Archive: Personal

Getting Back to Blogging

Posted on 07 March 2008
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Its been almost a month since my last post, I can’t come up with a good excuse for not posting as I used other than saying its been really hectic in the past weeks, I should have made the time to at least post once every week, sadly I didn’t, that’s why I’ll be doing my best to get back to blogging again, so this is what this post is about, ill be posting some quick updates on my ongoing projects tomorrow.

Have a great weekend!


My Father’s New Blog

Posted on 03 December 2007
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Quick post to let you guys know that my father started a blog a couple of weeks ago and its been growing nicely since then, my father has been working as a freelance IT consultant  for several years,I recently advised him that he should start a blog and post about the topics he is currently interested in, such as ITIL and project management and so he did.

He also recently started a Linkedin profile, you can view it here.

The blog can be found here:

http://www.mohammedthiab.com

I don’t have to go through the positives of  having an online presense in the form of blogs and social networking profiles, you guys probably already know it, right?


My Daily Reads

Posted on 22 November 2007
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In response to Charl’s latest post in which he tagged me! I am obliged by the blogoshpere code of conduct to reply to his tag with my daily reads!

I am going to break them into categories similar to the ones in my pageflakes account and I wont be mentioning everything in there, only the ones that I check daily!

1- Social networking

- Rev2

A great blog for web2.0 news in general, you’ll find lots of news related to social networking there, reading their blog has always been useful and they tend to be among the 1st sites that break a new story.

- Mashable

Simlar to rev2 but focsues on social networking news, great marketplace section too!

2- Social Media

- Muhammadsaleem

Lots of useful posts in the social media category, check it out!

- Pronetadvertising

Good blog but they don’t update on a regular basis, good info though.

3- Search engine and SEO

- SEObook

Aron Wall author’s the blog, updated regularly with lots of useful information.

- SEOmoz

Probably one of the most popular SEO blogs, if your into SEO, this blog is a must read!

- Seobythesea

Another must read if your into SEO, the topics here are less SEO detailed and discuss SEO in the broader term and SEO’s effecs on the internet.

- Searchenginejournal

Good SEO tips and Search engine news.

- Cre8pc blog

Covers SEO and Usability topics. Great read.

4- Marketing

- Marketingpilgrim

Andy Beal’s blog, posts cover general marketing topics, SEO, affiliate marketing and social media.

- Toprankblog

General Online marketing blog

- Aojon

Focuses on affiliate marketing

5- Tech News

- Techcrunch

No need for introductions here, probably one of the most popular tech and web2.0 new blog on the internet. You probably need to check it multiple times per day as the guys over there never stop writing!

- Hitwise blog

Great to stay up to date with latest stats and press releases from Hitwise.

- Comscore

Want to know who’s leading the social networking arena in terms of visitors, page views and member loyalty, press releases from Comscore deliver this news.

- Webpronews Top news

Lots of channels on webpronews, top news is my favorite.

Edit: forgot to tagg! so I guess I am going to tag Khalid and Bob!


Funny Video Monday - Fear of public speaking

Posted on 19 November 2007
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Another episode of funny video Monday, there were a bunch of videos for this week that have been rated at the same level at Funnyvideohub, so I took the liberty of selecting one of them, Enjoy!


Funny Video Monday “Cool Job”

Posted on 05 November 2007
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Every Monday I’ll be posting the highest rated video for the week from my funny video clips website, this week’s selection is titled “Cool Job” and you can view the video below:

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Want to Laugh?

Posted on 07 August 2007
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A friend sent me this link, couldnt stop laughing for a whole hour afterwards


Got my new Sony digital camera!

Posted on 01 June 2007
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This is one of the few posts I usually cover on my blog that are non internet/business related, I try to cover business and internet related news in my posts since thats why most people come to read my blog, but I got my new Sony digital camera (DSC W100) and I love it, its has lots of features, small and easy to hold, you can reach all the buttons easily with no trouble, I’ve been considering buying one for a while, I am not a big fan of taking pictures where ever I go, but I thought that having one is needed sometimes when your on a trip, hanging around with friends or attending a conference.

I checked out reviews for a number of other Sony Cybershot cameras and found lots of good reviews for this model, I’ll leave you with these screen shots now.

DSCW-100


A Virtual Haircut!

Posted on 12 April 2007
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This is a quick post to share with you guys a very cool audio file that was sent to me by a friend, I have uploaded the mp3 file here, you need good headsets to fully enjoy the effects. I am not sure how they created it, but its pretty awesome!

The last part is a bit freaky, so watch out!


5 Things You Didnt Know About Me

Posted on 19 January 2007
Written by Sohaib
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I’ve been tagged by Zane Jamal I haven’t been tagged before to be honest, so this is a bit interesting! so here goes 5 things you didn’t know about me:

  1. I am tall, at least to the middle eastern standards, about 193 cm’s, I am not sure how much is that in feet’s, according to the tool its exactly equal to 6 feet.
  2. I am much into politics, this is a bit natural since I am in a region that is filled with big news, Jordan is to the east of Palestine, west of Iraq and south-west of Lebanon, so I guess were in the eye of the storm!
  3. I am not into sports at all, I was never able to get excited about football, basketball or anything else to that matter, I wouldn’t mind watching a good game, but I don’t see the point of watching and memorizing hundreds of teams and team players, sorry sport junkies but that’s a waste of time and energy in my opinion.
  4. I had to nothing to do with the internet 4 years ago.
  5. 90% of the websites I use/visit are forums and blogs, I barely use sites like youtube, flickr or digg. But that doesn’t mean I don’t keep up to date with the new features the release etc. and doesnt stop me from starting similar sites.

hmm, so who should I tag, I guess I am going to tag Byan Le and JohnD.


Interview

Posted on 20 November 2006
Written by Sohaib
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A quick update, I’ve been interviewed by Basement Guru, you can find the interview here.

BasementGuru has interviewed a number of well known web entrepreneurs such as John Chow, Bryan Le, Robert Devore and Dale Maxwell, I was glad to be selected and interviewed at BasementGuru!

I’ve been doing the usual work on my sites, haven’t started with trying out PPC Arbitrage yet, I’ve been reading allot on SEO related sites trying to catch up with all of the updates due to going offline for about a month, I’ll probably dedicate some of my future posts to SEO subjects, I will also have a great announcement soon about a new project that hopefully will see the light soon, so stay tuned!