Arik Fraimovich
Arik Fraimovich is an Israeli software developer.[1] According to the About Page on his blog, Fraimovich is a consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Defence and a student at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.[2] He has since stated on Twitter that he no longer works for the Ministry of Defence.[3]
Fraimovich's Facebook friends include Avi Dichter (former Israeli Minister of Public Security and former head of intelligence agency Shin Beth) and Benjamin Netanyahu.[4]
Topify
Fraimovich is a co-founder of Topify, an email notification application for the Twitter social networking service, along with Ouriel Ohayon.[5] he is also involved with another Twitter application, Mr Tweet.[6]
QassamCount
According to Jay Meydad, Fraimovich is the creator of QassamCount[7], a Twitter account which follows rocket attacks on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.[8]
2009 Iranian election
Fraimovitch is the creator of the website helpiranelection.com, a page created to "Show support for the people who fight for democracy at Iran", aimed particularly at users of the Twitter social networking service.[9]
Challenged by an Egyptian Twitter user about his relationship with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Fraimovich responded:
- a. I no longer work for MOD; b. while I don't like their administration, I do have sympathy for the people.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Arik Fraimovich, LinkedIn, accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ About, Obvious Ideas, accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ Arikfr, Twitter.com, accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ Ari Fraimovich, facebook.com, accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ Arik Fraimovich and Ouriel Ohayon, Welcome, Topify blog, 21 February 2009.
- ↑ Arik - The Man Behind The “Greenification” Of Twitter, Blog of Mr Tweet, 17 June 2009.
- ↑ Jay Meydad, Topify Upgrades Twitter’s Weakest Link, Jay Meydad's Life Mashup, 4 March 2009.
- ↑ QassamCount, twitter.com,. accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ helpiranelection.com, accessed 18 June 2009.
- ↑ Arikfr, Twitter.com, accessed 18 June 2009.
