com,2009-03-04,24251304 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:36:06 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24242609-Readability-makes-text-readable-simply-and-beautifully I was pretty impressed by Readbility, this bookmarket that makes text readable on the web by simply cleaning the mess around. It well done, simple and elegant. A permanent addition to my browser. more below in video Free online screen recorder I was pretty impressed by Readbility, this bookmarket that makes text readable on the web by simply cleaning the mess around. It well done, simple and elegant. A permanent addition to my browser. more below in video Free online screen recorder I was pretty impressed by Readbility, this bookmarket that makes text readable on the web by simply cleaning the mess around. It well done, simple and elegant. A permanent addition to my browser. more below in video Free online screen recorder tag:odeo.com,2009-03-03,24242609 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:31:40 -0800 no OurielOhayon Execution is key http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24207232-The-Appstore-friendly-for-business-Think-twice Apple definitely hit something big with the AppStore generating millions of dollars of sales. Its revenue sharing is also fair to the developpers. But when you look at it closely you understand that there are a few major flaws in the system that make the AppStore business unfriendly. Like any sales channel, there are a few simple things on which you need visibility to manage successfully your business as a product manufacturer. The most important one is the relation with the end customer. I remember having started my career in big FMCG firms (Reckitt, Danone), manufacturers had to deal with retailers in order to get some field feedback beyond pure sales number. Retailers eventually control all the key parameters for sales, even if by way of negotiation manufacturers can influence this or that: listing, pricing policy, merchanding, promotional campaigns and other things...Eventually the manufacturer has to take the retailer word for granted, and of course this is not enough. Since th... Apple definitely hit something big with the AppStore generating millions of dollars of sales. Its revenue sharing is also fair to the developpers. But when you look at it closely you understand that there are a few major flaws in the system that make the AppStore business unfriendly. Like any sales channel, there are a few simple things on which you need visibility to manage successfully your business as a product manufacturer. The most important one is the relation with the end customer. I remember having started my career in big FMCG firms (Reckitt, Danone), manufacturers had to deal with retailers in order to get some field feedback beyond pure sales number. Retailers eventually control all the key parameters for sales, even if by way of negotiation manufacturers can influence this or that: listing, pricing policy, merchanding, promotional campaigns and other things...Eventually the manufacturer has to take the retailer word for granted, and of course this is not enough. Since the retailer claims he owns the customer, he also owns the intelligence around him and rarely share it. Of course Manufacturers do not stop here and contract with 3rd party companies that can provide better intelligence: Nielsen is one of those companies able to give you a better point of sales snapshot on pricing, merchandising and even competition but those are based on samples. With the Appstore things are very similar maybe a little worse. Once your app has been approved there is very little you can actually do to control how your business will go. All you have to do, is pray that things go well and if you are good in online promotion you can drive better sales to the Appstore. But you'll do it blindly. For example you do not have any form of control on the merchandising of your app, meaning how it is displayed in the Store vs other Apps. For example how can i get on the home page, are there internal mechanisms that help me do that? you do not have any form of promotion mechanism if you want to do a try and buy, or offer your app for free or for a demo. For example many app creators sent me generic apple vouchers to buy their app to try it, but i could have bought anything i wanted you do not have ANY information on the customer buying your app unless you ask him to register once he installed your app. Apple won t share the iTunes profile you do not have any form of virtual advertising to promote yourself in iTunes explaining the large numbers of online app directory. You can if you want embed a 3rd party analytics system (like Pinch Media) to understand how your app is used but this is not enough you do not have any form of analytics or dashboard with the activity around your app (except download and sales), For eg: how many users visited my page, how much time they spend on it. Did they buy the app on the computer appstore or on the mobile appstore? you do not have a test platform to really measure the pricing elasticity, except by doing it manually, day after day In other words, the Appstore is a point of sales on which you