Archive for 'Business' Category
The Suburbs and the City
3 December 2007Living in New York City, Boston and Jerusalem over the past 20 years has influenced the way I view the world and how I work. Commuting from Queens into Manhattan was annoying since I was in a 2 fare zone and it took me over and hour to get to work. When I moved in the [...]
bni, business network international new york city
27 November 2007Raphi is back from BNI, in the NYC office, back from the Javits setting up for tomorrow’s NY Xpo trade show, off to lunch with Fred Ross at 4starcleaning.com. It was great to see all of my friends and colleagues at BNI Chapter 12 at Club 101 this morning. I gotta say that when you [...]
I Broke Facebook
21 November 2007Whenever something isn’t working online I get a kick out of saying or hearing “uh oh. I think I broke the Internet.” But today I think is equally as funny since I thhink I broke facebook. I mean, it isn’t working. I mean, I can’t update my “what the hell am I doing right this [...]
facebook today
18 November 2007raphi is… feeling good about his Jerusalem morning bike ride. Off to Bayit VeGan to look at some real estate properties. Psyched for softball tonight. Building more sites… I like the fact that the update feature is only 160 characters long. Enough to report about my day but not enough to waste MORE of my time (which [...]
balancing work and play
15 November 2007Latest FB update: “Raphi is working now, but drinking lots of wine later tonight at Andrew Treitel’s Beaujolais Nouveau in Tel Aviv. He better eat something healthy beforehand” …trying to get as much work done today as possible but its Thursday and tomorrow is Friday and Shabbat and I have 15 websites to update, a [...]
why do people blog? and facebook
14 November 2007I just updated the “what is raphi doing at this moment” feature at facebook. “Raphi is updating JerusalemRealEstateGuide.com & other real estate websites. Finally going to plunk down some real shekel for a nice big plata for shabbat. Now THATS hot.” As I have written in my previous posts, I actually appreciate the fact that [...]
King David Hotel Jerusalem Israel
13 November 2007First meeting at the King David Hotel Jerusalem Israel. Beautiful setting overlooking the old city walls. Tea Nana to warm up the cool Jerusalem evening. Looking forward to working with this client in the healthcare arena here in Israel.
JudaicaStore.com, Chanuka.com and Shimshon Young
13 November 2007Meeting with Shimshon Young who is helping me optimize my Jewish websites and portfolio. This is going to be the BEST year for selling Judaica over the web. In the past, best sellers for Hanukkah have been Electric Menorahs, Chocolate Gelt, and Plastic Dreidels. This year we will probably triple our revenues and profits due to [...]
blogging and spam
11 November 2007Since January 26, 2007 to March 14, 2007, 9397 comments await moderation. All of these are SPAM. And then I get this error message: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in…. This is the time we use the bulk edit feature on WordPress. And as for the future of my blog, if [...]
facebook update, 160 characters, Mark Zuckerberg, you need my advice
11 November 2007My latest facebook update: back from bike ride, laundry, making videos for YouTube, still building up US/Israel real estate & chanuka.com websites, getting psyched for softball tonight!!! Did you realize that FB only gives you 160 characters to update your life! How can you fit your whole entire life into 160 characters? Mr. Zuckerberg, I [...]