Showing posts with label frognector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frognector. Show all posts

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Colnect, Frognector and a Guitar at the Hitech Annual Conference HTIA2010

Colnect has presented for two days at the Hitech Annual Conference in Jerusalem. Colnect got its booth as a prize for winning a competition done by The Wadi.

Colnect had its promotional video on display at all times. If you haven't seen it yet, you're welcomed to check out Colnect's YouTube channel.

Colnect's founder (yours truly) was playing guitar to get the attention of each and every passerby and tell them about Colnect and how unique and different it is.

The most expensive phone card issued in Israel was on display, though not for sale. It is a special phone card issued by Bezeq and given to the late prime minister of Israel, Itzhak Rabin. There are only 3 more such phone cards known to exist and the one we had on display is in mint condition and is worth a few thousands of dollars.

Colnect decided to clearly differentiate its booth from those of other companies by offering shots of Arak, a 50% strong alcoholic beverage, to those who could say three times quickly "Collectors collect and connect on Colnect". Here are a few videos of people who have taken on the challenge:







Want to join us for a drink?


I would like to use this opportunity to thank Ofer and Lara for helping me out in arranging the booth and presenting Colnect to the visitors in the conference.
For more pictures and video you're welcomed to check out and "like" Colnect's Facebook page.

Monday, May 3, 2010

コレクトしてコネクトする時、コルネクとするのさ

Colnect Collectors Community promotional video with Japanese audio.



牛(cow):あー、またやっちまったよ。
かえる(frog):どうしんだい?

牛:またこのコインだよ。
かえる:いいコインじゃないか。

牛:そうだけど、もう僕のコレクションにあるやつなんだよ。
かえる:あら?

牛:それにもうこの持ってるコインのために他のいいやつをあげちゃったんだよ。
かえる:なんでさ?

牛:だってさぁ、もう持ってるってことを忘れちゃってたんだよ。親切なコレクターさんが交換リストを送ってきてくれてさ。それで自分のカタログを調べてたんだけど、あんまり長いから間違えちゃったんだよ。
かえる:ああ、それは君がコルネクトをやってないからだね。

牛:コレクトしてるよ!コイン収集さ。
かえる:コレクトはしてても、コルネクトしてないってことさ。

牛:コルネクトって何?
かえる:僕のテレフォンカードコレクションの管理のために使ってるいいウェブサイトだよ。

牛:そういえばかなりたくさん持ってるよね。
かえる:そうそう。5312個あるんだよ。

牛:全部数えてるの?
かえる:そうじゃないさ。世界一大きなテレフォンカードカタログがそのサイトにあってね、僕は自分の持ってるカードをそこでマークしてるのさ。それから僕が欲しいと思ってるカードや交換してもいいカードもマークしてある。それでコルネクとサイトは自動的に他の人のコレクションとマッチさせて、トレードしやすくしてくれてるのさ。

牛:いいね。いくらかかるの?
かえる:無料だよ。コインもあるし。カタログは参加者が作ってるんだ。


牛:じゃあ君がカタログを今作ってるのかい?
かえる:そうじゃなくてさ。ウィキペデアと同じ原理さ。

牛:へ?
かえる:僕が自主的にやってる。

牛:なんで?
かえる:このサイトが他の人は僕のことも助けてくれてるからね。

牛:君だけだろう?
かえる:すでにもう世界各国から100人以上のボランティアが参加してるんだよ。

牛:へー。この世界のみんなは英語ができるみたいだね。
かえる:コルネットのコレクターのほとんどは英語を使わないよ。35カ国語で利用可能だからね。

牛:コルネクとって言ったっけ?
かえる:そう。コレクトしてコネクトする時、コルネクとするのさ。

牛:誰とコネクトするの?
かえる:世界中とさ。

牛:気づいたんだけど。
かえる:何?

牛:僕らもコレクティブルなんだよね。
かえる:うん。そうだね。

牛:ってことは僕らもコルネクと上で取引されるってこと?
かえる:そうだけど、、、それって変な感じだな。

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Frognector's Visit in TheMarker's ComVention 2010 - First Part

Frognector has decided to share with us his impressions of the Internet convention he has visited today. @Frognector is @Colnect's superstar frog and has been attracting collectors to Colnect for the last year.

Dear fellow frogs and humans (especially collectors as the rest are simply less interesting...), please bear with me as this is my first post outside the swamp where I usually pass my time. Your comments are welcomed here and will motivate me to post more pictures.

This year's ComVention was held in a much scarier place than last year. A dinosaur roared at me and although he initially scared me, he actually just wanted to compliment my green outfit.



As I'm against war, I jumped a green soldier that was running amok in the convention and told him he definitely should collect militaria instead of actually firing it.



Some of the geeks around didn't know me and looked at me pretty oddly. Luckily, this guy had a green shirt so we had a good connection.



But not every goof with a green garment is that friendly. I was almost eaten alive.



Luckily I was saved by a guy with a mask.



And went on to talk about Israeli Palestinian business with a red head.




Using Ouriel's new iPad, I explained to her Colnect has long been available in both Arabic and Hebrew, as well as 48 more languages.



She was quite impressed and...

to be continued

If you want to see the second part you'll have to comment here.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Colnect Wins 2nd Place in Nail-biting TechAviv Peer Awards Competition

The strength of Colnect was on full display Wednesday night as we captured 2nd place in the TechAviv's inaugural Peer Awards competition, losing by a single vote to worthy champion 5Min. This honour comes at the end of a year in which Colnect claimed victory in the prestigious European Startup 2.0 Competition. Although Colnect came up just short this time around, our video presentation enthralled the approximately 150 people in attendance, with Frognector reappearing to explain the great benefits offered by the collectors' community and its enormous potential:



The Colnect team, led by founded Amir Wald, was gracious in defeat. "Although obviously we would have enjoyed the win, I am ecstatic about our 2nd place finish and how close we came to the top. There is much to celebrate in coming 2nd to an incredible company such as 5Min and ahead of three other extremely worthy competitors in the finals," Wald declared shortly after the voting concluded. Colnect is pleased to congratulate 5Min on its narrow victory and wishes the best of luck in the new year to all our fellow start-ups who provided such intrigue to the Tech-Aviv competition.

Colnect is hoping to build on this great momentum heading into the new year. A newly designed easier user-interface is now under construction. One of the major objectives to add even more collectible categories and expand our existing catalogs for items such as stamps, where many improvements are still desired. In addition, Colnect is looking to further increase the number of languages offered (in full) to broaden our international appeal, with Japanese and Bahasa Indonesian being two examples of translations that are regularly being made more comprehensive.

As always, Colnect would like to thank our extensive army of volunteers who deserve full credit for making these language and catalog enhancements a reality.

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