have rather little way to understand what's really happening and influence really your performance. You have to rely on outbound maketing activities. A very small % of the apps are really making big money. most apps dont deserve to make a lot but i am sure many would do much better if the app store what not a black box and if it was a little more "open" and feature rich. It could really become a great efficient market place. But, beyond all appearances, it is not. Are you an iphone app creator? do you agree? do you have more comments or suggestions to make to apple? update: Fred Wilson in the comments and on his blog is pointing us to a great presentation by pinch media, that only some good analytics tool could lead to. I recommend you read it below iPhone AppStore Secrets - Pinch Media View more presentations from pinchmedia. (tags: pinch media) Technorati Tags: apple itunes iphone appstore Apple definitely hit something big with the AppStore generating millions of dollars of sales. Its revenue sharing is also fair to the developpers. But when you look at it closely you understand that there are a few major flaws in the system that make the AppStore business unfriendly. Like any sales channel, there are a few simple things on which you need visibility to manage successfully your business as a product manufacturer. The most important one is the relation with the end customer. I remember having started my career in big FMCG firms (Reckitt, Danone), manufacturers had to deal with retailers in order to get some field feedback beyond pure sales number. Retailers eventually control all the key parameters for sales, even if by way of negotiation manufacturers can influence this or that: listing, pricing policy, merchanding, promotional campaigns and other things...Eventually the manufacturer has to take the retailer word for granted, and of course this is not enough. Since the retailer claims he owns the customer, he also owns the intelligence around him and rarely share it. Of course Manufacturers do not stop here and contract with 3rd party companies that can provide better intelligence: Nielsen is one of those companies able to give you a better point of sales snapshot on pricing, merchandising and even competition but those are based on samples. With the Appstore things are very similar maybe a little worse. Once your app has been approved there is very little you can actually do to control how your business will go. All you have to do, is pray that things go well and if you are good in online promotion you can drive better sales to the Appstore. But you'll do it blindly. For example you do not have any form of control on the merchandising of your app, meaning how it is displayed in the Store vs other Apps. For example how can i get on the home page, are there internal mechanisms that help me do that? you do not have any form of promotion mechanism if you want to do a try and buy, or offer your app for free or for a demo. For example many app creators sent me generic apple vouchers to buy their app to try it, but i could have bought anything i wanted you do not have ANY information on the customer buying your app unless you ask him to register once he installed your app. Apple won t share the iTunes profile you do not have any form of virtual advertising to promote yourself in iTunes explaining the large numbers of online app directory. You can if you want embed a 3rd party analytics system (like Pinch Media) to understand how your app is used but this is not enough you do not have any form of analytics or dashboard with the activity around your app (except download and sales), For eg: how many users visited my page, how much time they spend on it. Did they buy the app on the computer appstore or on the mobile appstore? you do not have a test platform to really measure the pricing elasticity, except by doing it manually, day after day In other words, the Appstore is a point of sales on which you have rather little way to understand what's really happening and influence really your performance. You have to rely on outbound maketing activities. A very small % of the apps are really making big money. most apps dont deserve to make a lot but i am sure many would do much better if the app store what not a black box and if it was a little more "open" and feature rich. It could really become a great efficient market place. But, beyond all appearances, it is not. Are you an iphone app creator? do you agree? do you have more comments or suggestions to make to apple? update: Fred Wilson in the comments and on his blog is pointing us to a great presentation by pinch media, that only some good analytics tool could lead to. I recommend you read it below iPhone AppStore Secrets - Pinch Media View more presentations from pinchmedia. (tags: pinch media) Technorati Tags: apple itunes iphone appstore tag:odeo.com,2009-02-25,24207232 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:19:51 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24133738-FoxTab-a-must-have-Firefox-plugin-made-in-Israel I stumbled upon Foxtab a few days ago, and this has become one of my favourite Firefox Plugins. You can see a screencast of what it does below: it helps you navigate