Month: March 2006
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Dubai’s dark side
I’ve been discussing this very subject with my friend the Desert Pundit during my trip to Dubai last week. Dubai’s super capitalism and unbelievable growth has a human cost. It’s an underreported story. But now it’s starting to bubble up to the surface, as in The Independent story below. (image above from Kerala Monitor). All…
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Another resumé disaster
The bad English in a lot of Jordanian graduates is probably world famous. It’s a real shame and I don’t find it amusing anymore (OK, sometimes I do I just read a covering letter of a job applicant who wanted to join our ‘estimated’ company. But that still doesn’t beat the CV I received from…
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The Body Shop acquired by L’Oreal.. hmmm
Another corporate acquisition news that I missed last week. This one was a bit of a shock to me. The Body Shop being acquired by L’Oreal. The blog below has a good post on the reaction. Scatterbox at stevensilvers.com: Body Shop acquisition polarizes corporate reformists: For many corporate reformists and progressives, The Body Shop has…
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Check out the FontShop blog
It’s in German, if you can read that. If not, you can still look at the cool images
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Best tech news of the year: SketchUp acquired by Google
For me this is really big news. SketchUp is the best new piece of software I used in YEARS. I was introduced to it by my cousin Khader, who works as an architect in New York. He told me it is the best 3D ‘sketching’ software out there and he was so right. This news…
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Al Jazeera International makes Fast Company’s front cover
Fast Company magazine (one of my favorite mags out there) is running an AMAZING cover story (subscription required) about Al Jazeera International, the global English language news channel which is to be launched soon. Although the story focuses on Josh Rushing, the US Marine spokesman who quit his job to become AJI’s washington anchor, it…
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In Dubai, again
Arrived in Dubai Friday at 1 am. This place is crazy. Airport was chock full. The city as energetic as ever. It still shocks me every time. Read these related posts on 360east: Dubai to get a ‘book shaped’ public library Dubai! Dubai! Ikbis at Photo World Dubai: stay tuned for some cool news The…
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This Television Will be Revolutionized
MEDIA | Services like Google Video, Apple iTunes are changing the way we consume TV programming. Is it the death of TV as we know it, Ask Ahmad Humeid. If you want to get a glimpse of the future of TV just go to Rocketboom.com. Once there, you will see a woman ‘presenter’ sitting in…
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Announcing the ‘Amman Bus Map Design’ voluntary project
First of all let me thank my fellow Jordanian blogger Nasim Tamimi for his unbelievably informative comment on my post about busses in Amman. Read Nasimjo’s comment here. The bus ride, the comments I got and my experiences with using the Berlin public transport system has inspired me to announce the following voluntary project, sponsored…
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Shawerma lunch
shawerma mania Originally uploaded by humeid. This place, Shawerma Reem, is just an unbelievable phenomena. In fact, I think it is one of the key places in Jordan you need to visit if you come to Amman. Just one product (ok, so they also sell kubbeh). Mass customization (with/without tomato, onions, etc). Total focus. HUGE…
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Amman: the city of big holes!
One of the funniest/strangest things I heard was something I heard from a young, professional (and very busy) colleague the other day: “What boom in Amman? People just ‘say’ there is a boom!”. Wow.. my friend should be transported back in time to the Jordanian Dinar crash of 1988 or the slow mid-1990s to put…
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Ever wondered what the voice of an olive sounded like?
Oh tribes of the Arabian Levant! listen to the Voice of the Olive! Thus spoke Olivoice. Oli-what? Yes you heard it right. Olivoice is the latest brand that SYNTAX has been helping create for an exciting new venture that promises to deliver a full-featured, internet-powered service to Arab communities around the world and cater to…