Rena Reich — Wikis, Content, Social Media and Cats

Freedom

7 April 2010 ramblings

This Passover has been a very interesting experience. After working in an office for so many years, working at home has been a real treat. I was much more relaxed than ever before about getting everything that needed to get done, done. There’s always a ton to do before the holiday. With a lot of [...]

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What we can learn from cats

22 March 2010 cats

I love animals. I have all my life. I’ve had dogs, birds, rabbits, fish turtles, gerbils – you name it – but the animals that most speaks to my soul are cats. Yes, I’m one of those cat people that you’ve heard about. I am lucky to share my home with three of these precious [...]

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Thinking in the shower

8 March 2010 entrepreneurship

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the first ever BirdBrain10 unconference in Tel Aviv. Mel Rosenberg, a microbologist by trade, put together a day of interesting people to talk about creativity and invention. There were a lot of inspirational people there, but the person that I found most inspirational of all was Jeff [...]

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Starting to build my team

1 March 2010 entrepreneurship

I am at a very curious part of building my business. I started The Pet Wiki for fun. It was just me and my mom plugging away, creating great content and making a fun site to be on. Things grew nicely, and I left my job to do this full time a few months ago. [...]

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The more information I have the less I know

8 February 2010 observations

I live in Israel. Yesterday was the Super Bowl. I’m not that into football, but my husband and son are, and I’m originally from Dallas, so a Super Bowl Sunday can’t go by without some sort of recognition. We had the most American food that I could think of for supper (hot dogs and baked [...]

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Am I Blue?

1 February 2010 observations

After figuring out what color to paint my office a few weeks ago, I finally got down to the job of actually painting it. If you read my post on “What Color Should I Paint My Office?“, you should already know that I chose blue for its ability to enhance creativity.
I was lucky enough to [...]

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When stuff just doesn’t work

25 January 2010 ramblings

Last week was a bit of a frustrating week for me. I cut my leg pretty badly and spent most of the time in bed. Luckily, I have a laptop, so I was able to push on with work. At least that’s what I thought I’d do.
I am a huge fan of the MediaWiki and [...]