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Mar 7, 2012
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Facebook Subscriptions, Follow without Frienship

TekMarketing ― In my last post, Google+ Circles vs. Facebook Lists, as well as other related posts, I discussed the concept of friends and lists in Facebook and contrasted it to  Google+ circles as well as following in Twitter. Facebook introduced subscriptions in... (More)
Posted on Mar 7th, 2012
Jan 24, 2012
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122 days ago
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122 days ago
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122 days ago
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122 days ago
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122 days ago
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Nov 27, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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On Gartner BPM Summit

TekMarketing ― I have been doing business process management (BPM) or related work since 1997 starting with Savvion (now part of Progress Software) in various capacities. In the early days when even the term BPM wasn’t yet coined, there were a handful of... (More)
Posted on Nov 27th, 2011
Nov 10, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Google+ Circles vs. Facebook Lists

TekMarketing ― Background Back in 2009, in “The etiquette and math of follow in Twitter“, I wrote about the differences between followers and followings in Twitter vs. friends in Facebook. In short, the difference is that friendship in Facebook is a 2... (More)
Posted on Nov 10th, 2011
Nov 6, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Niyaz, a blend of Sufi poetry & folk songs from the Middle East

Parsology ― I had the opportunity to see the recent concert by Niyaz in the San Francisco Bay Area (at Yoshi’s Oakland in September), as part of their world tour. After performances in Oakland, LA and Vancouver, their tour went on to Tunisia, Turkey and... (More)
Posted on Nov 6th, 2011
Oct 8, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Rana Farhan, blending Rumi and the Blues

Parsology ― Rana Farhan, the NY based Iranian singer, along with her band, had a performance at Yoshi’s San Francisco, on October 2, 2011, that was quite well-received. “I do not know how Rana manages to combine the classical Persian poetry with... (More)
Posted on Oct 8th, 2011
Oct 7, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Walking in the rain

UnMind ― It was raining hard when I left the bar late night. After a fairly long and warm summer, the Fall had finally arrived with the first rain of the season. I paused and contemplated for a moment by the door…it’s uncomfortable to get wet. I had... (More)
Posted on Oct 7th, 2011
Oct 4, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi and Sarah are now friends.
235 days ago
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235 days ago
Sep 14, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Alamut, Ismailis, and the Legend of Hassan Sabbah

Parsology ― We all have heard of Hassan Sabbah, the supreme leader of Nizari Ismailis order of eleventh century Persia, but only few know about the true history of this controversial branch of Shiite Islam and its leaders. Ismailism In 765 Shiism gave birth to a... (More)
Posted on Sep 14th, 2011
Sep 5, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Should you be able to edit your statuses, shares & tweets?

TekMarketing ― Should you be able to edit your posts, shares, statuses and comments on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+? Some sites such as Twitter and Facebook don’t allow [...] (More)
Posted on Sep 5th, 2011
Aug 6, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Moshkin-Ghalam’s interpretation of Iraj Mirza’s “Zhohreh & Manouchehr”

Parsology ― Zohreh & Manouchehr, the poem Zohreh & Manouchehr is a 23-page long poem written by the early 20th century Iranian poet and satirist Iraj Mirza, who in turn based it on William Shakespeare’s poem “Venus and Adonis”. And this story has... (More)
Posted on Aug 6th, 2011
May 10, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi and Fashion Has It are now friends.
382 days ago
Farshid Ketabchi and Suzain are now friends.
382 days ago
May 9, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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on the killing of bin Laden

UnMind ― So US finally got Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the dreaded Al Qaeda, a militant Islamic organization potentially responsible for a number of deadly terror attacks on US and Western interests over the past 15 years including 9/11, that... (More)
Posted on May 9th, 2011
May 5, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Let no love fall victim to Circumstance

Parsology ― wppa_bgcolor_img = "#eeeeee";wppa_popup_nolink = false;wppa_fadein_after_fadeout = false;wppa_animation_speed = 600;wppa_imgdir = "http://parstimeout.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-photo-album-plus/images/";wppa_auto_colwidth = false... (More)
Posted on May 5th, 2011
Apr 23, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Product marketing as an integrated business process

TekMarketing ― In a prior post, “The role of high-tech marketing in business“, I discussed various marketing functions that are typically used in a high-tech business. In this post, I explore product marketing as a multi-stage business process to show... (More)
Posted on Apr 23rd, 2011
Apr 20, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Secret to longevity: Adaptive Competence

UnMind ― So do you want to live to be a centenarian? What does it take to live a long, healthy life and potentially reach 100? No smoking? Healthy diet? Lots of hard work at the gym? Or perhaps being from one of the “Blue Zones” (longevity hot... (More)
Posted on Apr 20th, 2011
Mar 19, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi and Arun Wilson are now friends.
434 days ago
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434 days ago
Farshid Ketabchi and Reut Rashook are now friends.
434 days ago
Feb 22, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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A strange encounter with a hawk

UnMind ― It was late afternoon on Sunday Feb. 13, 2011. I was driving to Palo Alto to meet a friend to go to a concert in Stanford University. I was on the beautiful hilly segment of Highway 84 off of 680 heading west. Suddenly I heard a very loud BANG on my... (More)
Posted on Feb 22nd, 2011
Feb 14, 2011
Farshid Ketabchi posted a new topic.
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Mehrnoosh, a new voice in the Persian pop music

Parsology ― I am generally not a huge fan of Persian pop music except some old timers like Dariush, Farhad (RIP), Googoosh, Haydeh (RIP), among few others, many of whom have been performing since before the 1979 revolution. Among the newer pop singers I like the... (More)
Posted on Feb 14th, 2011

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