Month: July 2007
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Steorn to show free energy device July 5th?
My continued follow up on the Steorn ‘free energy’ story over the past 11 months has been one of the most frustrating thing I’ve ever done. There has not been any significant news over the past few months and even the discussion forum on Steorn’s site has mostly died out, mainly because all the interesting…
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Branding water: SYNTAX creates identity for Miyahuna
Tuesday was Brand-day for SYNTAX. Not one, but two SYNTAX-created brands were launched. The two companies could not be different, and we’re really happy the spectrum of our assignments is so wide. The big brand we helped bring to life yesterday was Miyahuna, the 1200 people company that delivers water to Amman’s 2.6 million residents.…
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Amman rooftoop billboards are coming DOWN! WHOOOOHOOOOO!
This is the disease.. Out-of-control, badly designed, tasteless retarded commercialism covering the facade of every commercial building in Amman. But now, the disease is beginning to get ERADICATED.. Witness the cleaning up of Amman’s facades.. Cranes on the sixth circle removing the supersized rooftops. Mecca street: stripping the rooftops down in preparation for removal. Mecca…
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If your a rich or poor Jordanian, you’re still going to be FAT!
I just LOVE those ‘simplistic’ cartoons that make their way into our daily press. On the left we have a university professor. The poor guy! On the right we a real estate trader. Rich man. Very imaginative and creative? Are the two brothers? But there is one thing that, according to this cartoon, cuts across…
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Bloggers and mainstream media at the German-Arab media dialouge
Last week, I had the chance to participate in the two day German-Arab media dialogue, held in Amman (organized by the German Foreign Ministry and the German Embassy in Amman). I was given the chance to give a presentation on Youth and New Media, which coincided with this year’s conference theme. Much of the debate…
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What have your friends been up to on ikbis.com
Around a week ago, I found that our tech gurus (you know who you are have added a cool new feature to ikbis. You now can see what your friends have been up to on the site. Who has uploaded new stuff? who has commented? It still needs a design polish from our visual gurus…
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iPhone magic!
I promise that this will be the last iPhone post this week! But I just found this clip irrisitable.. Read these related posts on 360east: iPhone Jordan launch REALLY nears iPhone dismembered (not for the faint at heart) iPhone in the stores today Rumor: iPhone to be legally availble in Jordan by end of March…