I have my own wonderland. My haven of comfort that I escape to with all my thoughts and ideas, a place of creation, or simply, meditation. My room.
Beautiful Jordan
As an avid Online user, I come across all kinds and types of people from all over the wold every day. Many of those who has never heard of my country Jordan. Some of them still think we are a very underdeveloped desert-looking tent-living people. Well, The truth is, yes, we do have our Bedouin population, we also have the desert and the tents in the south. But that does not mean that we are all the same. Jordan is a very diversified country with beautiful landscapes and cities. Historical richness and friendly people.
Here, I will show you few images of what Jordan is like.
AmmanTT Open Expo…Geeks stand united
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I have always known Amman Tech Tuesdays but did not really attend before until today, and today, has been the anniversary edition showcasing many independent projects and start-ups in booths @ Zara Expo.
The buzz was really great… Everybody seemed to be having a really good time.
It is the sort of place that you’d expect to bump into all the cool geeks you know (And have really cool free stuff from the cool booths).
Big shouts to:
proDigi for the awesome booth display, with really funny Social Media Stickers and the chance to play Angry Birds on a big display. Thanks to Moey and Omar.
Petra University, for their interactive desktop project for disabled people, that was amazing!
Mozilla Jordan and Microsoft Jordan, merely for exisiting (and the great FireFox Badges and Kinect Display).
Crazy Piranha, the great animation showcase was stunning.
Hamzet Wasel, the cutest looking booth, very colorful and delicious with all the free goodies to eat, thanks for راس العبد.
TasmeemME, great art display, we love our favorite: وحش الملوخية
Other names to mention:
Aramram
WCG – Jordan
Curl Stone Studios
Wizards Productions
And of course all the other great booths, every little contribution is a step in the way to enrich the local experience and encourage others to come out of their shells and start creating and sharing.
I’m sure I will be back again for more AmmanTT sessions held in PSUT.
Keep up to date with the #AmmanTT on twitter.
Related articles
- Onward to Amman, Jordan – Amman, Jordan (travelpod.com)
- Amman is unlikely hotspot for technology startups (hazima.wordpress.com)
My country: Jordan.
We are in the 21st century where all media is available on the internet and can be easily accessed using a computer, a tablet or just a phone, you would be surprised with the number of people online still living in closed compounds (in their heads).
On Local Talents: Salam
If you are familiar with Arabic language then you might know that the word Salam means peace.
But for now let’s talk about another kind of peace, the peace of mind and soul that you get listening to music.
Salam Homoud, a local talent who was featured in Jordan Festival and rocked the stage out.
Amman Streets at night…
So as posted before about my new Sony Bloggie, I’m now excited to try all kinds of different things with it, this small project was shot in 30 minutes driving around the streets of Amman then edited to be fast and added one of my favorite songs (Telepopmusik – Breathe).
The choice of the song is metaphorical, as I believe that we – in Amman – need to breathe a little, life is getting its pressure on us, prices are raising everyday a little bit more, no jobs, and certainly the general attitude is becoming more aggressive and disturbingly annoying, so it is a small message for everyone to try to “breathe” whenever they can.