A Lebanese Taxi Driver Getting Married
This morning, on my way to the office.
Twitter, 3 Years Old
Happy Birthday Twitter, you are 3 years old now and still online. It all started on 21st of March 2006 when Jack Dorsey sent his first Tweet and, together with Evan Williams, Biz Stone and others, created a social media company that has grown over 1300% in the last year.
According to a post on Nielsen Wire, unique visitors to Twitter.com increased 1,382 percent year over year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009. This growth earned it the title of “fastest growing member community site,” a term that encompasses not just social networks but any online community – even one such as online wiki community Wikia, which, incidentally, came in at number five on the list. Zimbio and Facebook followed Twitter, growing 240 percent and 228 percent, respectively.
Lebanese Beggaring
For the last few years, every few months you could easily spot billboards in Lebanon, thanking a bunch of what we call in lebanese sister countries, for donating or helping Lebanon.
And everytime I see these I have the feeling that Lebanese are beggars and I am one of them.
But I always feel bad about it, why ? For many reasons, first because we are not beggars and I don’t want ever to have this feeling (if you want to call it “The Lebanese Proud”, I have no problem with it), second if anyone is helping Lebanon, they should not wait for a non-stop thank you on billboards, third if these thank you messages are for political objectives, well i am sure majority of Lebanese are really pissed off with it.
Whomever put us in this deep shit, should work hard to take us out of it, who is it? I don’t really care for the name and I don’t really care to know, maybe all of us are responsible, every and each one of us, maybe some more than others, but at the end we are all responsible.
If I disagree with these billboards, it does not mean I am with the ones politically on the other side, I am with myself, because I might be the only one who can help me.
You want to help Lebanon, great we appreciate it, do it low profile and you, the Lebanese who are managing these donations and help, again keep it low, no need to shout loudly.
And please, all politicians, get the hell out of my life.
Holi – the Festival of Colors
Last Wednesday (March 11th), people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors. Holi is celebrated as a welcoming of Spring, and a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.
Bright New Day for Dia
Short for Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion, Dia is a Carrefour-owned, hard-discount grocery store. With a vast presence in Spain with more than 2,900 stores and can also be found around the world in Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, and China.