through your tabs in a convenient and gorgeous way. It will remind you of the cool experience of Cooliris for pictures but also of the Vista Aero app browsing. Screencasts and videos online I read somewhere that Firefox 3.1 should come with something similar. But i doubt this will be as nice. Now the cool part is that this plugin is just in very early alpha and more is coming soon. The even better part is that it is made here in Israel and i am proud to see that we are here able to such a great level of execution. The founder told me more and better is coming up soon. Technorati Tags: foxtab browser plugin cooliris I stumbled upon Foxtab a few days ago, and this has become one of my favourite Firefox Plugins. You can see a screencast of what it does below: it helps you navigate through your tabs in a convenient and gorgeous way. It will remind you of the cool experience of Cooliris for pictures but also of the Vista Aero app browsing. Screencasts and videos online I read somewhere that Firefox 3.1 should come with something similar. But i doubt this will be as nice. Now the cool part is that this plugin is just in very early alpha and more is coming soon. The even better part is that it is made here in Israel and i am proud to see that we are here able to such a great level of execution. The founder told me more and better is coming up soon. Technorati Tags: foxtab browser plugin cooliris I stumbled upon Foxtab a few days ago, and this has become one of my favourite Firefox Plugins. You can see a screencast of what it does below: it helps you navigate through your tabs in a convenient and gorgeous way. It will remind you of the cool experience of Cooliris for pictures but also of the Vista Aero app browsing. Screencasts and videos online I read somewhere that Firefox 3.1 should come with something similar. But i doubt this will be as nice. Now the cool part is that this plugin is just in very early alpha and more is coming soon. The even better part is that it is made here in Israel and i am proud to see that we are here able to such a great level of execution. The founder told me more and better is coming up soon. Technorati Tags: foxtab browser plugin cooliris tag:odeo.com,2009-02-19,24133738 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:38:24 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24051783-Sony-s-latest-stupid-piece-of-shit I laughed SO much looking at this I laughed SO much looking at this I laughed SO much looking at this tag:odeo.com,2009-02-11,24051783 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:53:24 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24051784-Jazz-upcoming-new-album-by-Yaron-Herman-a-first-exclusive-preview Beyond being a dear friend, Yaron Herman is probably one of the best jazz pianist of the new generation. He won last year the prestigious Victoire du Jazz Award and his agenda his full up until next year playing in the best jazz festivals in the world. His last album "A time for everything" was a real hit. His new album in trio will be released on march 9 and is called Muse. This album is an interesting turning point for Yaron. He could have gone onto the path of the previous album and work the "easy" way to pick major popular hits and turn them into jazz tunes. But on this disc, except one tune by Bjork (Isobel, you can listen on Yaron's site), the rest of the selection is not obvious. But the end result is simply amazing. You'll find for example Con Alma , a jazz tune that i never liked, but that is really beautifully rendered. There are a lot of original compositions and pieces accompanied by the Quatuor Eben (i talked about in this blog). What i like about this new album is that... Beyond being a dear friend, Yaron Herman is probably one of the best jazz pianist of the new generation. He won last year the prestigious Victoire du Jazz Award and his agenda his full up until next year playing in the best jazz festivals in the world. His last album "A time for everything" was a real hit. His new album in trio will be released on march 9 and is called Muse. This album is an interesting turning point for Yaron. He could have gone onto the path of the previous album and work the "easy" way to pick major popular hits and turn them into jazz tunes. But on this disc, except one tune by Bjork (Isobel, you can listen on Yaron's site), the rest of the selection is not obvious. But the end result is simply amazing. You'll find for example Con Alma , a jazz tune that i never liked, but that is really beautifully rendered. There are a lot of original compositions and pieces accompanied by the Quatuor Eben (i talked about in this blog). What i like about this new album is that i could finally listen Yaron playing with his own personal voice, taking a step ahead from his key influencers like Keith Jarrett. There is also an Israeli, popular/folkoric tune called Lamidbar (one version here), composed by the great Sacha Argov. You can listen to it below. You'll understand how Yaron and his trio are able to build from a simple little melody a deep groovy energetic improvisation. Lamidbar - Yaron Herman by ourielohayon If you like What you listen Yaron will be playing in Paris at the prestigious Theatre des