Yes I’m all coke’d out. Just launched Coke Studio season two website (http://www.cokestudio.com.pk/) after a hectic week at office with three nites just like last year with season one. So thought to share my experience of this season too.

The Design:

Omair & me again on the design of the second season’s website of Coke Studio. We both worked really hard on the design this time. Did so many research and paperwork on both the design & development, made so many wireframes and sitemap before the start. Initially, he started the design then I takeover as he took leaves for the trip and then again he came back and did some final touches and we all know the magic he has in his hands. He surely is a Photoshop Rockstar! good work bro! .

The Development:

Again, I was leading the development. Choose Wordpress as its my favorite platform. This time worked really hard to make it more dynamic and a good use of Wordpress power and also worked hard on the typography and fonts with complete web standards and SEO. I used cufón javascript framework to use customized fonts on the website and found out that its very promising and far more better then sIFR that I used on the last season’s website and the fonts are making the website more sexy this time . I recommend cufón.

The Support:

I & Omair choose FurSid and Talal for the help & support on different section of the website as it is going to be very huge one from the last year. So they both are in the Coke Studio team. FurSid is with me on the development and we both are digging Wordpress hard and Talal is helping us on the Video Player and Desktop Widget. Oh yes the desktop widget for Coke Studio will be out soon with the launch of Episode 1 hopefully . I would like to thanks Rohail Hyatt, Farhan Shaikh, FurSid and Talal for their support and we need more of your time on Coke Studio’s website.

That’s all for now. More things are coming up on Coke Studio website so keep checking and do follow it on Twitter and Facebook for more updates

As the title says it all. I’m obsessed with Wordpress more after the launch of 2.7. The new Admin UI and features are just great.  What I like the most in new Wordpress is the updation of plugins & Wordpress. This will probably be the last time I upgraded my blog manually. Now whenever Wordpress have updates to install, I’m just two-click away – awesome.  Wanna know more about the new Wordpress 2.7, click here.

Oh yes, I’m alive . Damn, I haven’t updated my blog since ages. Okay there is so much to tell and write about so here I go:

Work:

1. Teabreak v2.0 
   Didn’t do much on this version, just a helping hand with Shahzad  
2. SOCH ‘08 
   Got this project from batty. I liked the cause and  it was great working with Rumaisa Reem and Kiran Nazish, specially Rumaisa. I hope I did justice to this project in such a short timeline.
3. Learning jQuery 
   On a very beginner stage rite now.
4. WAP/Mobile websites
   Did a basic WAP project at office (can’t share the link here). The optimization for mobiles take hell loads of time . But its again a good experience for me – learned something. Oh btw, my blog is now mobile friendly .
5. My website
   Yeah I’m working on my website . Hopefully, it will be launched by end of Jan 2009

Blogging:

Many of my friend have started blogging. Adil Siddiq is one of them, my really good friend, do check his blog http://adilsiddiq.wordpress.com and also Ali Hamza’s blog

Movies:

I’m now regularly watching movies, downloading from torrent, watching in Cinema or at Adil’s place . Recently watched these movies

1. Batman – The Dark Knight (awesome movie)
2. Dostana
3. Golmaal Returns
4. My Sassy Girl (nice movie)
5. Never Back Down
6. Hellboy II
7. Hancock
8. Keith
9. Kung Fu Panda (good movie)
10. Madagascar 2 (I like to move it, move it )
11. Rock On!!! (good movie)
12. The Secret (very nice documentary – recommended by Sundus, my colleague)
13. Wall E (good movie)

Flickr Meetup:

Went to Mubarak Village with Photo Club Karachi (PCK) Flickr Group on 02 Nov 08. Did some photography there. Now I seriously need a good camera . Planning to go on next meetup which will be held this month

Music:

Listening to these albums and singles now a days

1. Noori’s new single Do Dil
2. Nickelback’s album Darkhorse
3. Dido’s album Safe Trip Home
4. David Cook’s singles and covers
5. David Archuleta’s singles and covers
6. Linkin Park’s Road to Revolution Concert and album Songs From The Underground

That’s it from myside. Take good care of urself

Love and Peace,
ZA

Hello, my friends

Hope you all are doing good! sorry for being away from the world of blogs and blogging. I miss you all (specially dehog, supersizeme, rockstar, batster, kurri patakhi, asim, ronin and many other blogers). I have been very busy with work, job and everything that happening around me. I did Coke Studio along with M. Omair at office. It was a great experience for us to work on this project and I’m honored that I got a chance to meet Mr. Rohail Hyatt(from Vital Signs). He is so down to earth, very kind and what a personality he has. I would personally like to thanks Fahad and Shahzad who helped us at the launch of this project. You guys rock!.

So here I’m, back to this world again so Rock on! and yes I can turn into Hulk with a smile on face. I no need anger to become powerful (I like this movie and specially the ending . I didn’t liked the previous hulk movie but this one is good)

Love you all,
-zair (the hulka hulk )

I was tagged by Kurri and Supersizeme. I would like to tag Rockstar and Shahzad.

