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Nirvana article by Mikael Pittam featured on Technorati home page

Mikael Pittam — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:41:32 +0000

Today, my article about the upcoming GTD (Getting Things Done) web app, Nirvana, was featured on home page of Technorati.com. Here are 2 screen shots:

Here is the link to the original article: http://technorati.com/blogging/article/nirvana-achieves-a-higher-gtd-getting/

Read the rest of my Technorati articles here: http://technorati.com/people/mikaelpittam/

And my Examiner.com (San Jose Muslim column) articles: http://bit.ly/sjmslm

IslamCrunch selected for Trakkrz blog listing

Mikael Pittam — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:50:41 +0000

Following the announcement from earlier this week, we have been informed that IslamCrunch has been hand-picked to be selected on a new blog aggregator site, Trakkrz. Here is the email we received:

Your blog – IslamCrunch – has been honored with a selection to the
world’s largest hand-picked blog site on the web, trakkrz.com, for the
topic of Muslim.

WHY BEING SELECTED TO TRAKKRZ.COM IS SPECIAL

To be selected by trakkrz.com:

* you have a consistent, regular stream of articles

* you write primarily about the topic for which we’ve chosen you

* you write original, relevant articles that provide a unique view -
you are not a news aggregator, not an automated blog scraping website
- rather a live blogger with excellent content

* you are an individual or a small group writing together

We would invite you to visit us at muslim.trakkrz.com. You’ll see your site
as one of the top blogs we’ve selected.

Please register and vote for our content. You can find the IslamCrunch page here: http://muslim.trakkrz.com/sources-posts/?feed_id=4528

To vote for content, click on the footprint. May Allah give us the ability to leave beneficial online footprints while gently walking on Mother Earth.

IslamCrunch receives Muslim blog award from Daily Reviewer

Mikael Pittam — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:47 +0000

IslamCrunch

Top muslim blogs

With much thanks to our readers (yes, you!) we have been included in the top 100 Muslim blogs compiled by the Daily Reviewer. We were informed by the President of the Selection Committee via a Disqus comment. You can see our blog listing here: http://thedailyreviewer.com/blog/13640 as well as the other Muslim blogs here: http://thedailyreviewer.com/top/muslim/2

Your continued support and readership is much appreciated. Want to help IslamCrunch? Tweet, Facebook, Email our posts to your networks! Thank you!

Islam and Technology on BlogCritics

Mikael Pittam — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:26:59 +0000

I have joined BlogCritics (now part of Technorati) as a writer and my first article has been published here: Islam and Technology

I hope to branch out and do more writing on diverse topics there. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please tweet and/or post this article on your social networks.

Read more about BlogCritics here: http://blogcritics.org/about-blogcritics/

IslamCrunch 3.0

Mikael Pittam — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:08:48 +0000

To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of IslamCrunch, the design team at MQube developed a new look for our site. Welcome to IslamCrunch 3.0. Alhamdulillah.

We have added some jQuery to the site to streamline content and minimize scrolling for the user experience. Micro-blogging on Twitter has been an interesting adventure for us and wanted our readers who are not familiar with Twitter to have a better exposure to our micro posts. The Twitter widget is a customized design that employs their json code (this json format has a special appeal for me, any guesses why?) Besides Twitter, we have highlighted other social networks that we are active on.

We also streamlined the design from a 3 column layout to a 2 column layout. Please add your comments below, your feedback is important to us.

To tweet about this post, click here.

Taleef Collective – Understanding, Embracing and Realizing Islam

Mikael Pittam — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:43:06 +0000

Ta’leef Collective is a new organization that we are involved with. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ta’leef Collective provides the space, content, and companionship necessary for a healthy understanding, embrace and realization of Islam. Ta’leef Collective is an expansion of the program formerly known as Zaytuna Outreach.

Ta’leef Collective hopes to serve:

Seekers of knowledge
Converts
Muslim Youth
Other under served populations

If you are in the Bay Area, we would like to invite you to join us and your community at our new location.

Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009

Time: 7:30pm

Address: 43170 Osgood Rd., Fremont, CA 94539

Program:

Recitation of the Burda poetry (Classical poem about the characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad, may the blessings of Allah be upon him)
Spiritual and practical pearls of wisdom from our teachers
For those who would like to stay, we will be continuing our weekly Mawlid gathering later in the evening

Tea and sweets will be available.