champs elysees on March 9th Later this week i ll organize a little contest to win a ticket for the concert as well as 2 CDs. Start to track me on Twitter from more information Technorati Tags: yaron herman muse jazz album piano paris Beyond being a dear friend, Yaron Herman is probably one of the best jazz pianist of the new generation. He won last year the prestigious Victoire du Jazz Award and his agenda his full up until next year playing in the best jazz festivals in the world. His last album "A time for everything" was a real hit. His new album in trio will be released on march 9 and is called Muse. This album is an interesting turning point for Yaron. He could have gone onto the path of the previous album and work the "easy" way to pick major popular hits and turn them into jazz tunes. But on this disc, except one tune by Bjork (Isobel, you can listen on Yaron's site), the rest of the selection is not obvious. But the end result is simply amazing. You'll find for example Con Alma , a jazz tune that i never liked, but that is really beautifully rendered. There are a lot of original compositions and pieces accompanied by the Quatuor Eben (i talked about in this blog). What i like about this new album is that i could finally listen Yaron playing with his own personal voice, taking a step ahead from his key influencers like Keith Jarrett. There is also an Israeli, popular/folkoric tune called Lamidbar (one version here), composed by the great Sacha Argov. You can listen to it below. You'll understand how Yaron and his trio are able to build from a simple little melody a deep groovy energetic improvisation. Lamidbar - Yaron Herman by ourielohayon If you like What you listen Yaron will be playing in Paris at the prestigious Theatre des champs elysees on March 9th Later this week i ll organize a little contest to win a ticket for the concert as well as 2 CDs. Start to track me on Twitter from more information Technorati Tags: yaron herman muse jazz album piano paris tag:odeo.com,2009-02-09,24051784 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:16:53 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24051785-The-Waltz-with-Bashir One thing i kept from the Israeli movie "Waltz with Bashir" is one of the classical music piece used during and at the end of the movie. The usage of classical music is nothing really new: coppolla in Apocalypse now, Oliver Stone in Platoon,...But in that movie that is so personnal, traumatic and intimate they had to use some dark and sad music. When i went to amazon to buy the sound track, i could not find any track except the rock/modern music. For some reasons they did not include any of the classical music. Why? : the Bach piano concerto #5, the Chopin Waltz (referred to in the title) and the watlz i was looking for, which is for me the central part of the sound track as it reveals the darkest moment of the story (no disclosure here of course). I asked my Twitter friends then...but no one could help me I then ran a good old search in Google and stumbled upon an interview with Ari Folman (i recommend you read it) mentionning this piece of music: the Andantino from a piano Sonata ... One thing i kept from the Israeli movie "Waltz with Bashir" is one of the classical music piece used during and at the end of the movie. The usage of classical music is nothing really new: coppolla in Apocalypse now, Oliver Stone in Platoon,...But in that movie that is so personnal, traumatic and intimate they had to use some dark and sad music. When i went to amazon to buy the sound track, i could not find any track except the rock/modern music. For some reasons they did not include any of the classical music. Why? : the Bach piano concerto #5, the Chopin Waltz (referred to in the title) and the watlz i was looking for, which is for me the central part of the sound track as it reveals the darkest moment of the story (no disclosure here of course). I asked my Twitter friends then...but no one could help me I then ran a good old search in Google and stumbled upon an interview with Ari Folman (i recommend you read it) mentionning this piece of music: the Andantino from a piano Sonata by Schubert D959, one of his last. (here more information on that piece in Wikipedia) You can hear it below played by Rudolph Serkin. It does not sound like it but it is a waltz (3 beats), a dark and painful conflicted waltz where you can hear 2 delicate voices, interrupted by a fantasy-like minor movement coming back to the waltz and lead to silence. At the end of the movie they worked out the original in an electronic version with deep echo. Discover Rudolf Serkin! More than the chopin waltz, that i nearly found inappropriate for the movie, i think this one embeds better the spirit of the story. update: the music actually appears in the CD of the soundtrack. Called "Andante / Reflection" where only the beginning of the movement is played then transcribed for Trio (violin, cello, piano) Technorati Tags: movie waltzwithbashir classical waltz schubert One thing i kept from the Israeli movie "Waltz with Bashir" is one of the classical music piece used during and at the end of the movie. The usage of classical music is nothing really new: coppolla in