I just read about the latest new Israeli startup, Shaker, which won top honors at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Ever wanted to go to a bar where you can control the music levels, you don't have to pay a cover charge, and there's no need to worry about getting into a brawl with steroid pumping bouncers?
Well then this is for you.
Check out their demo video below:
The premise of Shaker is to make social networking more like real life socializing.
And of course, since it's an Israeli startup, I could not help but think of the moribund peace process.
I began to wonder, what if they can create a virtual room for Middle East peacemakers?
Perhaps this would be a cool way to get Netanyahu and Abbas to flirt with each other virtually before committing to meeting in real life.
Bibi: So you come here often?
Abu Mazen: Yeah, once in a while.
Baddabing. Baddabang.
Maybe it's technology that will save us after all.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Palestine and Israel go to the UN
This saga is regressing to infantile levels.
"El 3ein ma bte3la 3an el 7aajeb"
Literal: The eye can't go any higher than the brow.
A word of respect: It's a matter of fact that the brows are higher up the face than the eyes, therefore, he who says this proverb is one who feels less important than the person he's talking to.
"El 3ein ma bte3la 3an el 7aajeb"
Literal: The eye can't go any higher than the brow.
A word of respect: It's a matter of fact that the brows are higher up the face than the eyes, therefore, he who says this proverb is one who feels less important than the person he's talking to.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Climate Reality
There are just a few hours left to check out Al Gore's Climate Reality Project, an amazing interactive website about Climate Change. The site brings viewers to 24 places in the world in a 24 hour period, and has already surpassed 4 million viewers.
Here's the blurb:
24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. It will consist of a new multimedia presentation created by Al Gore and delivered once per hour for 24 hours, representing every time zone around the globe. Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate. We will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time. The deniers may have millions of dollars to spend, but we have a powerful advantage. We have reality.
The promotional videos were made by the uber-talented team at Brooklyn-based Missing Pieces.
Check them out here:
Video streaming by Ustream
I really love this one below. Shit hitting the fan might just be a perfect metaphor for what will happen to our planet if we don't address the serious problem of climate change.
Here's the blurb:
24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. It will consist of a new multimedia presentation created by Al Gore and delivered once per hour for 24 hours, representing every time zone around the globe. Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate. We will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time. The deniers may have millions of dollars to spend, but we have a powerful advantage. We have reality.
The promotional videos were made by the uber-talented team at Brooklyn-based Missing Pieces.
Check them out here:
Video streaming by Ustream
I really love this one below. Shit hitting the fan might just be a perfect metaphor for what will happen to our planet if we don't address the serious problem of climate change.
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