The Laidback Show » Karachi http://laidbackshow.com Jihad on da suits starts NOW!! Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://laidbackshow.com/feed/podcast/ The Laidback Show is a weekly podcast by Faisal Kapadia (deadpanthoughts.com) and Dr. Awab Alvi (teeth.com.pk/blog) talking about various topics within the Pakistani web-sphere, be it politics or technology in a very casual setting The Laidback Show clean The Laidback Show info@laidbackshow.com info@laidbackshow.com (The Laidback Show) 2009-2010 Hosts: Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi Technology, Politics, Pakistan, Geek, International, Urdu The Laidback Show » Karachi http://laidbackshow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Laidbackshow144.jpg http://laidbackshow.com Laidback Show Episode 17 – Expedition Poldat http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:01:43 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=187


Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-17/feed/ 4 Baluchistan,Camping,Hingol,Jeep,Karachi,Offroad,Poldat Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia head towards Hingol National Park for a three day Expedition with offroaders from OffroadPakistan (http://offroadpakistan.com) to conquer a natural gorge called Poldat The Laidback Show clean <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgcn3dQA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Laidback Show Episode 15 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:01:59 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=173

  • Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor’s new location in Karachi
  • Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other]
  • Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs
  • Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti
  • Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps
  • discussion about privacy in location broadcasting
  • Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media
]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-15/feed/ 0 Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Google Maps,Haiti,iPad,Karachi,PkMaps,Second Floor,Steve Jobs,T2F Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 onl... * Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi meetup at The Second Floor's new location in Karachi * Talk with Sabeen Mehmud about the new location and hats off to the anonymous donor who donated the space to develop this place in Karachi renting the space for Rs 1 only [50 paisas for one floor and 50 paisas for the other] * Sabeen talks about the upcoming speech of Steve Jobs * Discussion about the tragedy in Haiti * Farhan Chawla talks about Google Maps and PkMaps (http://pkmaps.freeforums.org) * discussion about privacy in location broadcasting * Faisal talks about how multinationals are ignoring the new media The Laidback Show clean <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgcHuZAA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Laidback Show Episode 13 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:19:39 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=159

Show notes after the jump

Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi and discuss the event
Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi’s show Baang-e-dara
Video report on the Lahore Solidarity Rally
DiscoMaulvi suggests why educated people throw trash on their streets
Pakistan suffers from elitism, they can get away with it
Rai Azlan reports on the Google Mapping Party in Lahore
Pakistan open maps on PkMaps
Awab shares the story about Dr. Mehvish Baig and her story as she was harassed by US personel in Karachi. Dr. Mehvish’s ex-husband writes to Awab sharing the other side of the argument as presented by Mehvish
Farhan Chawla does the tech review on Nokia N900

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-13/feed/ 4 Awab Alvi,Exploding Mangoes,Farhan Chawla,Fasial Kapadia,Google Map,Karachi,Lahore,N900,Nokia,Solidarity Day Show notes after the jump - Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi and discuss the event Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi's show Baang-e-dara Show notes after the jump Faisal and Awab attend the Solidarity Day in Karachi (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2010/01/01/pictures-solidarity-day-1st-jan-2010-karachi) and discuss the event Fasial meet Mohammed Hanif, the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes (http://www.explodingmangoes.co.uk/) Awab goes to Faisal Qureshi's show (http://life.faisalqureshi.net/bangedara-123-awab-alvi-nazim-haji/) Baang-e-dara Video report on the Lahore Solidarity Rally DiscoMaulvi (http://twitter.com/discomaulvi) suggests why educated people throw trash on their streets Pakistan suffers from elitism, they can get away with it Rai Azlan (http://twitter.com/rai_azlan) reports on the Google Mapping Party in Lahore (http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/12/29/google-maps-lahore-mapping-party/) Pakistan open maps on PkMaps (http://pkmaps.freeforums.org) Awab shares the story about Dr. Mehvish Baig and her story as she was harassed by US personel in Karachi (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/30/american-forces-harass-pakistani). Dr. Mehvish's ex-husband writes to Awab sharing the other side of the argument as presented by Mehvish Farhan Chawla (http://senseapplied.com) does the tech review on Nokia N900 The Laidback Show clean <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgb2XAwA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Laidback Show Episode 12 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:24 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=151

Show Notes after the jump

28th December Bomb Blast on MA Jinnah Road during the Ashura Procession
Awab’s video report of the next days tour of the area
Faisal Kapadia celebrates his Birthday
Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had a Press Conference on 31st December to hype up the media
All Pakistan Youth pays hommage to Quaid Mazar on 25th December, Abid Beli and Sarfaraz Khan coordinates this effort
Awab’s video report on the 25th December Quaid Mazar visit
Awab goes to Ayesha Tammy Haq’s show for the Aman Ittehad
Sana Saleem outshines the old-bloc of Nadeem Farooq Piracha
Faisal plans to go to the Hingol Offroading trip on 8th Jan

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-12/feed/ 2 Aman Ittehad,Bomb Blast,Dr. Awab Alvi,Faisal Kapadia,Karachi,MA Jinnah Road,Peace,Quaid-e-Azam,Riots,Video Show Notes after the jump - 28th December Bomb Blast on MA Jinnah Road during the Ashura Procession Awab's video report of the next days tour of the area Faisal Kapadia celebrates his Birthday Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had ... Show Notes after the jump 28th December Bomb Blast (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/30/ma-jinnah-road-bomb-blast-video) on MA Jinnah Road (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/12/chaos-in-karachi/) during the Ashura Procession Awab's video report of the next days (http://blip.tv/file/3027058) tour of the area Faisal Kapadia (http://deadpanthoughts.com) celebrates his Birthday Aman Ittehad holds a Solidarity day on 1st Jan and had a Press Conference (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/12/31/solidarity-day-press-conference-karachi) on 31st December to hype up the media All Pakistan Youth pays hommage to Quaid Mazar on 25th December, Abid Beli (http://twitter.com/AbidBeli) and Sarfaraz Khan (http://twitter.com/SMKhan) coordinates this effort Awab's video report on the 25th December Quaid Mazar visit Awab goes to Ayesha Tammy Haq's show for the Aman Ittehad Sana Saleem (http://sanasaleem.com) outshines the old-bloc of Nadeem Farooq Piracha Faisal plans to go to the Hingol Offroading trip (http://offroadpakistan.com) on 8th Jan The Laidback Show clean <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgbrqdgA%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>