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New job, New life @ Riyadh

2009-06-17T07:55:18Z

I've reached Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 weeks ago, to join the quality management team of the Kett in KSU, a big university maybe the biggest in Africa and the Middle East.

The working environment is nice, it's the first time I work in such a big organization, the management here is not very organized, every project has more than one agency responsible for it, so you don't know exactly who you should talk to. but as long as you keep inside the borders of your agency it's OK.

About the life here that is the best part, the city is really nice the first thing that grabbed my attention is the clean roads, luxurious cars, tall towers. Every thing is delicious beside life here is not expensive.

Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web

2009-05-26T04:53:05Z

Raw, Data, Now!

What are startups ?

2009-04-13T05:40:20Z

Feel a need

Fill a need

Findings from the ALA Survey, 2008

2009-04-13T05:26:12Z

I believe it's really useful for every person in the web industry to check this survey out, it has alot of details about titles, salaries, regions, satisfaction, skills, blogs & a very useful comparison between freelancers & employees + also a useful comparison between type of organizations, like partners in companies, employees & startups owners etc...

It also shows that web persons in Africa are more satisfied & get's more salary than Asia & South America.

A must read to the very last bit of it.

Findings from the ALA Survey, 2008

What are web standards ?

2009-04-09T06:30:30Z

And check other Jeffrey ideas on his Big Think page

I'm really a big fan of him and I'm proud to consider myself one of his students.

W3C site redesign

2009-03-27T07:19:13Z

Check out the W3C new design, it's still beta, looks very nice and clean and the content is better categorized I think.

Go check it and provide your feedback.

Web standards lovers in Egypt a new Facebook group

2009-03-26T05:10:00Z

I've started a new Facebook group named Web standards lovers in Egypt, if you are one of them, go on join the group.

Show us your first web site

2009-03-23T06:38:59Z

I've been re-organizing my work page today, I passed by really old web sites I've done through my life, it's really fun to check old work and laugh.

At the beginning of my career I was doing flash sites only, that's all what I could do these days, it was early days of the release of Flash 5 and every body was talking about it, ofcourse I was thinking that Flash is better than HTML sites and that HTML sites was going to disappear in few years :))

I have worked with flash since 99 but unfortunately I lost those very old sites, the oldest one I have here, is point studios first version, released 2003 according to Way back machine.

Now don't be shy and show us your oldest site, comment it below.

Web standards ROI

2009-03-22T04:55:03Z

Maybe I've told you alot about web standards and it's benefits etc... but what is it's ROI? that's Return On Investment.

Molly have explained this briefly through her article Web Standards: Where the ROI is on MIX Online

Those are the points she discussed:

Future-Proof Your Investment

More Efficient Management

Search Engine Optimization

Universal Access

Scalability

Improved User Experience

Web Standards: Where the ROI is - Molly E. Holzschlag

Gmail undo send

2009-03-21T14:20:26Z

New from Gmail, it's a brilliant feature, how it works? simply they delay the sending 5 seconds if you didn't click the undo link due those 5 seconds, then it sends the mail.

How many times, you send the mail and just as you clicked the send link you remembered you forget the attach, or you are sending to the wrong person, all you need is 5 seconds to undo that, really brilliant.

1 idea worth millions of dollars, who supports it ?

2009-03-17T08:28:29Z

I got a web app idea that I expect for it to explode & rock the stage, I need some one to supports me with some cash and be my partner in this app, I will need a cartoonist + experienced PHP developer + me + a place to gather us.

If you know any one who want to invest some cash in this web 2.0 hype, here is a chance, let's sit and talk.

More personal point, more employed me

2009-03-09T07:49:31Z

Have any one noticed the new redesign of stopdesign it's there since 22 Jan but I didn't noticed it until yesterday, I don't know how, it looks like I'm alot outdated, and I have to refocus again.

I've been thinking to redesign point also to look more personal but unfortunately didn't have much time lately.

I'd like to inform you also that I'm now working at B comad starting from yesterday, it's a new advertising agency in Egypt, but it has 2 old branches in Kuwait & Dubai, I like the work environment so much, and the creative director is great.

Here is our first day there, we have to pass by the process of emptying our heads and refilling it with there Blue thoughts. I'm the one with the big blue head, if you see me in the streets this days don't be shocked by the blue head I got now :))

Unfortonatley I didn't like there blue thoughts so much, and I couldn't afford to live directed by a creative director more than one week, yes he is awesome, but web principles are alot diffirent, can't be considered as a magazine Ad.

Google your name

2009-02-08T15:07:19Z

I tried to google my name today, "Abdelrahman Osama" wrapped in double quotations as shown, I was thrilled by the number of results I got, I got 16 pages all related to me, some results doesn't relate to me ofcourse but if you combine them maybe they'll form 2 pages of the 16.

It shows all my History all my previous comments on other blogs all my accounts on different sites like Facebook, LinkedIn etc.. , Why don't you try to google your name now, and add a comment by the link of the googling.

PHP Developer for develping a few startups

2009-02-06T19:57:37Z

Hello! Is there any PHP developer who cares about web standards & passionate about web 2.0

Background of latest technologies like AJAX is a big +, and ofcourse MySQL is a must

Please contact me through info [at] point-studios.com we got a bright future to discuss together, at least I hope so :)

10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design

2009-01-10T21:21:30Z

I just read the article 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design on Mashable by Whitney Hess, I couldn't agree more, I hope every body read this article to get a better understanding of what UX is.

The article suggests that the 10 most common misconceptions are that user experience is:

...user interface design
...a step in the process
...about technology
...just about usability
...just about the user
...expensive
...easy
...the role of one person or department
...a single discipline
...a choice

Read the whole article.