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Day: November 6, 2009

The many evul ways of the Apple Clique

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jawwad

So after cornering me into joining Facebook, it was only natural that I would end up dumping my old friend the Internet Explorer for Safari. IE had been freezing on a regular basis with Facebook and Jehan suggested Safari as an alternate. Two hours later, all I can say is, Safari, where have you been…

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It is now official – Facebook it is!

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jawwad

In less than three weeks from the date that I was forced to upon for business on Facebook by Mohtashim and Jehan, Facebook is now the official leader in referring unsuspecting visitors to my blog. Previously this dubious honor was held by the Alchemy website. After a tightly run race on Google Analytics over the…

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Adil Moosajee on Failure

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Jawwad

There is something that Adil said during our Q&A session about failure that is still resonating with me. The question dealt with retaining a positive outlook after failing and Adil jumped in with a great analogy. “Have you ever cooked a new dish?”, he asked the audience. “Yes”, they said. “There must have been instances…

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