For more information, please email: admin {at} islamcrunch . com

Website: http://taleefcollective.org/2009/03/grand-opening-march-15-2009/

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/T aleef-Collective/133124145555

An analysis of IslamCrunch by Cameron Peron

Mikael Pittam — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:05:21 +0000

Our new friend (and invited guest blogger) Cameron Peron (co-founder and Managing Partner of Qualeady Ltd., an online lead generation company focused in Western European markets) recently interviewed me.

After reading one of my tweets, his interest was piqued about IslamCrunch. Soon after, we got on Skype and began a new friendship.

Cameron says about IslamCrunch: “One of the most effective uses of the internet, is the ability to promote a movement with upright intentions. IslamCrunch is an excellent example of a web-property that targets a deep and narrow niche and applies effective communication tools to build a loyal and vibrant traffic base. It’s one of the most effective projects utilizing web tools to push a religious point of view online today. Read more here…

Jump into the social sharing circle:

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Buzz up the article here.

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View Cameron’s Twitter stream here: http://twitter.com/cameronperon

IslamCrunch will be at the Creativity & Spiritual Path event

Mikael Pittam — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:10:41 +0000

We have been invited to represent at the Creativity & Spiritual Path event here in the Bay Area.

Direct link: http://spiritualcreative.com/bio-mikael.html

If you are in the Bay Area, please try to attend.

MQube Launches Jamal Mashburn’s new website

Mikael Pittam — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:58:06 +0000

Jamal Mashburn, NBA All Star and entrepreneur, launches his new interactive website. This begins a new era in Mr. Mashburn’s online presence, and advancement of his social vision for change.

Miami, Florida. December 21, 2008 – Well known athlete and social visionary, Jamal Mashburn, has launched his website (http://www.jamalmashburn.net). Mr. Mashburn’s site contains his past accomplishments, and upcoming new projects,highlighted by videos, articles and a podcast.

Mr. Mashburn’s web development mission is to ensure his site encompasses not only his online and offline activities, but continues to expand as a portal for his social vision of affecting change surrounding the issues of families in need, and community empowerment.

Mr. Mashburn’s experience in sports and media is instrumental in the concept of this dynamic, and integrated multimedia site. His site presents information about his career in the NBA, his philanthropy endeavors, his business projects and literary works. In addition, Mr. Mashburn’s online presence is now boosted with a podcast. Audio and video content is available on iTunes. Users can also view and
download content from his site.

Mr. Moss, a consultant to Jamal Mashburn, provided a lot of direction to MQube, the web development company behind Mr. Mashburn’s site. He said, “Mr. Mashburn has the opportunity to affect change through his ideology of family empowerment, and community development. Thus, the mission moving forward was effectively getting the message out, and creating over time a web presence that could lead to accessible change for those choosing to engage.” Mr. Mashburn agreed, “The business of affective and effective change is the business of providing information. The website assists me in doing exactly that. Community development, and family empowerment aren’t simple executions. This is about quality of life, and in some cases saving lives, so we’re creating a place where people will be able to find that assistance”.

With the launch of his site, Mr. Mashburn stated that this is just the beginning of a new era in his illustrious and diverse career. MQube and Jamal Mashburn have already outlined new upcoming features. Watch www.JamalMashburn.net for these exciting new developments.

About Jamal Mashburn
A premier NBA player for many years, Mashburn epitomizes the realization that being a player, while an important aspect of his development, is never a mandate for long-term success or development. “Purpose,” adds Jamal “is an exercise in discipline, and vision as it applies to overall character development or lack thereof in come cases.”

Contact Information:
Mashburn Partners LLC

mikael (at) jamalmashburn dot net
http://www.jamalmashburn.net

Contact Information:
MQube Inc.
http://www.mqu.be

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Original press release: http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/former-nba-all-star-espn-analyst-and-entrepreneur-jamal-mashburn-launches-website

Mecca.com’s Spotlight on Mikael Pittam

Mikael Pittam — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:56:50 +0000

Mecca.com recently conducted an interview with our editor and blogger, Mikael. You can find his interview here: http://www.mecca.com/modules/lifestyle/article.php?id=2619

Please rate the article (look for the little stars, thanks).

If you are a Mecca.com member, you can add him here: http://www.mecca.com/userinfo.php?uid=221&lang=english

Or click the image below to register for a new account.

You can read our previous interview with Mecca.com’s CEO, Sami al-Taher here: http://islamcrunch.com/archives/islamcrunch-interviews-meccacom/

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