yes, reviewing a movie, I couldn’t believe all the commotion about 2012, saw the trailer, was jumping like a little kid at all the CGI.
I am a geek, I always enjoy good CGI and this is what 2012 is, good CGI, nothing more, nothing less. 158 minutes of good CGI.
The story, A guy finds out that doomsday is near and that some governments built archs to… Continue reading
For some reason I had a few flashbacks today, going back in my life, the last 10 years, a lot happened, some good, some bad, but all came out well…so a thank you is only appropriate.
Thank you…
My ex-colleagues who believed in me
My ex-boss(es) who were stubborn and short sighted, it made me learn to be patient and keep on pushing forward, your ingratitude made… Continue reading
In a recent interview on satellite tv covering the Media and Marketing Show Dubai 2009, someone was complaining about the lack of Arabic content on the internet.
The complaints are coming from Arabic search engines folks (and I don’t mean Google, I am talking about local SE)
Now, I’ve been hearing this song forever, same tune, same excuse, “the Arabic content on the internet is poor”. whining whining… Continue reading
You’ve got a resume of the latest news right in front of you! no need to scroll (not that it’s a big deal, some might disagree though, that’s another issue).
Latest news, story of the day/moment, highlights, Top stories, it’s all right there in front of you.
The only… Continue reading
In a comment about yamli.com I was told that Ajnad.com is far superior and more accurate than Yamli.com
I thought it would be cool to compare both side to side, here’s what I got (click to enlarge)
I hate to say this, but this is a MAJOR fail. In the transliteration domain, Yamli is still king!… Continue reading
Souq.com has a new interface, it’s more like a bit of tweaking but still a lot is missing and the whole essence (experience) is still lacking. I know I know, “…but it’s working”.
Personally, I believe that it should go through a simple cycle, “functional, fast, pretty” It is functional (technically speaking); fast (again, technically speaking) but not pretty (usability/ux wise)
The dominant tool on souq.com is the… Continue reading
The never ending debate last week, this subject has been beaten to death, I kept hearing the infamous “in my opinion..” over and over again. I unfortunately had to use the “your opinion doesn’t count here, it’s what makes it smoother for the user what counts, your job description includes shutting up when you have to, read the fine prints next time”
The short answer, email!
here’s why… Continue reading
Dear Tweepi,
When you notify the user that he’s not “logged in” you have to provide him/her/it/so-so with a link or a way to actually sign in to use your services.
You are still in “beta”, you have a nice service going on there, so I’ll cut you some slack.
In my final post (till I can be bothered again) about search engines, Yamli is our star of this post.
I don’t really consider Yamli as being a search engine (calm down) it is a transliteration service, making it easy for users who do not type in Arabic or have an Arabic enabled keyboard to search using GOOGLE.
It is what Google (and ALL Arabic search engines) missed!… Continue reading
A quick review of souq.com done a month ago, nothing serious just skimming through the website.
