By Momekh on March 9, 2010
The first job I got, in JaanPakistan.com as a webmaster, was a case of ‘being hired before the interview’. My friend had his family friends over for a social visit and during the conversation, his family friend mentioned that he was starting an online portal, and was looking for a writer cum webmaster, to do [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, marketing, self | Tagged Entrepreneurship, work
By Momekh on November 11, 2009
Do you know of the 80/20 rule?
There was this Italian scientist (somewhere in the 1800’s)’, Pareto, who noticed that 20 percent of the population of Italy owned 80 percent of the land. Well, nothing scientific about that, surely, but more importantly, the Pareto law states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle | Tagged economics, Italian, pareto, productivity
By Momekh on October 7, 2009
UPDATE: Thanks to this detailed post at the BlogKindle, I now know that the Kindle is NOT available in Pakistan. Anyone knows how to ‘jailbreak’ a Kindle? And does anyone know what exactly will NOT WORK when you turn on a Kindle, say in Karachi or Lahore?
It’s going to be about tablets. Apple still has [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, pakistan, Technology | Tagged Amazon, amazon kindle in Pakistan, Apple, books, Crunchpad, e-books, Kindle, notebooks, pakistan, reading, tablets, TechCrunch
By Momekh on May 5, 2009
I don’t know if I spelt the word ‘mediocricity’ correctly, and I don’t care.
I know one thing for sure, that being mediocre is just plain stupid. I make it sound like as if people do this by choice, this being ‘just average’. I do this because really, that is what people do; they choose to [...]
Posted in Art, Business, Islam, Life etc, Lifestyle, Muslims, Newness, self, Travel | Tagged average, mediocre, plan, travelling
By Momekh on February 5, 2009
This is what separates the good from the best, but only under rare circumstances. Usually, relevancy separates the good from the useless.
As my wife constantly keeps reminding me, ‘When good does nothing, it is evil enough‘ – that is relevancy explained in another way.
Relevancy – how significant is your actions as compared to the situation [...]
Posted in Art, Life etc, Lifestyle, Music, Muslims, People, Reviews, Society, Videography | Tagged Ahmed Quraishi, atif aslam, Ch Iftikhar, Chief Justice, fasi zaka, Laga Reh, media, Shahzad Roy, the beatles, video, youtube video
By Momekh on September 26, 2008
An inspiration for sure. A not-so-regular guy, still a teenager, is making more than you – you being anyone working for someone else. All of it through writing about what he likes. Welcome to blogging, friends.
Check out the exceptionally simple, hence successful blog at http://sizlopedia.com/
If you are even remotely interested in the world of tech [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Technology | Tagged blogging, making money