September 2009
58 posts
Imaginative CSS →
I’m constantly finding sites on WordPress.com that leave me happily surprised. I ran across Wir sprechen Online a few weeks ago and just kept coming back to it. For both the content and the…
The Image Widget, Plus News from Support →
Last month, the Support team (also known as Happiness Engineers) got together to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the features and resources you need.
Out of that meetup came a number…
Once again, I applaud William Kamkwamba for his determination and will to succeed. Go Africa! http://bit.ly/R4lVR #ted
Helping friend design a soln for DXB. Any moms want to help? RT @agreenliving: Diapers: What’s the Eco-Friendly Choice? http://bit.ly/xVibc
Adding labels won’t change behavior RT @TreeHugger @greenbiztweets Shoppers oblivious to most green labels http://bit.ly/nlq94 #retail #eco
I’m suspecting that climate change is causing natural disasters to become more severe. Get the message? (for religious folk: msg from GOD?)
How many times can reactive aid bail us out of disasters? We’re losing our ability to think by becoming a reactive culture.
We’ve clearly defaulted! RT @greenpeaceindia: We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children - Chief Seattle
Too much energy use at 2am RT @pkedrosky: The city of Dubai at night from space is eery, like a backlit urban protoplasm http://bit.ly/pEf3C
What are you changing today? #undoyearsofbadpractice
Watching ‘Age of Stupid’ http://www.ageofstupid.net/
RT @livetorque: “An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change.”— Jack Johnson #Quote
Candidate at a job interview gets asked if he is a loyal employee. Reckon it’s a strategy to curb the high attrition? Seriously, LOL!
If I had a post box I’d peep into it every hour to check if my copy of Trust Agents by @chrisbrogan arrived. Where are you, courier pigeons?
RT @GOOD: I wanted to make a film on my lifelong obsession, climate change - Franny Armstrong, Director of @AgeofStupid http://bit.ly/2ytrg3
Now’s the big test; let’s see if the lessons learned during Ramadan are followed after. ;)
If your tweets aren’t mellifluous, I’m going to unfollow you!!! LOL, kidding…you rock either way. :)
A long way to go, but a good start nevertheless. RT @TheGreenPlanet: India connects first solar power plant http://bit.ly/B375X
Life would be better without: Plastic bottles/ bags, thermocol, guns, animal farms, investment bankers, farming pesticides #betterwithout
RT @sanjive01: RT @HeadlinesIndia: 13-year-old Indian to address UN #climatechange summit http://uurl.in/MQhg
A day of serious designing tomorrow. I’m actually anxious to see how @artraj and I fare.
Have the RTA folk ever used their own website to plan a journey? I’m sorry, the portal is frustrating to use. #rta #fail @peymanparham?
Hey @presleysylwia, have you met @amyrsward from NetSquared. I see shared values and collaboration. #linkedin
Looked at organic clothing as an alternative and especially liked http://wearpact.com/, but they don’t ship outside the US. :(
Tempted to move to http://fincaexotica.com/ in Costa Rica to help them with their eco tourism initiative. What do you think?
Iran get its first WiMax service and the rest of the world thinks the Iranians are backward. The government maybe, but the people are not.
Environmentalism as a step in individual evolution & bringing it outside of the spectrum of a solely physical phenomenon http://bit.ly/HuV04
RT @LoriMoreno: The power of imagination makes us infinite. - John Muir #quote
Glorifying conventional folk as creative makes them spiral south faster.
RT @SirKenRobinson: Being born a human being is a rare event in itself & it’s wise 2 use ths oppty as beneficially as possible - Dalai Lama
Thinks the world needs more morality.
I think the break next wk will help me catch up with @DrBaher @LaBlogga @amyrsward @Ayasha @pkgulati @DaddyBird @masarat on pending matters.
RT @DKMatai I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals! - Sir Winston Churchill #quote
Happy to have finally moved to my new place, but sad to have missed @DubaiTwestival.
Off to sign my contract, get utilities connected, pack up and move…all by dawn. Impossible? Nahhh… ;)
Secured a pad and I like it very much. Now, settling in is the next mission.
Taxi - Metro - Feeder Bus - Private Bus and I’m at work in just over an hour. Success! #DubaiMetro
Here I come, #DubaiMetro. @aylinsunam and I are excited and in a rush, so pls don’t make it hard for us this morning. :)
Watching Earth 2100, documentary fictional piece about our world 90 years from now if we carry on with our current lifestyle patterns #eco
The ending of our story can still be changed. Yes, it can and we must act now. #earth2100
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
Will the transport cops be forgiving if homeless people (self included) take shelter on the #DubaiMetro platforms/ trains?
Damn, I bought an iPod Nano just a few days ago. #perceivedobsolescence #capitalism #apple
Most of Dubai was built on hype and exaggeration, but please let the #DubaiMetro exp. be real and people centric.
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all perfect…
Don’t take away my creative license and then ask me to be creative.
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
RT @Documentally: Checking out the one min film fest.. http://bit.ly/1ad7EG
Can’t understand why ppl still refer to predictions made in 2007…Hellooo…things are not as rosy as the douche analysts predicted then!
Good to see an increased interest by brands in the 2nd edition of Twestival here. Now if only we could get the law to be more supportive.