Niv Calderon Connected

a video log from Na Trang beach

Questions
As you can see, Yahoo buys IndexTools.

Question now is, where is the war with Google going to go?
How does it affect Yahoo's price, does it?
How will it affect users?

From IndexTools About Page:
IndexTools is a privately held, self-funded company that closed 2006 as the fourth consecutive year exceeding 100% growth. The company's success is based, in part, on its 98% customer retention rate - among the highest in the industry.
IndexTools' competitors include Webtrends, Omniture and Coremetrics.

Dennis R. Mortensen, COO IndexTools
In his blog, Dennis R. Mortensen (the COO of IndexTools) writes:
"I am personally VERY excited about our next steps and have positively agreed to stay onboard as the Director of Data Insights at Yahoo! – so there is no escaping me. My new function will very much be around driving and evangelizing the Analytics strategy for Y!, so envision a more commercial version of Avinash or a less British version of Ian or the nemesis of Omniture if you will… ha ha".

Read Yahoo's statement
Read Techcrunch

If you're an Israeli you must know this video by now. This video tells you in the most day-to-day way what is web2.0.
This video was produced for Kinnernet2007 and in a week there's going to be a 2008 Kinnernet on the way too.

One of my hobbies in life is finding things that match. Kind of like playing with puzzles, although it was never a hobbie of mine really.
I like connecting dots when it comes to people, either if it's their personality or when people look for other people to meet (social analysis is me).

long time ago i came across these hands you see here, first the Hamsa, witch "Some associate the significance of the five fingers to the five books of the Torah for Jews, the Five Pillars of Islam for Sunnis, or the five People of the Cloak for Shi'ites. This symbolism may have evolved at a later stage, in view of the fact that archaeological evidence suggests the hamsa predates both religions."
Then, I met the Teva sandals which are awsome and then I heard there's an online game called Second Life (what is Second life) whtch I never tried.

Somehow I'm sure there's another company who's using the hand symbol… but I can't seem to remember which. Hope i'll figure it out soon.