Pinchas M. Orbach, at The Blogs

Aug 17, 2016, 10:47 PM

I find myself and family at a light rail station but remember my Rav Kav is empty. No problem. I head to the ticket machine on the platform. Problem. There’s a huge crowd on the platform but only one machine....

Aug 11, 2016, 10:00 AM

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Lessons Learned Hacking Pokémon Go

Illustrative photo of a young Israeli man playing Pokémon Go on his iPhone, on July 28, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jul 13, 2016, 11:32 PM

Pokémon Go Responsibly

Pokémon Go is taking Israel by storm even though it has not even been officially released here yet. Staggeringly it’s already overtaken Twitter in the number of active users. And it did that in less than a week. And...

Feb 4, 2016, 7:18 PM

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A Start-up State of Mind

Illustrative. A software developer at an Israeli start-up working on a project. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

If you want to succeed in the start-up business, you have to stop thinking like a 'replaceable' employee

Dec 13, 2015, 10:46 PM

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Ban CityPass from Jerusalem now!

Light Rail, Jaffa Road (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

The system that was meant to streamline public transportation has turned out to be a big mess, according to some patrons

Nov 18, 2015, 7:06 PM

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The Rav Kav: Technology for technology’s sake alone, but a failure that can be fixed

Those electronic bus cards used on some Israeli buses are a good idea, but they do need some tweaks

About Me

Pinchas Orbach was the CTO for VoiceofIsrael.com and served as an Information Security Specialist for the United States government. He lectured for the Computer Science Department at Queens College and volunteers his time with Aliyah organizations. He himself made Aliyah from Queens, New York and now lives in Jerusalem with his wife and two sons.