Comments for Startup Insights http://startup.riskreviews.net Startup mode - startup guide Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Administrator Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:55:10 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4250 Dear Faisal Thank you very much for your note and for dropping by. You are very right about the point you have made and I completely agree. Sometime you just have to ignore it and let it go. It happens every year and there are many years in the last eight years when I haven't said anything at all. I can live with that. What got me in the end was the total absence of civility on one of the forums where this debate raged on without end for a few days. Some of the participants at the P@SHA ICT Awards have worked for years, pitching again and again before they finally made the cut. I can live with a lot of disrespect that is aimed at me personally; live with disrespect heaped at P@SHA but lets be civil with every one else and acknowledge that there is a chance that it was merit at work and not biased judges who doled out prizes to their relatives and friends. There is so much that is wrong with our beloved country today that when people piss at the few things that are right, they need to be corrected. That is all. No offense intended or meant. And once again thank you very much for dropping by. Dear Faisal

Thank you very much for your note and for dropping by. You are very right about the point you have made and I completely agree. Sometime you just have to ignore it and let it go. It happens every year and there are many years in the last eight years when I haven’t said anything at all. I can live with that.

What got me in the end was the total absence of civility on one of the forums where this debate raged on without end for a few days. Some of the participants at the P@SHA ICT Awards have worked for years, pitching again and again before they finally made the cut. I can live with a lot of disrespect that is aimed at me personally; live with disrespect heaped at P@SHA but lets be civil with every one else and acknowledge that there is a chance that it was merit at work and not biased judges who doled out prizes to their relatives and friends. There is so much that is wrong with our beloved country today that when people piss at the few things that are right, they need to be corrected. That is all.

No offense intended or meant. And once again thank you very much for dropping by.

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Faisal Kapadia http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4249 Faisal Kapadia Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:17:07 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4249 I do understand the rage a jury member and organizer would feel at the blatant criticism being directed towards P@sha here but by making fun of or ostracizing those who are criticizing this organization what will we achieve? These are public awards hence the public has a right to be critical, all we need to do is take it with a pinch of salt. Organizing something this huge is not a joke, doing it voluntarily speaks of noble aspirations, many of us understand this..those who don't will in time. I do understand the rage a jury member and organizer would feel at the blatant criticism being directed towards P@sha here but by making fun of or ostracizing those who are criticizing this organization what will we achieve? These are public awards hence the public has a right to be critical, all we need to do is take it with a pinch of salt. Organizing something this huge is not a joke, doing it voluntarily speaks of noble aspirations, many of us understand this..those who don’t will in time.

]]> Comment on The case for toffeetv: Teaching kids how to learn Urdu through animation and fun by Awab Alvi http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/12/the-case-for-toffeetv-teaching-kids-how-to-learn-urdu-through-animation-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-4219 Awab Alvi Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:48:12 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/12/the-case-for-toffeetv-teaching-kids-how-to-learn-urdu-through-animation-and-fun/#comment-4219 I totally agree with you - ToffeeTV is an amazing portal delivering some ground breaking content !!! I totally agree with you – ToffeeTV is an amazing portal delivering some ground breaking content !!!

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4217 Administrator Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:54:22 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4217 And now for round two...http://goo.gl/t7wVY And now for round two…http://goo.gl/t7wVY

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4216 Administrator Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:53:14 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4216 Dear Adnan Could you post a link to your podcast here. Never mind. Done...Thank you very much for everything you have shared... http://cinch.fm/talkingpointadnan/talking-points-with-adnan-ali/296041 Dear Adnan

Could you post a link to your podcast here.

Never mind. Done…Thank you very much for everything you have shared…

http://cinch.fm/talkingpointadnan/talking-points-with-adnan-ali/296041

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 Administrator Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:52:46 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4215 Agreed Athar. No need to wait for next year, I know its late but I think we can fix some part of this, this year... Agreed Athar. No need to wait for next year, I know its late but I think we can fix some part of this, this year…

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 Administrator Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:46:57 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4214 Thank you Imran. I think there has been some productive feedback on the posts. And we are absolutely going to make sure that this feedback finds it way to the next awards. I go back to something that Jehan always says. P@SHA is not just the three people working at the Secretariat. It is all of us. What we put in together as a group will determine how far P@SHA will go. Thank you Imran. I think there has been some productive feedback on the posts. And we are absolutely going to make sure that this feedback finds it way to the next awards. I go back to something that Jehan always says. P@SHA is not just the three people working at the Secretariat. It is all of us. What we put in together as a group will determine how far P@SHA will go.

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Athar Osama http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4213 Athar Osama Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:46:28 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4213 Two constructive suggestions - I hope - are: There is too little focus on the winners. Partly this is because, there are too many award categories. Something you may or may not be able to sort out. But also, while the winner is walking down the hallo of light, you could read atleast a 3-page citation of why he won the award. Whats so cool about what he did? how big a market he has? etc. Think of these as Nobel Prize citations. I felt everything was too rushed and I hardly got to know any winners at all except those I already knew. Athar Two constructive suggestions – I hope – are:

There is too little focus on the winners. Partly this is because, there are too many award categories. Something you may or may not be able to sort out. But also, while the winner is walking down the hallo of light, you could read atleast a 3-page citation of why he won the award. Whats so cool about what he did? how big a market he has? etc. Think of these as Nobel Prize citations. I felt everything was too rushed and I hardly got to know any winners at all except those I already knew.

Athar

]]> Comment on The case for toffeetv: Teaching kids how to learn Urdu through animation and fun by Mudassir Azeemi http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/12/the-case-for-toffeetv-teaching-kids-how-to-learn-urdu-through-animation-and-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 Mudassir Azeemi Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:45:03 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/12/the-case-for-toffeetv-teaching-kids-how-to-learn-urdu-through-animation-and-fun/#comment-4212 Great stuff, but did you guys did take a look at it? http://www.qurtaba.net/urdu/ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alif-bay-pay-puzzle/id468616935?ls=1&mt=8 Take Care Great stuff, but did you guys did take a look at it?

http://www.qurtaba.net/urdu/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alif-bay-pay-puzzle/id468616935?ls=1&mt=8

Take Care

]]> Comment on The P@SHA ICT Awards Debate by Administrator http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 Administrator Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:44:52 +0000 http://startup.riskreviews.net/2011/10/11/the-psha-ict-awards-debate/#comment-4211 Thank you Adnan for stopping by. Much appreciated. I agree with some of your assessment but I think portals and aggregation has its own place. They allow people to find out and they are great source of traffic referrals. At the same time just getting to a certain traffic milestone is not enough to win an award. Thank you Adnan for stopping by. Much appreciated. I agree with some of your assessment but I think portals and aggregation has its own place. They allow people to find out and they are great source of traffic referrals. At the same time just getting to a certain traffic milestone is not enough to win an award.

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