On 1/1/2006, we flipped the switch and the toot home page went live. I just want to say that I am really excited to be involved in a startup again. Building a new company from scratch has such an energizing vibe to it 
And working with a great team of people makes things even more fun (Thank you Mazen, Karim, George, Wael, Jad, Roba)
We started toot a few months ago with a bunch of ideas, all revolving around the emerging concept of self publishing and the power of the web to connect people in meaningful communities. We’re doing this despite the fact that we grew up in this region hearing the phrase: “Arabs don’t read”. They don’t READ? Then how about starting a site around the concept of people who WRITE??! We must be crazy!
I really don’t know where this experiment with our ‘pre-alpha’ will take us precisely. But we do feel that the Arab internet is finally reaching a stage where new concepts and ventures become possible. Others are already doing new stuff (just think that in Jordan alone four blogging services where started in the space of a few months). The whole point of the experiment is to connect with you… What shall I call you? The audience? No! That’s so ‘old media’. We believe that the audience is the author! It’s the end of media as we know it
Have a look… And tell us what you think!
Comments
6 responses to “toot goes live: the end of media as we know it!”
Great work Ahmad et all….. It is a great initiative. I’m really looking forward to reading toot on a daily (or maybe hourly) basis;-) Let me know if I can be of any help;-)
Regards,
Looks really good, guys. Y’all have some serious skills!
Not bad, good luck.
congrats n good luck
Would be great if the number of toots update after voting, more banging head with javascript i guess
Jordan: The end of media as we know it. Now toot!
They flipped the switch and the toot went live. How they toot it? They spend the day plowing through a diverse list of blogs representing a sample of the most interesting blogs they find in Arabia. Then, they share with us the most interesting ideas, …
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So, what is toot?
We witnessed something amazing and decided to start this site! Across Arabia and all around the world, intelligent, passionate, interesting, funny, knowledgeable and courageous people are using the web to make …