Apocalypse now, Oliver Stone in Platoon,...But in that movie that is so personnal, traumatic and intimate they had to use some dark and sad music. When i went to amazon to buy the sound track, i could not find any track except the rock/modern music. For some reasons they did not include any of the classical music. Why? : the Bach piano concerto #5, the Chopin Waltz (referred to in the title) and the watlz i was looking for, which is for me the central part of the sound track as it reveals the darkest moment of the story (no disclosure here of course). I asked my Twitter friends then...but no one could help me I then ran a good old search in Google and stumbled upon an interview with Ari Folman (i recommend you read it) mentionning this piece of music: the Andantino from a piano Sonata by Schubert D959, one of his last. (here more information on that piece in Wikipedia) You can hear it below played by Rudolph Serkin. It does not sound like it but it is a waltz (3 beats), a dark and painful conflicted waltz where you can hear 2 delicate voices, interrupted by a fantasy-like minor movement coming back to the waltz and lead to silence. At the end of the movie they worked out the original in an electronic version with deep echo. Discover Rudolf Serkin! More than the chopin waltz, that i nearly found inappropriate for the movie, i think this one embeds better the spirit of the story. update: the music actually appears in the CD of the soundtrack. Called "Andante / Reflection" where only the beginning of the movement is played then transcribed for Trio (violin, cello, piano) Technorati Tags: movie waltzwithbashir classical waltz schubert tag:odeo.com,2009-02-07,24051785 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:39:09 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24000992-Google-is-dangerous-for-your-computer Something is broken with Google today. But what? And what will the world do without Google? Capture your screen in seconds Search for Google in Twitter is insane... update: seems fixed, but wait a sec. Check your spam folder in Gmail...you may be suprised too Technorati Tags: Google Something is broken with Google today. But what? And what will the world do without Google? Capture your screen in seconds Search for Google in Twitter is insane... update: seems fixed, but wait a sec. Check your spam folder in Gmail...you may be suprised too Technorati Tags: Google Something is broken with Google today. But what? And what will the world do without Google? Capture your screen in seconds Search for Google in Twitter is insane... update: seems fixed, but wait a sec. Check your spam folder in Gmail...you may be suprised too Technorati Tags: Google tag:odeo.com,2009-01-31,24000992 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:02:16 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23986638-The-Erdogan-Peres-clash-is-again-a-case-of-poor-media-reporting Yesterday at the World Economic Forum, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan decided to leave the stage of a debate with Shimon Peres to show his "disapprovement". The debate was about the peace process in Israel and the recent war against Hamas in Gaza. You will probably see the news in all major newspaper today presented as, i simplify, "Shimon Peres apologized to Recep Erdogan". What people will remember and what most media are covering is that: He left and that Shimon Peres apologized (translate Erdogan was right and Peres wrong).Right. Some context? of course not... Now stop, rewind. You can't understand this if you did not see the debate. I urge you to see the full video below. The argumentation of Erdogan was simply inadequate and wrong (and prior to him the same goes with former egyptian minsister Moussa) and President Peres, did just the right thing by reminding the real context in which Israel is operating. It is easy to say that civilians are killed, and that this is not good, t... Yesterday at the World Economic Forum, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan decided to leave the stage of a debate with Shimon Peres to show his "disapprovement". The debate was about the peace process in Israel and the recent war against Hamas in Gaza. You will probably see the news in all major newspaper today presented as, i simplify, "Shimon Peres apologized to Recep Erdogan". What people will remember and what most media are covering is that: He left and that Shimon Peres apologized (translate Erdogan was right and Peres wrong).Right. Some context? of course not... Now stop, rewind. You can't understand this if you did not see the debate. I urge you to see the full video below. The argumentation of Erdogan was simply inadequate and wrong (and prior to him the same goes with former egyptian minsister Moussa) and President Peres, did just the right thing by reminding the real context in which Israel is operating. It is easy to say that civilians are killed, and that this is not good, that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza...But what about the context? Peres did a great job explaining (in the video it starts at minute 39, just drag the player) with passion the lack of options Israel has in front of a country lead by dictators hiding in