1. Last movie you saw in a theatre?
“National Treasure 2” and I actually fell asleep while watching that movie lol . Can’t wait to see “Iron Man” in theatre.

2. What book are you reading?
Book? What book? I mostly read blogs, work related stuff and others chat only

3. Favorite board game?
Ludo

4. Favorite magazine?
NewWebPick Online Magazine or any magazine which is related to arts, graphics and technology.

5. Favorite smells?
Petrol, Cigar, Axe, Brut, anything which smells good.

6. Favorite sounds?
Guitars, piano, drums and violin. Mostly like Pakistani and Farangi rock music.

7. Worst feeling in the world?
To be ignored.

8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
Oh no, I’m late again for office.

9. Favorite fast food place?
KFC, Hot n Spicy, Ice n Spice, Bovichic.

10. Future child’s name?
Hain

11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?
Make a movie.

12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
No!

13. Storms – cool or scary?
Both.

14. Favorite drink?
Water come first then Nestle Orange Juice, 7up, Sprite or Mountain Dew

15. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?
Play games, watch my favorite cartoons and movies.

16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
No!

17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
Brown, Red, Blue. Aur mein ghar se bahar

18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?
Karachi my home town. Islamabad, Hyderabad, Quetta and Iran.

19. Favorite sports to watch?
20-20 Cricket and Fifa.

20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
You all are great. I love you all

21. What’s under your bed?
Rats and Cats

22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
No!

23. Morning person, or night owl?
Kind of both but mostly night owl.

24. Over easy, or sunny side up?
Sunny side up

25. Favorite place to relax?
Bathroom

26. Favorite pie?
Cow Pie = “Phajje ke paye” lol

Hello blogomates!

First I would like to tell about my health that I’m better now, thank God and I would like to thank to all the people who prayed for my health!. Thank you all . But I have to be very careful now (No-more-bahar-ka-khana).

Guess what? I am back to work after a week and got screwed at day first lol. Which is not a new thing for me or for any of my colleague. Its just the work load and everyone in my team is pissed off. I just want to say to my team that be focused, do your work with responsibility, take things easy and deliver the work properly. And its apply to me aswell

And good news for my team that more new projects lining up to drop into my team’s plate(I mean dish, its no more a plate now) so Shahzad and Talal – be ready. But lets finish our current projects first.

Teabreak, have to work on the new designs’ development on this weekend with Shahzad and have to complete it as soon as possible.

So yeah I’m busy busy now. It’s 8:50 pm and I’m at office. Leaving for home in 50 mins and signing out from here. But I cant stop myself on listening to this one hell crap hilarious song / video which embedded at the end of this post. Video discovered by Shahzad. hahahaha lol

Love,
-zair

Lip Dub – Tambureddu HD from Leonardo Dalessandri on Vimeo.

I have been on bed rest from past three days. I’m suffering from high fever and acidity in stomach, which turns into infection now. It’s really very painful and I’m very weak now. And because of the deadly pain I can’t sleep properly, can’t eat properly, can’t stand straight, can’t sit straight and can’t lay straight

It happens mostly because when you eat outside alot. I have been eating outside for last 2 3 weeks because I was hell busy at work had to stay late and then in cousin wedding. So got the very bad attack of food poisoning on Sunday night.

I’m taking medicines, syrup, loads of water and milk to get cure from it and I hope that I get well soon. If not then I just need a quick relief from that deadly pain.

Please friends, do pray for my health. And you all please do take care alot.

Love,
-zair

I’m the Voodoo Dude of the Month – April 2008

I won 5 Free Voodootee-shirts of my choice.

Link: http://www.voodootee.com/voodoodude/vd.htm

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Subject: I want you to know..

What would you do if every time you fell in love with someone you had to say good-bye?

What would you do if every time you wanted someone they would never be there?

What would you do if for every moment you were truly happy there would be 10 moments of sadness?

What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt?

What would you do if you loved someone more than anything else and you could never have them?

Some people live and some people die.

But I want to tell you I love you and you are a true friend…

That I will always be here for you when and if you need me…

If I died tomorrow, you would be in my heart forever..

Would I be in yours?

we might be best friends one year, pretty good friends the next year, don’t talk that often the next year, and don’t want to talk at all the year after that..

So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life..

I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you..

Remember, everyone needs a friend, someday you might feel like you have NO FRIENDS at all, just remember this e-mail and take comfort in knowing somebody out there cares about you and always will..

I LOVE YOU

So yeah go and let them know that you love them.

Hope you all having a great time in your life. Yeah, this is my first post here, where I would write and share about my blah blah stuff.

A little about me, I’m Zair from Pakistan. By profession I’m a web designer / developer. Currently working at a company named Creative Chaos (Pvt.) Ltd. I handle the XHTML / CSS based websites there. Now I’m also leading a team there which is an honor for me.

Besides from work, I love listening to music and I like to do photography in my spare time. So do give a visit to my flickr page.

Will add more about me and myself here later but I would like to inform you that this website is still in Under Construction process. So you would be seeing some major or minor updates in future. I’m signing out now.

Have a good life ahead.

Love,
-Zair