I was invited to go to the 4th Annual Scaventures hunt in Jerusalem this morning. All I can say is what fun! It can be really hard to make time for fun, especially on a weekday, but sometimes it’s just worth it. I had no idea what to expect. I had never done anything like this […]
So I’m hurrying to my plane back from SXSW and I hear my name called on the airport PA to come to security. Not a good feeling. So I rush over to security and take out my passport. Me: Hi, I’m Gil Reich, you called me Them: Do you have any other ID? Me: Yeah, […]
Jim Joyce had just joined Denkinger, Bartman, Buckner, and Merkle in that special place in hell reserved for men whose momentary blunders denied others their historic baseball achievements. Armando Galarraga had suddenly and shockingly lost his spot as the 21st pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game. And then less than 24 […]
2 central themes of Passover are: Liberation Compassion for others The liberation theme is dominant, and has been an inspiration to others, particularly in the anti-slavery movement in the United States. The compassion theme plays out in several aspects, including: We open the Seder by inviting all who are hungry to join us. [Obviously today […]
No, this isn’t a spin on “Take my wife, please.” Rena Reich Today’s Answer of the Day informed me that it’s Ada Lovelace Day, the day to honor Ada Lovelace by pledging to post a tribute to a woman in technology today. Ada, the daughter of Lord Byron, worked with computer pioneer Charles Babbage. Men […]
I guess it’s appropriate that I work in the search industry, because as I turn 40 I’ve decided that the search is a big chunk of the meaning, and the beauty, of life. I was an insufferable know-it-all when I was 20. I had life all figured out and had no patience for hypocrisy or […]
I know Moses found inspiration in the desert but I didn’t think I would. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s keynote speech was the most inspirational keynote I’ve heard. He focused on: Figure out what brings you happiness. Don’t start a business thinking about the money. The main things that brings happiness are feelings of connectedness, meaning, […]
When new tools create new opportunities it’s important to think about: The eternal truths of the underlying concept How those truths are best applied using the current technologies [youtube]7vThuwa5RZU[/youtube] For example, take Social Media. It’s networking, or relationship building. The most fundamental rules of Networking are: Give before you take. When somebody does something for […]
On Sunday my cat returned home bleeding from just below the eye. My wife reached in and removed a small metal ball that thankfully hit the bone. Somebody had shot him with a BB gun. I felt there were 2 different kinds of attitudes when we talked to people about this: “OK, so somebody shot […]
The book I picked up (Logic of Life by Tim Harford) on the way to SMX Advanced had a chapter on cities that somehow contained excellent insights into: Why I attended the conference Social Media (one of the conference’s key issues) WikiAnswers (one of the sites we’re trying to make even better) Living near Jerusalem […]