It's been a while since I last wrote, and for more than one reason:
1. Notes ("Reshimot")
I've been involved in attempts to build a Hebrew blog on Blogger as early as 2002 - with little success. At that time Hebrew sounded like Chinese to Blogger.
The Hebrew bloging scene was then quite dormant.
All this changed for me with the appearance of Notes around last June.
It's a wunderkind: an excellent platform for elected blogers, no fees, no ads whatsoever, continuously evolving, and with a growing attendance, which numbered last month some 120.000 surfers.
We are now about fifty blogers, writing mostly committed commentary. It fits like a glove.
I've already published there close to 100 Hebrew articles/posts, relating to my literary work, activism and (subversive...) political attitudes.
I wish you could read Hebrew, but since it's such a difficult language, I'll be posting here choice translations.
It helps that Blogger has improved a lot its Pro service. Now my Timeintelaviv blog will be invigorated as well.
2.
Last December, along with 12 additional blogers, most of them from Notes, I was asked to write a New Year kind of article for Ynet, (the online site for Yediot Ahronot, the most widely read Israeli newspaper).
It is still there, in Hebrew only - So I'll translate it before the end of 2004, I promise. If you don't mind reading Satire.
3.
Then Ynet decided to open a forum for blogers and asked me to be its director. A non paid position, yet the covers of my last two books, as well as my credo for that forum, are on display.
But that's it. I'm not going to accept any additional tasks. After all I'm deep into the research for my sixth book, and quite stressed - the people I meet with and listen to are not too young. Two of them I've already missed by a couple of weeks...
Time runs (not for our goverment) and so continues this marathon ride.
Helps create an appearance of sanity around my bubble here...
P.S. If you choose to comment here, please do so regarding this post and/or the writer here, per favore.
Article comments
1 - ?????? ???????
exciting stuff, thanks for the post !
2 - Corinna Hasofferett
Thanks to the reader.
3 - Ruvy
Corinna
I read your article (which is growing a beard) and went to Reshimot. I don't have an ancient computer - is there a way to make sure I see the printing in order without one set of data overlapping the other? It was very hard to read it.
Just curious.
Having gone to Tel Aviv a few times, and having discovered that there are barely any kosher coffee shops (as in not open on Shabbat) where I can indulge my addiction of kafe hafukh and cinnamon danish, I'll stick to Jerusalem - and do what I can to forget Tel Aviv.
Blessings from Samaria,
Ruvy
4 - Corinna Hasofferett
Ruvy, as to the beard, Dostoyevsky's was/is longer.
As to Reshimot, you've missed the revolution. The blogs, including mine, have migrated to WP.
Reshimot has turned now into an aggregator, pointing to new posts as soon as they are published and giving a list of writers, out of which you can try to reach the ones that appeal to you.
If you read Hebrew, here is the link to my WP migrant otherwise, here are links to additional presences of mine online, some of them in English
2002 site
Video blog also, with English subtitles
flash blog in English
Facebook
as for blogcritics, I was very much immersed in the publication of five new books and more to come. Hopefully my star will shine again one day on BlogCritic...
As for coffee, not on my menu, neither are coffee bars or restaurants.
Since I can live without Jerusalem and you can do without Tel-Aviv, for sure we are bringing balance and harmony to the world.