Imthiaz Blog » Personal http://imthi.com me and stupid works....!!! Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration http://imthi.com/blog/personal/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration.php#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:06:09 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1390 “If pop producer Timbaland had sought to build consensus around declaring independence, what might he have produced?” Concept video from Soomo Publishing

Timbaland – Apologize (feat. One Republic)

Hope you enjoyed watching both videos :-)

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Our Hatta Trip Route Details

It was not as much fun like Desert Safari. But everyone had a good time :-)

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Way to go ;-)

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  • Visited Riyadh in Saudi Arabia for client meeting
  • Had an one week vacation to Chennai for EID
  • Visited Trivandrum Flip office for a week
  • Submitted our 1st iPhone app, will post on its updates very soon.
  • Flip XMAS party yesterday and had a chance to meet few more flippers under one roof

Right now having a real hard time at office in managing few things. Wish me luck and give me some motivation :-D

]]> http://imthi.com/blog/personal/personal-updates.php/feed 1 Buying an iPhone 3GS with du eShop in Dubai http://imthi.com/blog/personal/buying-an-iphone-3gs-with-du-eshop-in-dubai.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/buying-an-iphone-3gs-with-du-eshop-in-dubai.php#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:42 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1290 add issues to lifeSince the launch of iPhone 3GS by Apple I was waiting for this day. I was really excited to hear that iPhone 3GS was coming to Dubai through du.

Du announced that iPhone can be booked online with their online shopping portal with a booking fee of 200 Dirhams. So I made the online booking on 17th October 2009. I got a confirmation email about the booking and it stated I would receive another email by end of the month for completing the booking.

On 26th October 2009 I got an email from du that I can complete my order by paying the rest of the amount from their online eShop from 27th October 2009 midnight. So I went online at midnight and completed my order by paying the rest of the amount. I got an confirmation email that I should get the delivery in 3 to 5 working days. Today is the fifth working day and still I have no information about my phone delivery.

Yesterday I called up support to check the status of my order. They told me to email customer care. I emailed them to check my status. End of day I received a response from them

Dear Imthiaz Rafiq:

Thank you for shopping online with du.
Please note that our courier will reattempt the delivery in the next 24 hours.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at shop@du.ae

Sincerely,
e-Shop Team

I checked my order detail and found a tracking number for Aramex. I called up Aramex and found that there is no documents with that tracking number. Wow!!! my shipment does not exist !!!!!!

Now I found that I can buy the unit directly from Du at Dubai Media City in building 14. This is the building right across my office. I am seriously thinking what the hell !!! Why did I do this booking by paying 200 Dirhams in advance, still waiting and no proper response from du customer support :(

Update: Just after I made this blog post I got my iPhone delivered. Thanks du for making our iPhone dream come true :-)

iPhone 3GS delivered by du

Connected to my iTunes and everything is smooth so far :-D

]]> http://imthi.com/blog/personal/buying-an-iphone-3gs-with-du-eshop-in-dubai.php/feed 13 Impounded my car at RTA Dubai for reckless driving http://imthi.com/blog/personal/parked-my-car-at-dubai-impound-for-reckless-driving.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/parked-my-car-at-dubai-impound-for-reckless-driving.php#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:27:30 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1271 Last week I checked my RTA fines at Dubai Police website. I got shocked to see a new ticket which stated I had to impound my car for 30 days or pay 3000 Dirhams as fine. As it was too much money I decided to leave the car in the impound for 30 days.

Went to RTA booked my car for 30 days and parked it here :-(

Picture of the impounded cars parking lot …

my car parked inside Dubai impound

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The whole process took 4 hours and my brother Thowfiq helped me on this.

Moral of the story … “Don’t Drive Use Metro” ;-)

]]> http://imthi.com/blog/personal/parked-my-car-at-dubai-impound-for-reckless-driving.php/feed 15 charity: water turns 3 years old. Watch the celebration from Haiti http://imthi.com/blog/personal/charity-water-3-years-old-watch-the-celebration-from-haiti.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/charity-water-3-years-old-watch-the-celebration-from-haiti.php#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:39:34 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1234 charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. This team is doing a wonderful job by providing clean water to people where it is only a dream. They provide range of water solutions. These solutions include hand-dug wells, deep wells (boreholes), rehabilitations, spring protections, rainwater harvesting schemes, and biosand filters. As of today they have done 1,247 water projects.

Please watch this latest celebration from the charity:water team from Haiti

Please watch this video to know why and what they are doing this .

Now I am very sure that you want to really do something and make a difference. I promised myself to pay $20 every month. This is a very small contribution but it makes a lot of difference.

Each $20 monthly gift can provide one person with clean, safe drinking water for 20 years

Charity: water Honduras project

Lets join hands and support this team and make a difference

]]> http://imthi.com/blog/personal/charity-water-3-years-old-watch-the-celebration-from-haiti.php/feed 2 Flip Iftar Party @ Reem Al Bawadi http://imthi.com/blog/personal/flip-iftar-party-reem-al-bawadi.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/flip-iftar-party-reem-al-bawadi.php#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:49:42 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1198 This year we had flip Iftar party @ Reem Al Bawadi on Jumeria Beach Road. The food was amazing and everyone enjoyed it. The best part of the party was dessert and the sheesha. For the first time I tried Turkish coffee and I liked it very much. Sorry about the low resolution pictures that was the maximum my 1G iPhone could offer.

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Everyone hogged nicely and had cool fun. It was a lovely evening :-)

]]> http://imthi.com/blog/personal/flip-iftar-party-reem-al-bawadi.php/feed 2 To learn Cocoa (Objective-C) / iPhone programming http://imthi.com/blog/personal/to-learn-cocoa-objective-c-iphone-programming.php http://imthi.com/blog/personal/to-learn-cocoa-objective-c-iphone-programming.php#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:23:48 +0000 Imthiaz http://imthi.com/?p=1103 Now I am a comfortable Mac OS X user. More than a user I am a huge fan of it. I was a power user of Windows and I used to write system software using Visual Basic and Visual C++. To be honest I was big fan of Win32 API. Mostly I create lot of activeX controls for companies and I have even released few controls as open source. After moving to web I have stopped sharpening my development skills on system side. Mostly not having time and the patience to learn new things.

For the past 6 months I was getting an interest to learn Cocoa (Objective-C) programming. One of the main reason is to write some personal software for Mac and to get into iPhone application development. The adoption rate for Macs is increasing steadily and it is a good idea to learn how things are done there.

I tried all different methods online to learn and nothing was successful. So I decided to go on shopping for big list of books through which I am sure I will at least learn a bit ;-)

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X For DummiesCocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS XAdvanced Mac OS X Programming

Xcode 3 UnleashediPhone Application Development For DummiesBeginning iPhone Development- Exploring the iPhone SDK

Yes I am little crazy I have bought books worth around USD150. I have posted the books above in the same sequence in which I am planning to read. I am half way to complete cocoa for dummies and I should say I know a bit how Xcode works now :-)

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This is the original song from the Tamil movie. Please keep in mind when you watch Tamil movies laws of physics cannot be applied.

Hope you had cool fun ;-)

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