Well, that’s it.

We put an incredible amount of wait into it. And finally, mako is online. Was it worth the whole wait? I think so. (I’ve been hanging around Keshet only for seven months, but some people have been working on this thing for two years). It’s a well made site — bugs and stability issues aside — and while leaning heavily towards television related content and celebrity festivities, I think some of its content is the best the Hebrew web has to offer.

(Will this mean I’m back to writing here and in Quotendquote? I certainly hope so).

What have I been up to these past seven months? I’ve been hired to found and edit the Digital section in mako. Digital was to deal with personal electronics and the internet in a broad-audience way; I pulled it a little to the geek side, while still keeping some of it 12-o’clock-flash-y.  Somewhere in the middle of work the Men’s section needed a new editor, so I took that too. I don’t know which section I’m proud of more, but I am very proud of both, and of the wonderful people who worked with me, day and night and weekend, to make them look like they do now.

I’ll write about those sections, mainly Digital, a lot more in the coming months. I also want to share with you a few of the insights I gained while working with the technologists in Keshet — mainly, about how not to produce a site like this. But right now I’m tired, tired, tired. In the meanwhile, if you can read Hebrew, browse mako for a while. Have fun.