Month: January 2007
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Qatar’s amazing 35 km cooled cycling path!
This is an amazing project. Doha will get a 35 km mist cooled, covered network of cycling paths in 2007. It’s almost unbelievable. Streetsblog » Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar: The ruler of Qatar, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani wants to get his people riding bicycles. One of the challenges in accomplishing…
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SYNTAX and Toot win at Jordan’s ‘Web Oscars’
What an eye opener! I discovered that my team at SYNTAX and Toot are, in reality, a bunch of crazies! I mean, these people created quite a scene at the Jordan Web Awards last Thursday. They had not one, but maybe four compressed air horns, sparkling candles, confetti and other ‘celebration’ equipment’. And boy can…
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One month and 900 JDs later, my data is back from the dead
Before you read this post, ask yourself: “is my important data backed up?”. If not, I PLEAD WITH YOU. Stop reading now and go back up your data immediately. Now! Don’t wait any second. Consider buying a large external hard disk and start backing everything up, be work or family related. Regular readers of this…
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The best Arab TV commercial ever!
Do you know who’s the company behind this??
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Careers: SYNTAX is looking for brand strategists and communicators
SYNTAX, the brand, design and user experience innovation company is growing. SYNTAX is moving to a new level, marked by a growing number of Middle Eastern and international clients and an ever-rising level of appreciation by clients who are entrusting us with mission-critical projects. We maintain a healthy mix of projects: from culture to commerce…
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Newsweek: Ikbis is the YouTube of the Arab world
Earlier today, Newsweek magazine published an article about Ikbis, the first Arab video and photo sharing site. Not bad, huh? A cool start of 2007 for the TootCorp team. A big thanks to all the users of Ikbis and all our friends around the blogosphere who supported and mentioned us. The team at TootCorp is…
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There’s bad architecture, and there’s Burj Al Arab(i)
No. No. No. This can’t be true.. AAAARRGGGHHH! You know where this is leading? Just read this BRILLIANT BLOG POST! I GUARANTEE you will laugh hard! Here is a taste: Read these related posts on 360east: Two faces of Ammani villa architecture The strangely attractive 70’s architecture of Kuwait Ramadan + Dubai + Too much…
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Columbia Journalism Review mentions Toot and Ikbis
As the Arab blogosphere continues to grow and evolve, it is gaining more attention from Western journalists and academics. I just found a very interesting, long article, entitled The New Arab Conversation, on Columbia University’s Columbia Journalism Review. It is a comprehensive overview of the Arab blogging trend, from an American perspective. Toot and Ikbis…
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Jordanian Engineers: You’ve got to fight! For your Right! To Pirate (AutoCad)!!!?
Ok. Get this. On saturday, Al-Ghad published a lengthy news article (highlighted on the front page!) about a protest sit-in at the Engineering Associastion, by the owners of some engineering/architecture firms to protest the “pressures” being exercised by “companies” who “monopolize” engineering software in Jordan. Apparently these engineering business owners want to retain the right…
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Apple created the perfect phone for me
So the iPhone is real. It’s no longer vapourware. And it’s perfect for me. Thank goodness I did not buy an E61 or Sony Ericsson P990. I can’t wait to see the recorder video stream of Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote today. If you think that this is simply a large-screen video iPod with some phone…
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Carrefour is a big hit with Amman’s masses
One of the intriguing comments I got from one of my regular readers was on my post about the recent opening of Carrefour in Amman. My dear reader asked “Since when has Jordan become a consuming country”. Oh, dear reader, I just wish you were with me last night at 10:45 pm! I was driving…
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Will Steve Jobs finally show us the iPhone?
The tech blogosphere and press are ON FIRE. We’re less than 24 hours away from Steve Jobs Macworld Keynote on 9 am San Francisco time Tuesday 9 January (that’s 7 pm Amman time). The big rumor is, again, the expected launch of an Apple iPhone. I will not write much more about this. Just go…