Tunnels or in Syria. He's explaining a democracy is not a matter of 1-day election but of civilization, that Israeli totally retreated from Gaza and that even invested in some infrastructures (destroyed by Hamas), that since Israeli retreated missiles where shoot everyday and restrained for many years, that Hamas torture and kill his own people in daylight, that Hamas has a charter where they wrote back on white their mission is to kill every single jew (not israeli, jew). All those are facts. How do you make peace with that? What are your options? What would your country do with that? Erdogan presented the usual PR Bullshit we are used to hear everyday in the news or on the web: but the reality is where are the options? Where are the choices? This is why Peres told Erdogan, in his case he would have done the same thing. He reminded something that is not heard enough: Israel wants peace, Israel wants 2 countries, Israel wants Gaza to flourish (that's why we retreated from Gaza), Israel wants victory, not in War (like Hamas always love to claim) but in peace. Can you hear this message from the other side? Yes in part from Fatah and not from Hamas. Erdogan does not remember there is a difference between Palestinian and Hamas and that peace is not possible with the later, simply because they do not want it and created this situation. Peres speech was passionate and strong, unusual. I personnally regret he apologized. He was both right on the content and on the way he presented it for about 22 min (After nearly 40 minutes of anti-israeli speech from Erdogan and former egyptian minister moussa). This is why people applauded so strong at the end. I can understand maybe that for diplomatic reasons Peres apologized, but certainly not for what he said, more probably for the context and the way it ended (which you won't read anywhere in the news). Erdogan left, because he was out of argument (you can feel that in the way he talks and his nervous attitude), not only because he was out of time. I also regret the debate stopped there, because i was curious to hear the answers from Erdogan. Turkey has recently taken strong positions against Israel surprisingly after having been a moderate and efficient intermediary in the peace process. Why this sudden change? I think you have to look at what happens inside Turkey with the slow but sure progression of Islamism (which is btw creating some issue with the EU integration). Erdogan has in my view a schizophrenic attitude to Israel: he wants to be their friend, but on the other side can't show support towards his own people and public opinion. Conclusion: the media say "Erdogan left, Shimon Peres Apologized". I say "Erdogan could not hold a debate, Peres defended a brave and honest position". Again do not stop at what you read in the media and see this full video. What do you say? Technorati Tags: WEF worldeconomicforum israel turkey erdogan peres gaza hamas war Yesterday at the World Economic Forum, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan decided to leave the stage of a debate with Shimon Peres to show his "disapprovement". The debate was about the peace process in Israel and the recent war against Hamas in Gaza. You will probably see the news in all major newspaper today presented as, i simplify, "Shimon Peres apologized to Recep Erdogan". What people will remember and what most media are covering is that: He left and that Shimon Peres apologized (translate Erdogan was right and Peres wrong).Right. Some context? of course not... Now stop, rewind. You can't understand this if you did not see the debate. I urge you to see the full video below. The argumentation of Erdogan was simply inadequate and wrong (and prior to him the same goes with former egyptian minsister Moussa) and President Peres, did just the right thing by reminding the real context in which Israel is operating. It is easy to say that civilians are killed, and that this is not good, that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza...But what about the context? Peres did a great job explaining (in the video it starts at minute 39, just drag the player) with passion the lack of options Israel has in front of a country lead by dictators hiding in Tunnels or in Syria. He's explaining a democracy is not a matter of 1-day election but of civilization, that Israeli totally retreated from Gaza and that even invested in some infrastructures (destroyed by Hamas), that since Israeli retreated missiles where shoot everyday and restrained for many years, that Hamas torture and kill his own people in daylight, that Hamas has a charter where they wrote back on white their mission is to kill every single jew (not israeli, jew). All those are facts. How do you make peace with that? What are your options? What would your country do with that? Erdogan presented the usual PR Bullshit we are used to hear everyday in the news or on the web: but the reality is where are the options? Where are the choices? This is why Peres told Erdogan, in his case he would have done the same thing. He reminded something that is not heard enough: Israel wants peace, Israel wants 2 countries, Israel wants Gaza to flourish (that's why we retreated from Gaza), Israel