Zatar@MS - Programming Adventures on the Jordan's Banks

(A personal post) It has been almost a year since I moved to Amman. And as such, I started having strong opinions about places and activities here. Here's my list of "Best in Amman". This post will evolve as I find better alternatives - so please feel...

A group in Egypt organized the first TEDx in Cairo: http://www.tedxnile.com/ This is the first in Cairo, second in Arab World – first being Dubai’s 2009 TEDx . The MS DPE Lead in Cairo gave a nice presentation about Cloud Computing: http://www.tedxnile...

I never thought it'll happen this way, but I finally bought a one-way ticket to Amman (actually 4 tickets ;-)). I'm glad it's time to go home and work for the people I care about the most. This might sound idealistic, but at the end of day we'll all die...

* SQL Server 2008 R2 is out! While this release packs many great features , I’ll present one that I’m particularly excited about: Self-Service Business Intelligence Every Excel user will be able to take their data, quickly and easily do analysis and create...

You know it’s the Age of Globalization when the “Haddar” hole-in-the-wall falafel place next door offers the following menu: - Hummus - Foul - Halloum - Chicken liver - Fajitas!! And surprisingly, they taste very well. The chicken breasts are grilled...

I am an avid Audiobook listener. Audiobooks are books read & recorded usually by professional actors. You listen to them in the car, in the bus, or on the computer. I started listening to audiobooks about 7 years ago, and I love them. I would say...

Bing Maps has detailed street maps for Amman now! So you can get turn-by-turn directions here. This also means you can use Bing Maps in your local applications & websites to provide mapping solutions in Amman. Next is to fill the Local database of...

Bing is not just a search engine, it’s a decision engine. Thus, if you search for “muslim prayer times amman”, it’ll try to understand what you’re looking for and give you the answer directly.

I started programming very early on, around age 12, on Sakher (SMX). I didn’t own one, so I made a point to become good friends with those who did :-). Then my aunt let me borrow her Sinclair with its version of Basic, and best of all, a translated intro...

The Palestine Sharepoint User Group (PSUG) organized a great event last week – the first ever Sharepoint Saturday Palestine . I wish I can take any part of the credit – but it all goes to the Palestine User Groups, and the Sharepoint Community Worldwide...

  IEEE Computer Society Chapter in Jordan in cooperation with the University of Jordan are pleased to invite you to attend this Microsoft Jordan Natural Language Processing (NLP) research seminar. Main Speaker: Dr.Kareem Darwish. Title: Natural Language...

PDC – the premier Microsoft Developer Conference is coming to a location near you in the Middle East! Choose your location and learn more when you can attend this great event… possibly in your own neighborhood .

Hello friends, I created a new blog for all technology & events topics: http://blogs.msdn.com/MSJordanTech   I will use this blog mainly for personal and more social posts from now on. Also join me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MSJordanTech...

  What: Cloud Computing Revolution! What is the Cloud Computing Revolution? And How can Jordanian Companies capitalize on it? An overview of Windows Azure www.JordanRuns.NET Facebook Event Who: Naseem Tuffaha , Microsoft General Manager of Middle...

We should try some of this on Amman

محاضرة ملهمة ورائعة من الجراح العالمي دكتور ابراهيم صبيح ألقيت في مسرح التفكير الجديد (و هي مبادرة ابداعية من مركز الجود وماهر قدورة) هذا الفيديو موجود على موقعين أدرنيين إكبس وديوانجي – و لجبي للاثنين فسأعرض كل جزء من الفيديو من موقع:

I woke up on Friday September 10th first day of Eid to the nice sound of Eid prayers and Bing’s nice Eid picture. This picture is of a Eid Tent in Egypt. The picture was (and can still be seen) in the Arabic & Islamic world region http://www.bing...

IE9 beta – the first ever browser to use GPU acceleration will be released today! Come along and witness history: http://www.beautyoftheweb.com

This tool helps you find research papers, and visualize how researchers work together. The site also has nice graphs of # of papers published vs citations, and the like. Try it out: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer.aspx#894127  ...

Please join us this Wednesday for a great presentation by Rami Awad, a veteran of Microsoft and the Quality Assurance Manager at MSN Core Services in Redmond, WA. I’m re-posting the announcement as it was sent by JorDev last week. Please register on Facebook...

Big thanks to the students who started the petition. And big thanks to the Bing Team for responding, all the way from Bellevue, WA. Bing.com today as seen in Arabia /South East Asia (and most of the world): Bing.com today as seen in the US : Incidentally...

These come from the cool programmers at http://IeArabic.com

Today Hikmat Kanaan will be giving an interesting session about “ Glimpse of MS App-V 4.5 ” as part of the JITPros user group. Come and join us. What: “Glimpse of MS App-V 4.5” by Hikmat Kanaan Price: FREE! Where: Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) in...

The Jordan Sharepoint User Group (JSUG) is hosting a regional Sharepoint event in Amman. Speakers lineup is world-class. If you’re interested in Sharepoint I highly recommend you try to attend. Special thanks go to Muhanad Omar, Mohammad Saleh & Tamer...