Announcements: Exploring new avenues

November 6, 2009

When i started writing on this blog, i was looking to collate a digital stream of work that would support online interests, as well as showcase my awesome literary ability. My secondary objective was to have tangible media related work for my online portfolio.

As inconsistent as has been, i will be back shortly… with a new look to expand on.

Girls discovering technology seems to be a good point. After all, who understands a woman, better than another woman :)

Stay tuned

Hasina


Nokia’s Ramadan Campaign

September 15, 2009

This post is a little late,

Great advertising campaign for Nokia middle east being very society focused with the buzz of cultural and religious awareness.

nokia-advertising-ramadan

Loved this pic, very apt for the fasting month.

Nokia users are spoilt for choice variety of religious focused applications,  all available in one place.

ramadan applications


Ramadan Surfing – 2009

September 14, 2009

We live in a world that’s abuzz with the pulse of the www feeding our interests and giving us a stepping stone to acquiring knowledge, at our fingertips…. Ramadan has us surfing more religious content. Here are a few gems to keep your eyes busy. Click on the links to view. :)

1. Hijab Style

We live in a world where Muslimah are fashion conscious, but competing with day to day trends which leave us compromising our fashion sense due to the westernity of mini skirts and sleeveless garments.
Hijab style
is a stylish blog that features garments, wardrobe suggestions, and scarf styles that will allow the fashion conscious Muslimah to be presentable as well as adequately attired.

2. Online Quraan with Translation

Easy to access site, containing the textual Quraan (arabic) with transliteration and translation. Easy to navigate to the various surahs.

3.Muslimah Media Watch

A site that looks at muslim women in media and pop-culture.

4. Islamic wallpapers

Everyone likes something new to dress up their desktop with. Choose from a variety of wallpapers… FREEE!!!!!

5. Islamic Videos : Islamic Tube

its the halaal version of youtube. Lots of interesting resources to peruse through. Find your favourite reciters :)

6. Qiraah Downloads

If you’re a fan of Sheikh Mishary Al Afasy  visit his website for a complete download of his quraanic recitation . File sizes are large, so watch your bandwith ;)

7. Poetry :  IslamicPoetry.org

First site to showcase the best of both aspiring poets and professional Islamic poetry written in the English language.


iPhone Commercial for Ex Boyfriends

August 31, 2009

This was too hilarious not to share.

A new look at being dumped


Feminist Advertising

August 17, 2009

Peeking into the ladies room…. Adverts we’re currently encountering.
Feminist and superficial, but guaranteed the momentary smile.

He’s not worth your tears :)

There are no ugly women, only one’s without make up

Male Quality Control FAIL :P


Happiness Vendor

July 8, 2009


While we’re all chasing happiness, love, contentment and the perfect life, the personification of happiness manifests itself in many ways to us. Coke’s Happiness Factory was a brilliant concept … followed up by Open Happiness, kinda like open source.

My Recent FaceBook status:

fbwall

to which a friend replied: “Who is your happiness vendor?”

Coke Open Happiness


Geek Buys: Social Media Cushions

June 16, 2009
Introducing… Social pillows

Social Pillows

Brilliant idea for the Ultimate Geek Lounge!

Twitter pillows!

Also available in RSS, Facebook, Redditt and Friend Feed

#icanbuyhappiness FTW yeah!!!!

social-pillows

Filed under: Advertising, Digital Elements, Facebook, Social Media, Visual Elements, Wishlist,


May 2, 2009

Geek Lounge

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Hasina Suliman | Edit

i love this!!!!!!
i want this!!
it’s perfect for the ultimate geek lounge!

I CAN BUY HAPPINESS :) ftw, yeah!!!

Geek Lounge

and its stackable .

Check Price here.


iStore Sale

March 23, 2009

The ultimate geek happiness :)

Pictures taken at V&A Waterfront, Cape Town


Top Social Media Sites of 2008

January 2, 2009

Top Social Media Sites ranked by unique worldwide visitors November, 2008; ComScore. They are a mix of social networks and blogging platforms

  1. Blogger (222 million)
  2. Facebook (200 million)
  3. MySpace (126 million)
  4. WordPress (114 million)
  5. Windows Live Spaces (87 million)
  6. Yahoo Geocities (69 million)
  7. Flickr (64 million)
  8. hi5 (58 million)
  9. Orkut (46 million)
  10. Six Apart (46 million)
  11. Baidu Space (40 million)
  12. Friendster (31 million)
  13. 56.com (29 million)
  14. Webs.com (24 million)
  15. Bebo (24 million)
  16. Scribd (23 million)
  17. Lycos Tripod (23 million)
  18. Tagged (22 million)
  19. imeem (22 million)
  20. Netlog (21 million)

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