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Earning Your Game Development Degree Online

Posted on 13 August 2012 by shirazi

Given the popularity of computer games, game development is one of the demands driven art and many people are successfully engaged in Game development. Best thing is that game development can be learnt online as well. All those looking for game development degree online can learn all about game development degree online. Please have a look and see how you can do it and what all are the benefits. It is a great resource.

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Who wants more friends on Facebook

Posted on 06 July 2012 by shirazi

From Logical Gossip

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Shorter is better

Posted on 06 July 2012 by shirazi

Remember when everyone that blogs can change and everyone, businesses as well as individuals, was at blogging. Now online analysts are saying the same about Twitter and other social media and networking. Things have started changing for blogging and more Internet users are switching to Twitter and other social media channels. This morning I got Jillian C. York ‏tweet that says, “Last night I was a guest at the Kampala bloggers’ meet up. The general consensus; blogs are old news, twitter’s where it’s at.” Yes, I get many of my ideas and news from Twitter (and other social media channels). Remember that Bin Ladin Tweet by Sohaib Athar. Is blogging phenomenon fading and evolving into micro blogging is the question?

I am a blogger. I have been blogging for a long time and have seen it rising and slowing. There are still plenty of active and useful blogs out there. Many new are also coming up. A survey released by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says the percentage of companies that maintain blogs fell to 37% from 50%. Only 23% of Fortune 500 companies maintained a blog in 2011. The trend in business is consistent with the broader loss of interest in blogging among people. Pew Research Center says blogging among adults ages 18 to 33 has fallen and businesses want to be where our customers are. But pages of my life still unfold at my blogs. REad more here.

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Get noticed

Posted on 16 June 2012 by shirazi

From Logical Gossip

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Computer repair Los Angeles

Posted on 15 September 2011 by shirazi

In this age when every thing (OK, almost every thing) starts at computers and people have their valuable assets stored in them, computers have become very important machines. No one, particularly those who have integrated computers in their lives and or work, can afford to have malfunctioning in computers. But still, computer crash, malfunction and so many other things happen to them. That is when you wish that instead of dismantling the work station and taking computer to mechanics or calling them in and waiting, you can repair them in a jiffy. That is where Mobile Computer Repair can help in Los Angeles, the Valley and Thousand Oaks. In case of computer problem, call and leave the rest to them. What is more, they offer free telephone support.

Computer repair Los Angeles technicians make PC and Mac computers easy to use. They take out the frustration of PC installations, help you optimize the configuration of your PC components, and will revolutionize the way you use your PC or Mac. Explore Mobile Computer Repair and see how useful they can be when needed.

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Gift Ecomomy

Posted on 14 September 2011 by shirazi

This article by S A J Shirazi appeared in Profit, Pakistan Today, August 10, 2011 issue

The concept of sharing economy is as old as society itself. Economic model based on bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping (commonly called collaborative consumption) has always been present in all civilization in one form or the other. Only the ongoing boom of collaborative web technologies has accelerated sharing on the pace that was never possible before. The growth is more evident online.

Loosely defined, sharing economy is a business model in which shared goods or services are distributed via a market place to a community of users. The basic idea is to better utilize existing assets. Connected population can better participate in organized sharing of goods that would otherwise sit unutilized. Many of us are probably already participating in this fast growing trend. Anyone who has created software for download free or posted information online for users to benefit is already participating in the trend. Those who are using online marketplaces to recycle physical goods creating less of a need to produce new products or are facilitating an economical and convenient ways of sharing are also aiding collaborative consumption.

Initially, sharing economy concerns followed business-to-consumer market strategies. Over time, peer-to-peer models are mushrooming. Peer-to-peer models are much more capital efficient than their business to consumer counterparts because they do not require major capital investment to acquire assets. Instead, they rely on a community to supply them, typically in exchange for a revenue share of the transaction.

Growing fast, sharing economy stands at one of those interesting points in time where no one knows how big it might grow. Social technologies have already changed the concept of a community and consumers’ behavior. What in the past was about ownership is now about access.Traditionally, the growth of conventional economy has always based upon larger inputs from finite resources. That is not sustainable long-term solution. Still, armed with theories that disregard physical limits, conventional economy has been successful in creating incredible wealth and technological progress, notwithstanding the depletion in existing resources to near exhaustion. Almost all resources are running out, leaving little for generations to come. Environmental hazards that come with exploiting resources, like climate change, ecosystem devastation, and biodiversity loss.

That is why ecologists were the first to support sharing economy as a phenomenon. Ecologists and environmentalist view economic fundamentals by making a distinction between growth and sustainable development. While growth can be defined as an increase in output, sustainable development means increasing the quality of human well-being by a given output. By focusing on the latter, ecologists believe that our society can progress without destroying the ecosystem that sustains it.