wants victory, not in War (like Hamas always love to claim) but in peace. Can you hear this message from the other side? Yes in part from Fatah and not from Hamas. Erdogan does not remember there is a difference between Palestinian and Hamas and that peace is not possible with the later, simply because they do not want it and created this situation. Peres speech was passionate and strong, unusual. I personnally regret he apologized. He was both right on the content and on the way he presented it for about 22 min (After nearly 40 minutes of anti-israeli speech from Erdogan and former egyptian minister moussa). This is why people applauded so strong at the end. I can understand maybe that for diplomatic reasons Peres apologized, but certainly not for what he said, more probably for the context and the way it ended (which you won't read anywhere in the news). Erdogan left, because he was out of argument (you can feel that in the way he talks and his nervous attitude), not only because he was out of time. I also regret the debate stopped there, because i was curious to hear the answers from Erdogan. Turkey has recently taken strong positions against Israel surprisingly after having been a moderate and efficient intermediary in the peace process. Why this sudden change? I think you have to look at what happens inside Turkey with the slow but sure progression of Islamism (which is btw creating some issue with the EU integration). Erdogan has in my view a schizophrenic attitude to Israel: he wants to be their friend, but on the other side can't show support towards his own people and public opinion. Conclusion: the media say "Erdogan left, Shimon Peres Apologized". I say "Erdogan could not hold a debate, Peres defended a brave and honest position". Again do not stop at what you read in the media and see this full video. What do you say? Technorati Tags: WEF worldeconomicforum israel turkey erdogan peres gaza hamas war tag:odeo.com,2009-01-29,23986638 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:49:55 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23976694-The-Best-Pizza-in-Tel-Aviv-Il-Teatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will... I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice update: mentionned in the comments: Agvania is good but 1. expensive 2. too big 3. no delivery 4. not as good...Dan Peguine is recommanding on Pizza Piano in Tel Aviv. Will have to try. Here a post by Haaretz on the matter about the best pizzas in Tel Aviv: i disagree with most of the name mentionned here but at least you can compare Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice update: mentionned in the comments: Agvania is good but 1. expensive 2. too big 3. no delivery 4. not as good...Dan Peguine is recommanding on Pizza Piano in Tel Aviv. Will have to try. Here a post by Haaretz on the matter about the best pizzas in Tel Aviv: i disagree with most of the name mentionned here but at least you can compare Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro tag:odeo.com,2009-01-28,23976694 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:48:40 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23970628-The-Best-Pizza-in-Tel-Aviv-Il-Teatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will... I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro tag:odeo.com,2009-01-28,23970628 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:55:42 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23981218-The-Best-Pizza-in-Tel-Aviv-Il-Teatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will... I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice update: mentionned in the comments: Agvania is good but 1. expensive 2. too big 3. no delivery 4. not as good...Dan Peguine is recommanding on Pizza Piano in Tel Aviv. Will have to try. Here a post by Haaretz on the matter about the best pizzas in Tel Aviv: i disagree with most of the name mentionned here but at least you can compare Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro I am a big Pizza fan. I have spent my youth in the best region in the world for Pizzas: Nice in the south of France. Since i have been chasing that standards all over the world. Very hard to find as good (but sometimes i do). Since i arrived in Israel i have been very very very very frustrated with Pizzas. Most people order here the disgusting Pizza Meter, Hut or Dominos. There are a few "boutiques" that until now have been good choices: il Pizzaiolo has been a point of reference and recently i discovered Iceberg in tel aviv Port. Time Out rates Tony Vespa as #1: so i went to checkout and don't loose your time. Not even #10 But the award goes, by far, to a Pizza restaurant that is just down my street, in Yehuda Hamakabi 40 in Tel aviv hold by 2 french guys that came in Israel a few years ago: il T eatro. Actually i am quite frustrated to discover it only now because it's been there for a while (in place of the mythical sandwhich place Theodor) and i never thought about going. I will save you long explanations about why it is so good. Just see for yourself in the slideshow below how thin, crispy outside, good looking and yummy It is made in an genuine stone oven a yosu can see. Here