Ron Mertens’ blog

Today we have released the TripTouch travel widget. It offers almost all the content and services in TripTouch (travel guide, restaurants, events, activities, travelers, utilities, accommodation) and can be used in personalized home page like iGoogle or netvibes. It’s pretty cool, I think Check it out here, and tell me what you think…

It turns out that the Simpsons is quite popular in TripTouch (at least Eva, Shay and I really like it). Anyway we have dedicated our March newsletter to the little yellow things. Check out the TT blog post, also with my very own Spider Pig.

We have updated the TripTouch web site with a new version. This is a major one – we have changed the look and feel (hopefully for the better). We have added all the community features (or travel network one, really), and added support for maps. So you can now stay in touch with friends you [...]

Well, we’re back. We’ve been on a sort-of-weekend (wed-fri) in Amirim – a veggy village in the north of Israel. We had a great time – celebrating 5 years together! Mazal-Tov to us. Today we saw a great movie – “The Band’s visit” – it’s an Israeli/Egyptian movie. You should go too!

Well, I finally finished the Grindelwald travelogue. It’s so much work picking the good photos… but there were some really good ones there. It’s such a beautiful place! Enjoy

Well, we’re back. We had a wonderful time! We stayed in Grindelwald almost the entire trip (12 days in all) and hiked up and down the mountains. That place is so beautiful. Here’s a few photos, but don’t worry – I’ll write a travelogue soon… Oh… and a happy new year to all

We’re going on a short vacation to Switzerland. We plan to be in the ‘mountains’ most of the time (starting in Grindelwald), doing some day walks and maybe even a longer trek. It all depends on the weather I guess, I hope it will be sunny and not too cold.

We finally moved to our office… after a long time of fixing things (internet, electricity, carpets, furniture…) we settled in and started working. Not everything is finished, it’ll take a few more days, but at least we’re all working here together now. I hope it’ll be a lucky office

We have launched the first public beta of TripTouch. Obviously we have only a handful of features, and the content is mostly missing, but it’s a start. So check it out, and tell me what you think…

We have released our first PR, about the seed investment, and about the soon-to-be launch of the site. You can read about it in StartupIsrael…