Sharing and renting more stuff means producing and wasting less stuff, which in turn means producing less and that is good for the planet we live on. In addition to this green element, best thing is that collaborative consumption has new opportunities for entrepreneurs to make money. As per careful estimate, sharing economy as a whole is a $110 billion plus market and it is growing as a perfect fit for an cyber lifestyle in which “digital natives” (those born after 1980 and are now growing up during the digital revolution) can participate with trust. One can see the growth in the rise of big businesses like car rentals and media companies whose millions of subscribers pay a fee to share a car part time or download DVDs they want. In addition to the so many successful examples, a huge new opportunity is already driving new businesses and renewing old ones.

Let us take a look at human factor in collaborative consumption. Collaboration is human nature in the first place. Digital natives have discovered that consumption and capitalism are not necessarily the doors to happiness. They are connected; they know that the world is now a group of interest based communities ripe for collaboration. The tools the digital generation embraces and the platforms that are coming up every day are making it possible to collaborate more.

Sharing is first of all a human experience, probably as old as our existence, but after the rise of rampant consumption, “sharing with” is the new humanized experience.

Local market scouting reveals that all businesses from bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, to swapping are already running in Pakistan since pre internet era still working the old ways. They need to adjust to the age of collaborative web technologies. The bottom of the pyramid in Pakistan is much wider than most people realize. Collaborative consumption phenomenon that promises austerity will sure find great demand.

Is collaborative consumption really the answer to rampant consumerism, a change in the air? While the exchange economy may have been appropriate for the industrial and post industrial age, the sharing economy is coming back as we proceed through the digital age and yes, it can change so many things.

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Social Media Sponsorship Report

Posted on 14 September 2011 by shirazi

IZEA’s Q2 2011 State of SMS is the first survey of social media publishers and the impact sponsorship has had on the social media space. IZEA has surveyed more than 3,800 social media publishers and marketers to gain data and insights on advertiser engagement, compensation practices, publisher preferences and earnings.Here are the key findings:

81.3% of marketers have done or would do sponsored blog posts.
Marketers believe that a Facebook “Like” is worth $45.63.
The most important consideration for bloggers in working with marketers is the quality of the marketer.
From 2010 to 2011 there was a 5.2% increase of those participating in direct compensation for sponsored social media content.
Only 29.9% of pr, social media and marketing professionals have read and understand the FTC guidelines surrounding endorsements in social media.

To download the full report please visit http://www.izea.com/sms2011. {From here}

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HP Group SEO

Posted on 12 September 2011 by shirazi

When every things starts online and businesses as well as individuals need powerful presence online, one of the best places for SEO is hpseo. Have a look how they can take your concern to the next level. Better still, try them and enjoy.

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Fine Art of Blogging

Posted on 24 August 2011 by shirazi

Internet is a lonely place without Blogging; a fine art, science, also economics. Blogs are different to different people. Fine Art of Blogging asks you to share your views on what is a blog to you?

You are invited to contribute your thoughts in general. In particular, write how you blog? Why? How blogging matters in your life and work? Success stories, motivations and inspirations. Answer these questions and more (add what you feel is important dimension) in a post and send in word document.

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News of the Wired

Posted on 12 August 2011 by shirazi

All those who want to follow technology in news must start at News of the Wired and see what they are offering and how they present Nerd News, WebLinks, Mobile Product Reviews, Social Media trends and all the other little things that may slip through the cracks of the indefinable ether of the internet. The web is a big place, and News of the Wired offers almost all that is relevant. Have a look, read and share, News of The Wired and enjoy.

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SEO

Posted on 11 August 2011 by shirazi

In this cyber age, almost everyone has assets online. It is important for businesses as well as individuals to host their online assents with uninterrupted and trusted web host, optimize them and to secure them. The importance of efficient and sound web hosting cannot be over emphasized when everything starts online. At the same time, given the numbers of choices available, choosing such SEO service is difficult for many. It is in this milieu that I suggest you start at hp seo. Better still, try them and have an enriching online experience. They deliver the best.

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Google Page Rank

Posted on 05 August 2011 by shirazi

Google is taking things differently this time. Last Google PR update was on June 27, 2011, Google once again updated Page Rang. Readers should check their respective PRs to find out about their gains (and losses).

Alhamdulillah, two of my newest projects Product Impex and Lali Khalid were upgraded from PR NA to PR 3 and PR 0 to PR 2 respectively.

It is still unclear weather Google is changing its PR Update pattern or policy. I will be following this change and will update here when the news surfaces. Thanks Google for updating PR twice in a month.

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