Month: October 2005
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MixUp Arabia episode 7 | Oct 12, 2005 | The Ramadan Cast
Welcome to the world’s first Ramadan cast, almost live from my car! Well, actually it’s more like 15 minutes of random thoughts around Ramadan and its commercialization. You can sense that I am actually fasting. I am a bit ‘slow’. Listen here in MP3 (15 min 15 sec/ 5.1 MB). If you like this show,…
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The controversial billboards that vanished!
Over the past week I’ve been wanting to write about the unusual advertising teaser campaign that popped up on ‘mupi’ billboards across Amman. I never got to write about it and today the ads where gone! What the heck is happening! The campaign I’m talking about (and of which I don’t even have a photo,…
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The music industry faces the digital earthquake
The web is the new record store and podcasting is the new radio. Record companies have to adapt or die. Ahmad Humeid surveys the future music landscape. A song is just a computer file. Any file can be sent over a digital network (i.e. the internet). You don’t need to know more before you realize…
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The man behind an image we grew up with!
Talk about an enduring brand identity! Anyone born in the 1970s and after has literally grown up with the image of the similing boy on Kinder chocolate. That same image has been used for over three decades now. Can we imagine Kinder without this face? Now, the man behind the face has revealed his identity:…
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Blogger.com and Flickr reportedly blocked in Saudi Arabia
This is just unbelievable!
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Room/apartment needed in Jabal Amman or Luweibdeh
A German design student (male) is looking for a decent room to rent in Jabal Amman (between 2nd and 3th Circle) or Jabal Luweibdeh. He will be staying in Jordan for 3 to 6 months. Drop me a line if you know of such a place. ahmad.humeid ( a t ) gmail.com. Thanks.. Read these…
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Jordan Planet blogger meeting 2 Oct 2005
Jordan planet blogger meeting 2 Oct 2005 Originally uploaded by humeid. Had a cool, tech free, blogger meeting We didn’t even discuss spma filters. Damn! Instead we discussed political blogging (or the lack thereof in Jordan), responsible blogging and the phenomena of rude commenting, the future of Jordan Planet (world domination plans) and other blogging…
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IMPORTANT ALERT: Linotype´s 1st Arabic Type Design Competition
Attention all designers: Linotype is running an Arabic Type Design Contest. This is exciting! Linotype used to be the best source of Arabic type in the pre-desktop publishing days (and also in the beginning of the DTP ear). It seems they regained interest in Arabic type (it’s about time too!). SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31,…