[Memories] Computer Systems Batch 1990-91
Posted by Faraz on September 2, 2009
Father of Pakistani Blogosphere
Posted by Sabahat (iFaqeer) on September 4, 2007
In the very first post on this blog, when I was providing an introduction to prominent NEDians in the blogsosphere, I introduced “Tee Emm” (Tariq Mustafa, Batch ‘90-91) as “probably one of the first people to write a blog out of Pakistan”. But it appears that my cautious characterization was unnecessary.
The Karachi Metroblog team (Metroblogging ®, for the uninitiated, is the largest and fastest growing network of city-specific blogs on the Web–from San Francisco to Bangkok, from Karachi to Toronto, Metblogs are a hyper-local look at what’s going on in the city) recently held a seminar at “The Second Floor” (a coffeehouse, featuring a bookshop and a space for creative expression and intelligent discourse in Karachi) titled “Blogging 101″. You can read their own report here, but what caught my eye was the following slide:
Which means that I stand corrected. It is good to see general recognition for the work of an NEDian who’s been hacking away in the netroots for a long, long time. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
LinkedIn Group for NEDians
Posted by Sabahat (iFaqeer) on August 9, 2007
Most readers will most probably heard of the social networking phenomenon. There are quite a few websites out there now that help people convert real-world or informal contacts into an organized network that can be used to reach people you might need to reach.
LinkedIn is one such site, and the one I have seen most commonly used in Silicon Valley and other professional, networking, and Internet circles. I initially joined LinkedIn when I was invited by a fellow technical writer. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