you can see a video of the pizza The prices are very decent. The restaurant is Kosher. Take Away but no delivery...Often full And just a final note: no wonder this is a great pizza place. The Pizzailio is from....Nice update: mentionned in the comments: Agvania is good but 1. expensive 2. too big 3. no delivery 4. not as good...Dan Peguine is recommanding on Pizza Piano in Tel Aviv. Will have to try. Here a post by Haaretz on the matter about the best pizzas in Tel Aviv: i disagree with most of the name mentionned here but at least you can compare Technorati Tags: pizza israel tel aviv ilteatro tag:odeo.com,2009-01-28,23981218 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:55:38 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23939749-Mozart-Piano-Sonata-No12-Adagio I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23939749 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:49:23 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23936082-Mozart-Piano-Sonata-No12-Adagio I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23936082 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:53:05 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23981219-Mozart-Piano-Sonata-No12-Adagio I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too I recently saw a great movie on the recommandation of my friend Frederic: Vier Minuten (four minutes) which is about the musical education of this talented woman prisonner by this old single woman whose life has been dedicated to music. The movie starts with this stunning piece of music by Mozart. I don't like Mozart. I am not connecting to his music because i have not found yet the right "keys" to appreciate it. I find it either too easy or too predictable. Some will say this is the genius of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Anyway for the first time i have head this piece of music: Piano Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 : II.Adagio which i am embedding below. It could have nearly been written by Beethoven (the young Beethoven). The simplicity and elegance of major/minor modulation is just amazing. hope you'll like it too tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23981219 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:44:07 -0800 no OurielOhayon http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23900742-2-must-see-movies-Slumdog-Millionnaire-and-Vicky-Cristina-Barcelona I have seen a lot of movies but 2 are really striking and i strongly recommend you see them The Slumdog Millionaire is a breathtaking story about an indian winning the famous game "who wants to be a millionaire". The story and movie direction is so strong that it makes you totally forget that there is no one single famous actor in this movie. Danny Boyle (Trainspotting and others) has just made his best movie ever. trailer below Vicky Cristina Barcelona, that woody allen could have called "Lovers". Probably one of his best movies. I loved to see again Barcelona where i used to live for 3 years (i could not recognize it in the move...). Javier Bardem, one of my favourite actors confirms his talent in the role of the irresistible latin lover surrounded by 3 beautiful women whose life he s going to shake a little...Woody Allen gets better year after year. Will he ever stop? Trailer below I have seen a lot of movies but 2 are really striking and i strongly recommend you see them The Slumdog Millionaire is a breathtaking story about an indian winning the famous game "who wants to be a millionaire". The story and movie direction is so strong that it makes you totally forget that there is no one single famous actor in this movie. Danny Boyle (Trainspotting and others) has just made his best movie ever. trailer below Vicky Cristina Barcelona, that woody allen could have called "Lovers". Probably one of his best movies. I loved to see again Barcelona where i used to live for 3 years (i could not recognize it in the move...). Javier Bardem, one of my favourite actors confirms his talent in the role of the irresistible latin lover surrounded by 3 beautiful women whose life he s going to shake a little...Woody Allen gets better year after year. Will he ever stop? Trailer below I have seen a lot of movies but 2 are really striking and i strongly recommend you see them The Slumdog Millionaire is a breathtaking story about an indian winning the famous game "who wants to be a millionaire". The story and movie direction is so strong that it makes you totally forget that there is no one single famous actor in this movie. Danny Boyle (Trainspotting and others) has just made his best movie ever. trailer below Vicky Cristina Barcelona, that woody allen could have called "Lovers". Probably one of his best movies. I loved to see again Barcelona where i used to live for 3 years (i could not recognize it in the move...). Javier Bardem, one of my favourite actors confirms his talent in the role of the irresistible latin lover surrounded by 3 beautiful women whose life he s going to shake a little...Woody Allen gets better year after year. Will he ever stop? Trailer below tag:odeo.com,2009-01-18,23900742 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:39:56 -0800 no OurielOhayon