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How do you define creativity?

Mx — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:56:51 +0000

Sometimes I wonder, I keep thinking about different things, and there are so many things that still bother me because I find no proper reasoning for it. And one of them is: how do creative thoughts click your mind? What exactly is creativity? I believe it’s not about market research, experience and other geeky terms! But somehow some thoughts click your mind out of no where but out of YOU – really don’t know how :S

I sometimes get to hear negative comments from people around: silly, weird, sensitive and what not?! I don’t care about the comments but I think, a combination of this + freedom helps you to be yourself, to do whatever you want and that’s what it’s about. Not caring about what others might think, say or observe – but if you believe in something, work over it and bring it out, express yourself! And “kuch kuch na kuch naya hou jaya ga” :$

I know it might seem like an odd post but do share your opinion, how do you define it?

Beautiful mind, Amazing sketch!

Mx — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:52:15 +0000

Hmm, here is an old video that I came across last weekend. A guy just had a glance of the city from helicopter and then he draws it for 3 days, and you can see the result – simply amazing!

Memories from old school!

Mx — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:29:28 +0000

I just had an hour to enjoy my self on the tablet, and I tried some cutie old school stuff too. I know they look kiddish but I like my car

That’s all folks!

Happy sketching!

Mx — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:24:21 +0000

Oops! It was my first day, first hour using the tablet and I was really loving it I tried some more random sketches and came up with..

Err..I was kinda trying to make a pot in the last one but couldn’t shape it properly so converted the thought to an odd money bag :$ Hehe!

My first sketch

Mx — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:09:56 +0000

It was an ordinary morning, a little lazy one today. I was feeling a little numb or may be lost and was expecting a slow day ahead. Had lunch in just few minutes and when I was back, I saw my neighbours trying out sketches on Hina‘s tablet. It seemed fun and I couldn’t resist it either. From grade-6, I have always drawn a fishing boat using pencil as it is one of the best things I can draw around :$ I tested out the tablet by writing few stuff in Urdu, and then I finally did my first sketch

Special thanks to Rambler for pressing Ctrl-Z every now and then. And to AubyKhan for appreciation on every step Well, this is not it, I did some more sketches and will be sharing in upcoming posts!

Colors spread colors..

Mx — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:58:22 +0000

Hmm, here is something different that I tried this morning. It’s basically a proof-of-concept Few weeks back an idea clicked my mind but that could be only done through painting/sketching. I shared the idea with a little friend but it turned out to be weird :$ “A man standing by the canvas with black & white sketch on the paper and when he puts his hand over the sketch, the part gets colored!” .. quite a fantasy? Anyway, I tried to do the same with limited skills that I have (photo-edit using GIMP).

It’s all dull around but the colors are spreading colors!

A hopeful sunset

Mx — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:14:23 +0000

Every sunset leads to darkness, with no hope of light! We do feel sad about many sunset in our lives but there was one sunset yesterday which showed a ray of hope. PHET storm was about to hit Karachi and was only 70km away..strong winds could be felt and people feared heavy rains. Just when little light was seen at the back of the clouds..

And it stopped raining, the winds settled down and there were hopes for electricity, life & happiness! It was a lovely sunset and I could only snap a moment using my Nokia E-series.

Keep the light on! Support Huda TV

Mx — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:46:48 +0000

Huda TV has been doing great work since its launch. I came across this lovely channel back in April 2009 during my stay in Qatar. There are number of programs that help you gain more knowledge about your prayers, duas and daily life matters. And the best part is every piece of information is followed by Hadith. In Middle East, the channel has helped many non-muslims to convert.

Unfortunately, the channel is currently facing serious financial problems due to which they need ‘our’ help. Let me quote their message:

Asalam-o-Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Brothers and sisters, HUDA TV has been facing financial trouble through the recent times. Please visit HUDA.TV for more information to help. Keep the light on!

Quoted from Siyaada Alli: “Quoted from the group ” Keep the Light On – Save Huda TV ” and the show that was just aired on Huda TV:

“Unfortunately this light is on the verge of extinguishing. Huda Tv requires $ 2 Million to stay on Air for the year. Our responsibility as Muslims is to ensure that this Light stays on & grows.

How can we help?

A small donation from your side, or getting a business man to sponsor this beautiful channel even if it be a part of its cost. Spread this message to all your Family / Friends. Leave no stone unturned. May Allah Reward us with good in this life & in the hereafter (Ameen).”"

May Allah (swt) help us spread the message of Allah (swt). All it takes is a message to those who can support, all if takes is a single donation. May be that paves your path to Jannah inshAllah.

Jazakumallahu Khairan,
Wsalaam wrwb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_9zbUI4NU

Muslim brothers and sisters who wish to contribute can visit their website for contribution details. I, along with other friends are also gathering funds locally so that we can send a payment altogether. In case you’re interested, please leave a comment on this post.

JazakAllah ul khair!

End of year 2009

Mx — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:14:59 +0000

Yep, another year has passed by. I have been a little busy with the MBA program along with job due to which this post got a little delayed. During the last year, I could not blog much due to some random busy-ness but I do not wish to carry forward it for 2010. Anyway, the year started very well and was progressing smooth until we (me and STUPEFY) decided to opt for MBA degree not realizing weekend classes will make the schedule more hectic. Initially the idea seemed all well but when we actually started taking classes, the whole scenario changed until we got used of the ‘change’ and finally got pretty used to of the busy-busy schedule.

March 2009 marked the completion of 1st year of Connect2Pk and by the grace of Allah, we have been progressing well on it – Mash’Allah! During Q4, we finally mustered up some courage, took out some time and finalized upon 1 more idea. We were done with paper work by the end of October 2009 and planned a soft launch by the end of year 2009. And Alhamdulillah we made it! We managed to do a soft launch of project Infiniti (currently targeted to a very limited audience) and we hope to market it as soon as we complete the set of features planned for beta release.

I, on the other side, still believe in few more things, few more ideas related to services that might ponder up during 2010 Insh’Allah. Things around me have changed a lot during 2009. Apart from that, I have completely shifted to LAMP and enjoying the open-source experience on Ubuntu.

activeDimensions, a little space where I share my thoughts and happenings, had the following statistics during year 2009 (sharing top10 posts by unique page views):

Hmm, I just updated my blog theme today and I feel the categories and tags need a re-touch. I feel more inclined towards new technology and working with new stuff related to web. I hope to share my experiences with my readers as I go through year 2010 Insh’Allah.

Have a nice day!

End of Transition Phase

Mx — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:02:04 +0000

Oops! It’s been a while since people heard from me on this blog although I was posting regularly on the Connect2Pk blog. Life is full of changes, and that’s the most interesting part about it. The MBA program along with daily job makes my schedule little hectic and boring due to which I haven’t updated this blog recently. However, it’s about time to bring things back on track!

During last 3 months, we’ve tuned up Connect2Pk a lot and still optimizing processes to provide a better service. And the amazing part about last month is that being a Windows user all my life, I’ve finally shifted to Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition completely. I’m really enjoying the Ubuntu experience and have finally setup everything on my new OS; IMs and development environment for PHP.

Right after Eid I evaluated Ubuntu for 2 days by installing it on VM and then finally migrated 100% to Ubuntu. Hmm, the rest environment was gradually setup in 3-4 weeks and finally the transition phase came to an end.