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Month: April 2007

  • Steorn buzz: “free energy” company to make a “Friday 13th” announcement tomorrow

    http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p74/spareparter/bigfence.jpg Yes, believe it or not I am still following the story of Steorn. For newcomers to 360east just click here to read all I wrote over the past months about the Irish company that claims to have invented a magnet based technology that generates energy out of nothing. Tomorrow, “Friday the 13th” of April,…

  • Don’t Tell the Boss: Episode 1: Shooting mobile shooters

    I am the boss. And no one told me. I just found it on ikbis! Episode 1 of Don’t tell the boss, deals with issues of privacy in the digital age and provides an excellent solution: shoot the shooters! Read these related posts on 360east: Where is the boss? It’s ‘The Office’ with a Jordanian…

  • The end of web design

    And what a beautiful end it is! [via Signal vs. Noise] Read these related posts on 360east: Impressive names (like Bruce Mau) at the upcoming Tasmeem Doha design conference Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum shows Israeli design HELP NEEDED: HTML/CSS developers for SYNTAX SYNTAX is hiring: Senior Project Coordinator/Account Executive Career opportunities at SYNTAX

  • Hollywood and holy sites: Vernacular branding, vernacular culture

    I am fascinated by the spontaneous branding practices of Jordanians (and people of the wider Arab and Muslim worlds). Yesterday I saw a bright banner in Dahiyet Al Rashid announcing the opening of a new supermarket called Hollywood Market! Some years ago I also saw the ‘Mohammad Al Durrah Vegetable and Fruit Shop’ somewhere in…

  • Abdoun Circle: Not even buildings by star architects are safe from ugly signs!

    I passed by Abdoun circle and saw yet another ‘atrocity’ being committed against contemporary architecture in Jordan. This commercial building was designed by renowned architect Khaled Nahhas. It is a really nice building as far as commercial buildings go. What do the owners do after hiring a star architect? They allow their tenants to plaster…

  • Are you an innovative business writer? It’s time to join the revolution!

    Are you a business writer who is just sick of re-hashing press releases? Do you want to be part of an innovative publishing experiment in the Arab Middle East? Do you love to write about startups, business innovation, entrepreneurship and new business ideas? This might be your chance.. I am involved in an exciting new…

  • HELP NEEDED: HTML/CSS developers for SYNTAX

    SYNTAX urgently needs to hire a HTML/CSS developer. We need someone with professional level skills in developing standards-based HTML and CSS code. Attention to visual design detail is important. This is NOT a web design position. What is required is someone able to translate Photoshop designs into perfect HTML. We wouldn’t mind though, if the…