Rena Reich — Wikis, Content, Social Media and Cats

Wikimedia and Usability

19 April 2010 wiki

Google recently announced that they were donating $2 million to the Wikimedia foundation. According to a press release from the Wikimedia foundation, they plan to use part of that money to make “Wikipedia easier to use and more accessible.” That’s incredible news for little wikis like The Pet Wiki. Sure, reading a wiki is fine, [...]

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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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