The Laidback Show » TEDIndia 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 » TEDIndia http://laidbackshow.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Laidbackshow144.jpg http://laidbackshow.com Laidback Show Episode 7 – Take back the Tech http://laidbackshow.com/episode-7/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-7/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:59:58 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=91

Show Notes after the Jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-7/feed/ 8 Eid,facebook,Google Wave,Humna Rights,P@SHA,Take back the Tech,TEDIndia,Twitter,Violence against Women Show Notes after the Jump Bakra Eid comes knocking, millions of animals being sacrificed, quite a lot many do it as a show of wealth Jehan Ara discusses Take Back the Tech - violence against women, TBTT's initiatives in Pakistan, Show Notes after the Jump * Bakra Eid comes knocking, millions of animals being sacrificed, quite a lot many do it as a show of wealth * Jehan Ara (http://jehanara.wordpress.com) discusses Take Back the Tech (http://www.takebackthetech.net/) - violence against women, TBTT's initiatives in Pakistan (http://jehanara.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/take-back-the-tech-join-the16-days-of-activism/), blog post Take Back The Tech: join the16 days of activism (http://jehanara.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/take-back-the-tech-join-the16-days-of-activism/) * Twitter activism takes a lead spreading the word #TakeBacktheTech (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23takebackthetech) * TEDIndia's presentation by Pranav Mistry on his Sixth Sense product (http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html) * Short discussion on P@SHA, Yousuf Jan takes over Chairmanship of P@SHA * Google Wave (http://googlewave.com) turns out to be a flop * Awab wants to predict that Facebook popularity is set to be taken over by other technologies * Faisal Kapadia discusses how the government of Pakistan allows a Hindu temple to bring a moorti for its festival * Awab discusses a Hindu temple in Hingol, Baluchistan called Nani Mander (http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_april_2007/inside_of_the_temple_at_nani_mander.html), where he has gone for Offroading (http://offroadpakistan.com/pictures/hingol_april_2007/) * Awab shares a picture of Zardari with Ami and Abu (http://teeth.posterous.com/zardari-with-ami-and-abu) * Laidback Show supports the Take back the Tech (http://takebackthetech.net) initiative and urges every one to STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN The Laidback Show clean <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgbKdcgI%2Em4v" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> Laidbackshow Episode 6 http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/ http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:47:27 +0000 Awab Alvi http://laidbackshow.com/?p=86

Show Notes After the jump

]]> http://laidbackshow.com/episode-6/feed/ 3 Awab Alvi,Corruption,facebook,Faisal Kapadia,Faisal Khan,Imran Khan,Michael Jackson,MQM,naveen naqvi,NRO,TED,TEDIndia Show Notes After the jump Awab heads to Mysore, India for TEDIndia, meets many people including some top India bloggers like Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration fame and Amit Varma of India Uncut Naveen Naqvi [@NaveeNaqvi] leaves Breakfast at D... Show Notes After the jump * Awab heads to Mysore, India for TEDIndia (http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/), meets many people including some top India bloggers like Amit Agarwal (http://twitter.com/labnol) of Digital Inspiration (http://digitalinspiration.com/) fame and Amit Varma (http://twitter.com/amitvarma) of India Uncut (http://indiauncut.com/) * Naveen Naqvi (http://naveenaqvi.com/) [@NaveeNaqvi (http://twitter.com/naveenaqvi)] leaves Breakfast at Dawn show * Fasial Qureshi (http://twitter.com/fasialqureshi) believes that "the new media" is not engaging with prime time to become a credible voice to change * Shanaakht Festival (http://citizensarchive.org/?page_id=68) was held in Karachi, safely without any controversy (http://deadpanthoughts.com/2009/11/shanaakth-the-return/) * Fasial Kapadia switches to an IPhone 3G * Transparency International (http://www.transparency.org.pk/) report bumps Pakistan to #42nd most corrupt nation (http://www.transparency.org.pk/news/newsnov09.htm#169): debate on why TI chooses to label DHA as the most corrupt organization as compared to customs * NRO List appears (http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/11/21/the-nro-dishonor-roll) after two years? * MQM Rabta Committee representative goes to meet Imran Khan, possibility of an urban political force? Street power of MQM combines with the popular face of Imran Khan * Awab forced to leave the digital world for two weeks, he survived * Michael Jackson had some serious issues with child molestation charges - the media was hounding him - was he naive * Large Hadron Collider (http://public.web.cern.ch/public/) had its first collision - resolving the big bang thoery - watch it on twitter (http://twitter.com/cern) * Will twitter go into a paid-for service model - to monetize the huge server usage? * Hat-tip to Faisal Khan (http://www.nacspl.com/) / Babushka99 (http://twitter.com/babushka99) for suggesting the new HD camera Logitech Webcam c905 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/webcams/devices/5868&cl=us,en) for Laidbackshow The Laidback Show clean <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" src="http://blip.tv/play/hLsYgbGDZwI%2Em4v" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>