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Month: December 2005

  • Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum shows Israeli design

    Haaretz – Israel News – Forget elegance, expect bluntness A Tiffany lamp made from milk bottles created by Gad Charny; a red table by Sharon Shechter whose peeling Formica serves as a paper holder; a chair made from colored drinking straws by Tal Gur; porcelain and plastic platters by Alon Meron. All these are among…

  • SYNTAX is cooking (aka: a career opportunity in project coordination)

    SYNTAX is seeking to add a project coordinator to the team. We need someone with 0-3 years of experience, who is VERY organized and able to take the pressure of coordinating projects, big and small, between our design/technical teams and our clients. We need people who like to think about, communicate and coordinate branding, design,…

  • Google Earth for Mac.. and a little quiz!

    Yipee.. I got my hands on the leaked version of Google Earth for MacOS X. It worked, but also crashed on me once already. I hope the official version will be out soon. Now here’s a quiz for you. What is the landmark showing in the screenshot above.

  • Christmas in Bethlehem 2005: under the shadow of Israel’s wall

    The 2nd channel of the German public TV network (ZDF) tonight opened its nightly news with a depressing report from Bethlehem. The city is practically being suffocated by Israel’s separation wall. Although Bethlehem has tried to look festive for Christmas this year, the streets are empty and nearly devoid of any tourists or pilgrims. The…

  • Al Ghad tech editor responds..

    I got this comment from Al Ghad tech editor: Hey, I am very happy you are reading us… and I am also thrilled that the supplement is getting all this attention from technology lovers all around Jordan… your comments are welcome and we definitely will pay attention to all the things that u raised… However,…

  • Something is WRONG with Google!

    People.. My digital life has become unbearable. All Google services are horribly slow. Google searches are NOT working half of the time or take over a minute to load. Google adsense ads take forever to appear. Some of us in the office are starting to use a9.com and MSN for searches instead of Google. The…

  • Play.jo launched!

    A shout out to Jordanian radio fans everywhere (I know many of you visit this site!). SYNTAX has just completed the web site of Play 99.6, Jordan’s No.1 Hit Music Station [Visit the site] Read these related posts on 360east: No related posts

  • Open your mind. Say no to terror.

    Read these related posts on 360east: A million Jordanian signatures against terror Unsettling analysis on home grown terror in Jordan.. and what to do about it Excellent talk by Ethan Zuckerman at the Open Source Seminar Nokia launches war of openness against the iPhone Leaving to Germany to attend Global Media Forum

  • Sahel Hiyari and Alvaro Siza: A short video

    I’ve known about Sahel’s work with Siza in the context of the ‘Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative’ from a couple of years ago, but was nonetheless happy to come across the short video about it today.. A year of mentorship: View the video Read these related posts on 360east: Sahel Hiyari at Darat al…

  • Goodbye Macromedia..

    The macromedia.com site is gone..! After the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, the decision was to ‘retire’ the Macromedia brand. Here’s what the FAQ has to say: What will happen to the Macromedia corporate brand? What will happen to product and technology brands, such as Dreamweaver and Flash? To provide the most consistency and clarity…

  • Watching the telecom price wars, waiting for the feature wars

    TELECOM | Cheaper prices are good. But higher, unlimited access speeds are better says Ahmad Humeid. A war of unprecedented proportions is being waged between Jordan’s telecom companies these days. Call them the mobile and ADSL price wars. That’s what they are: the fight over who can deliver a lower price. All the mobile carriers…

  • Can you say: ‘toot’?

    It’s a bit of an open secret by now: over the past few months I’ve been working with a great bunch of people on a new site: toot. We’re not finished yet. And even when we launch soon, it will be ‘not even in ALPHA’. More details soon.. Read these related posts on 360east: Let…