Work: June 2008 Archives

Talking about how technology affects human lives, well, here is a great example. I was talking to Munir some time back and suddenly he started giggling as if somebody finally gave him a "chocolate" after 2 years' gap. Once he felt he can settle down and type something else than just 'hahaha' or 'lol' or 'hehehe', he told me that his boss at his previous workplace is getting engaged this Sunday - but the twist? he is in Bahrain - and the rest of the necessary people to be involved are in Pakistan. So, it's going to be a "Remote Mangni" - nice buzz word after "web 2.0". We've been hearing about such stories of "online nikah" and all that - but we find it inconvenient for some reason. But is it really inconvenient? or just unconventional?

I'm sharing (with Munir's permission, of course) this chat transcript between him and his boss:

Boss says:
arranged hae

Munir says:
nice

Munir says:
buhat buhat mubarak ho

Boss says:
yes ..but I am in bahrain

Munir says:
phir?

Boss says:
remote ho gi..mairi taraf say ammi pehnayen geen ring

Munir says:
really

Munir says:
lush

Howz that!? =)

Oh. I know, the world is short of good people, but please, I'm not one of those who lose hope easily. So if you are one of those who happen to:

- be smart enough

- know how to code

- have an eye for design and have basic 2d image manipulation skills (knowledge of vector stuff is a big +)

- pretty relaxed with html

- somewhat relaxed with css and javascript

- preferebly relaxed with any server technology such as php or asp.net

In a nutshell, relaxed enough to do real world web work.

Find yourself in? cool! read on:

What you get? a nice friend (me), freedom to ignore the previous point, exciting cool projects (web 2.0 mostly and then some boring ones), handsome amount of money if that matters and yeah, many opportunities to relax (read learn) with time.

So, send me your stuff, your work, or.. URLs.. or anything that shows you're good at my email address (found in the 'About Me' page).

The better you are, the better the chances to get the coolest projects with great bounties.