Humans in space are useless right now. Similarly our Spider is useless on earth right now. May be someday, space missions would render some benefit in Space and Spider on earth, but that seems elusive for now.
I honestly respect the intellectualism and knowledge of all the authors, yes all the authors (O My, why are you not believing me?), yes dear all the authors, yes including Mr. Diamond, Hafsas’ and the rest. I don’t have the courage to call them overgrown teenagers who fancy themselves IT gurus hell bent of spewing their guruness on Spidery pages, just because they are not teenagers.
Incongruous juxtapositions and phantasmagorical surreality or in simple words useless bewilderment are the words which describe this month’s issue of our toy, and its made in PK, the tagline or whatever the hell says. They have even wrapped the whole magazine on the title page, and now lets throw it in the dustbin.
Un-celebrated editor is discussing me, when she says that the poor often get alienated from the government as they feel blah blah blah . I am blushed and excited over the mention. At least Spider have involved the poor, now we don’t have a thing to complain about. So shall we close the review here? No, oh, you are a sadist, ok lets carry on then.
News Bytes were interesting this time, luckily. Junaid Hameed in tips and tricks discuss some old, beaten and not-so-required tips, but his writing style is not bad. Then the first slap comes, when you glance at Internet Bookstore. I mean who the hell selects books for this section, hang him/her, ok if thats cruel, send her in for 3 months. The rest of the Netropolis is a junkyard.
Saniya Zubairi gives a short beating about the Pakistani participation in WCG, then there is a source of discomfort. Khayyam Siddiqui tells that they are soon going to jot down on the back of Spider that reading it is injurious to health and especially his articles are a sure-fire way to catch mind-cancer. what a pathetic piece, he seems to be one of those dweebish types who call themselves social nerds.
The major plot behind Spider’s every review seems to be that all the authors are mysterious and no one really knows what’s going on. Everyone is churning out the same ideas with different words in alternate issues. They seem to like literary genocides and IT rapes. You could sense the weird little insects crawling out of the pages. This feelings gets stronger, once you collect your bulldozed wits and start reading the cover story.
Aunty Reba tells the plight of e-government in the fatherland, and I was replacing the word ‘government’ with ‘Spider’ and was nodding my head in agreement on every line. Sanya then goes to harrangue monotonously about the IT literacy and its importance to the paperless culture. She has taken views of some people, and then gives some vague and general suggestions, which you could also give, so you can skip the crap after reading the title of article.
Then they show a touch of usefulness, which brought a nice, fresh blow of air. Spider presented you a list of official websites of Pakistan. Its a good thing to have, and yes they are right that people are not aware of these sites and surprisingly enough, many of them are updated regularly. Then Anis Sheikh has a very good effort and his mapping of trade policy to the IT industry is to the point and near to the ground. He needs to write more here. But Spider save him, and don’t include him in the editorial team just because i praised him.
Mohsin Siddiqui, my hat is off to you. In “Getting IT going, this lovely author has done wonders. He has spoken the voice of Pakistan. Brilliant. He has very candidly and lucidly explained the dismal Internet situation and the status of IT in country in a very matter-of-fact and true way. It is clear that he has seen it, been there, done it. Most importantly he cuts out the crap and dont give some vague and general suggestions. Remote possibilities by Saniya Zubairai was also a good effort.
Then Chris Cork, dont leave much of an impact through his article regarding the digital divide, but his one point needs to be repeated here which says that *consistent* failure to make investments in education as a change agent by any government since partition has crippled millions and the growth of digital divide between haves and havenots will cripple million more. True words. Then someone broke my reverie, and that someone was a Diamond. He has found a book of Ubuntu, and we have to suffer until the book gets finished.
A new section with nice idea has been added to the magazine. Its the “Career. It could be useful if it sticks to its essence. If you have just graduated or in your graduation and as expected completely clueless as what to do, or have some option in front of you , what are the things you want to know to select your career path? A little intro to the field, job scope of that field in your or nearby city, or in the country, average salary for novice and experts, future scope, need for any further course, top websites, blogs and forums. Another thing could be that in case of obsoletion of that field, where could you go from there.
Maria Patel has also shed a nice light on the search engine optimization, though she has just touched the tip of iceberg, she could start a series on it. Its yet another useful addition to Spider. Hamza Mudassir is again churning out quality, needless to say his is still one of the crown attraction of Spider. Hafsa will may improve some day, and start writing about blogging in meaningful way, but for now she is blocked.
Social Network comparison could be find on millions of websites right now, and all are same. Mamun Adil has also posted one and its also same as others. Rizwah Ahmad also has a useful article about hosting. Then we have Verdah Asif spanking us with the utter crap which goes with the name of Science Watch. But graffiti still tastes good. When I read articles like Zainub Rizvi’s Last Byte, I want to vomit in public. Its a severe overbite. It makes you hate yourself for losing so much time.
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