Sunday, November 11, 2012

Telling a story: A great email from Pinterest

Telling a story: A great email from Pinterest

I've just received an email from pinterest. I was hesitated about reading it cause it seemed to be long, but the content captured my attention as marketing loving person.

Instead of breaking the window and trowing the announcement through it, the sender told a story. And the not-too-short email felt a nice-to-read morning message. Here's the content of the email:
Hi, Bassem!
I had two thoughts driving home from the hospital with my wife, Divya. The first was, “I can’t believe I’m a Dad.” The second was, “I hope I can get our new baby, Max, out of that new car seat when we get home.”
During the first couple weeks, we started to figure out all the little things that are second nature for experienced parents: changing diapers, swaddling a wriggly infant, and doing every household task with one arm. As usual, Divya was a few steps ahead of me. When our doctor suggested we buy a humidifier she said, “Oh, I already have one!” When I was getting Max ready for his first bath, she pulled out a neat homemade bath kit, complete with a tiny towel, comb and toothbrush. I felt like I’d forgotten to read a secret New Baby Instruction Manual. In an exasperated moment, I remember asking Divya, “How did you figure all this stuff out already?!” She looked at me and and cheerfully replied, “I just follow other parents on Pinterest!”
Over the last year, there have been so many ways, big and small, that the Pinterest community has made my life better. I’m happy to say that I’m not alone. We’ve heard from teachers who use Pinterest to plan lessons, chefs who share recipes, and museums that pin their archives. We've also heard from millions of people who’ve been inspired to pick up an old hobby or try something new. It’s honestly more than we ever expected when we started Pinterest. We’re humbled to be part of such a positive, warm and creative community.
Today, we’re excited to continue this tradition with a new feature we hope will make Pinterest even better—secret boards. Secret boards give you a place for things you’re not quite ready to share yet, like a surprise party, special gift ideas, or even planning for a new baby. We’re testing out the feature by giving everyone 3 secret boards. You’ll find them at the bottom of your profile. We can’t wait to hear what you think!
On behalf of our team here at Pinterest, thanks so much for pinning, inviting your friends, and sending us ideas for how we can improve. Most of all, thanks for sharing your inspirations. With your help, we’ll make Pinterest a little better every day.
—Ben & the Pinterest Team
Happy pinning!
And you read the story .. liked pinterest .. got informed about the new feature and felt that it's a valuable thing. Amazing, isn't it ?
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Making multiple twitter accounts with single email address

I was wondering if one can make multiple twitter accounts with the same email address. And found the It's possible with gmail :) because gmail ignores the dots in the account email address before the @ symbol, you can register multiple accounts on twitter using user.name@gmail.com or use.rname@gmail.com
Twitter treats those two addresses as different emails while gmail treats them as a single email.

There is another method, check the references below and Enjoy :)

References:
The dot method
The + Method


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

أبل يا حُبّى يا حتّة من قلبى : عن التعصُّب أتحدّث


التعصُّب أحياناً بيوصل لدرجة التعصب الأعمى و فى ناس بتدافع عن الحاجة بدون ما تفكر ولو للحظة إن ممكن تكون الحاجة دى حلوة بس عملت موقف\منتج مش حلو!

دى مجموعة ردود من قرّاء  مدوّنة آيفون إسلام على واحد قرر يقول رأيه بإن الجالاكسى S3 أحسن من الآيفون و إن أبل ما بقتش بتقدم إبداعات من بعد ستيف جوبز
 
التعليق الأصلى :
مافي شيئ جديد من يوم مات ستيف الحمدالله أني حاولت من نزل الايفون5 حولت الى جالكسي s III


الردود على التعليق ده:

رد كتب في :أكتوبر 23, 2012 كتب بواسطة :متعقب


كوكو …


الدنيا اتغيرت و أنت بعدك على جالكسي اس 3 ….. حبيبي سوقه طايح من زمان و أنا عندي جالكسي اس 3 ما يسوى شربة ماي هههههه


الحينة دور المنتجات الجديدة اللي اتغير العالم

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رد كتب في :أكتوبر 23, 2012 كتب بواسطة :LION
كوكو ممكن تسكت ، كل هاي وماكو شي جديد ، شتبي يخترعون صاروخ مثلا ؟ خليك مع السامسونج احسن

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رد كتب في :أكتوبر 23, 2012 كتب بواسطة :هاني


الله يقويكواعتقد ان الموقع اللي تشارك فيه اسمهاي-فون اسلام ماهو جلكسي اسلام


ما قصرتوا اي-فون اسلام الله يوفقكم على الخيرشكرا لكم على انجازاتكم وحبكم للخير

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رد كتب في :أكتوبر 23, 2012 كتب بواسطة :أمين المهلل


معليش اسمح لي … انت أكيد غير جاد في اللي قلته أو مانت عايش في ها العالم .. الشيء اللي apple أعلنت عنه اليوم أكيد مايقدر عليه حد…خليك مع S3 اللي مصنوع من نفس الماده اللي تصنع منه علب حليب المراعي
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بالمناسبة :
1.التدوينة نفسها حلوة و فيها معلومات قيّمة
2.إيه رأيك فى الحاجات اللى أبل أعلنت عنها النهاردة ؟
المصدر: http://www.iphoneislam.com/2012/10/apple-conference-ended-and-ipad-mini-unveiled/23125#ixzz2AASRqstj

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are 
That's a great TED talk about our body language and how it affects our lives
Enjoy!

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Sunday, September 02, 2012

Apple, Samsung and what's the problem here ?

We have been watching the fight between Apple and Samsung in courts.
Why is Apple worrying about Samsung that much? And why samsung specially, not Android generally ?
Following is the reason in my humble opinion.
We have seen how apple released the first iPhone, and then how the next iPhone (iPhone 3G) was different from the first one. We've also seen the first iPad and how the iPad2 was different from it.

Apple's philosophy is:
Launch a Minimum Viable Product. Wait for a year. Add a successor with little improvements & features with the same price. Your fanboys will be ultimately happy.

BUT Samsung is bugging Apple's way of doing it. Samsung releases many improvements and features in its successor models. This means in a year, samsung releases more features than Apple in their phones. Meaning that by 2016, the iPhone 7 can't be compared with Samsung Galaxy S 7. And this means that Apple needs to put extra effort to keep its market share and keep its image in the customer's mind as one of the most innovative technology companies. Samsung speed is forcing Apple's guys to get more features out, do more R&D work to come up with more prospect features that make sense. Samsung is changing the way Apple wants to play the game and this makes Apple wanna go in a thermonuclear war on Samsung and its products. Then after stopping Samsung's Black horses , it's gonna continue the war on Android. 

Will Samsung Die after these wars?
I believe the answer is NO! .. Samsung will be affected in the US (Where Apple wants to get its domination back) and some markets. But come on, Samsung will figure out their way out of this. coming wiht innovative models and designs in the same speed of Samsung today. They will get to compete severely with Apple again even in the US. And by 2016 who knows what will happen :)

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