Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! It’s like my email, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, cell & AIM have all lit up like Christmas tree since 12am. :-)

I’m happy to say that I have accomplished every goal that I wanted to achieve by the time I was 30 -and even got a few surprises too! I couldn’t have done it without my friends & family.

So, thank you again to everyone- near & far -that has stuck by me & lent their support these last few decades.

My quote of the day is from the marvelous Marilyn Monroe:

“As of today, I have absolutely no regrets. I think I am a mature person who can take things in stride. I’m grateful for people in my past. They helped me get to where I am, wherever that is….” - Marilyn Monroe

Cheers,

Lish

When I was a kid I forgot to return a library book on time and was embarrassed about paying the fines so I never went back to my local library again. It’s silly since the library fine was only a few dollars but I was a kid & didn’t have money so it was a big deal to me at that time to make an honest mistake.

So, I hope kids today appreciate & take advantage of this program sponsored by McGraw Hill to waive all prior fines for patrons under the age of 17.

Patrons through the age of 17 will not be charged late penalties when returning overdue books. The program is designed to encourage children and teens to return to their libraries and check out new materials without the fear of having to pay large, longstanding fines. With the new school year underway, giving students access to their public library is more important than ever. 

I wonder how the word is getting out to kids so that they know about this?

Achievers International provides a program for students to learn the process for globally starting a company from vision to exit. Pretty impressive - I wish there was a program like this when I was a kid.

Students from around the world will get a chance to collaborate with each other and even share their company profiles and elevator pitches during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Coordinated by Achievers International, student groups are making elevator pitch videos about their proposed companies or products. They will also touch upon how they came up with their product ideas and how they intend to manage the company.

Achievers International is an internet-based enterprise project for students that brings business to life for young people. It enables students to understand international business through an authentic trading relationship with a partner school overseas. A group of students and their teacher form a student company, and import and export goods with their overseas partner school, encouraging them to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. More than 30,000 students from five continents have already participated in the program, which continues to grow. In order to participate in Achievers International, you must work at an educational institution with students and fill in the short application form.

Reference Link: http://unleashingideas.org/blog/achievers-international-connects-students-during-gew

Could NYC Get Katrina-ed in a Warmer, Wetter Future?

This article was published in April 2010 but it’s starting to feel more relevant considering NYC is experiencing an earthquake & a hurricane consecutively in just one week.

Fear not tapTank fans, I have stocked up on extra laptop batteries so that I can still work on it if the electricity goes out. Plus, we also have an office in Tel-Aviv that will be fully operational regardless of NY catastrophe!

If you haven’t signed up yet, get your invite online at http://taptank.com so that you get your early invite!

Oh yeah, and a quick summary of the catastrophe pros/cons predicted in the Discover Magazine article are below:

Manhattan has served Hollywood as a stage for alien attacks, giant gorilla invasions, and even the dire effects of global warming (see: The Day After Tomorrow). But scientists worry that unlike building-scaling apes, large storm waves crashing into the city may indeed become a reality in the near future. A recent study (pdf) estimated that at the current rate of global warming, Manhattan will face a sea level rise of 2 feet or more by 2080.

Serendip: Twitter music integration done right

Congrats @sageeb! ROCK ON

There are a lot of music apps that make it easy to share music on Twitter, and Serendip is one of those latest apps. And a little more. Serendip offers the smartest music integration to Twitter that I’ve seen. While other services make it easy to share music with my followers, they don’t make it easy to keep up with what my friends have been listening to. Enter Serendip.

Signing up for a free account will allow you to easily share music, powered by YouTube, with your friends. Where Serendip sets itself apart, is that it’s able to pull in music that your friends have shared on Twitter regardless of whether they’re using the service, so you end up with a playlist created entirely by the people you follow on Twitter.