SOCMM12 Live twitter stream
The social media live tweeters were Rj kulsoom, Abdullah syed, Salman latif, and Nazia, the session spanning over two days was moderated by Shoaib taimur. Great work people!!!
As the crow flies – Nairobi part 2
Jambo is a word from swahili which is quite fascinating. There are languages in this world with different contexts and different meanings to the same words according to how they are pronounced. However I have on my travels yet to come across a word which changes its meaning according to the circumstances it is uttered in….
As the crow flies – Nairobi
I have always imagined Africa to be a land far away. Not because I had ever actually travelled there or looked up how far it was. Its just that Africa or the cradle of civilization as it is known seemed like a very mythical & exotic place, hence I suppose the mind as some sort…
Mainstream vs social media media in Pakistan
In recent times after the leak of behind the scenes footage of a special on dunya tv and the creation of a  fake list of 19 journalists who had allegedly taken some form of bribe from Malik riaz,  a vast chasm of insecurity seems to have opened up in peoples minds about social media in…
Police brutality and your rights
Created by: Criminology.com
PTA’s alleged persistent pursuit of a URL filtration and blocking system is not acceptable
Please note that this is an unconfirmed report but from a reliable source, we are following the situation and will be publishing confirmed reports immediately. Karachi 20th June 2012: We received information from a reliable source that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued a notification to other government departments announcing the installation of a filtering system. This has in turn…
LivEy
A few months ago me and samra muslim met for the first time with an idea. LivEy is the realization of this idea. A group of personalities from Pakistan’s social and mainstream media landscape which will be sent every couple of months to a new destination internationally. To discuss their experiences and to make…
How much klout do you have?
The world of social media has always had its problems with translating into numbers a person from the outside or say an advertiser  could easily comprehend. People have forever been confused on what is more important? Traffic or engagement? Uiqs or interaction via comments and linkbacks? What is the actual standard for success in…
Ho yaqeen
A month or so ago Coca Cola Pakistan took our social media community on a “happiness cruiseâ€. I have to admit at that point I was pretty skeptical as to what all could be really achieved from this exercise. Reason being that quite a few social media initiatives have been started and left to drift…
Wake up calls
I dont know how many write ups am I going to start with the words, its been a week from hell. Seems like lately every week is a week from hell here in Pakistan and all we can do as people who actually live here is to hold on to any sort of hope,…