"Yes, a recording was made, alhamdulillah. Much thanks to my partner in rhyme at Zaytuna College - Aaron Haroon Sellars, audio-visionary. Insha Allah, we hope to release the complete series as part of Zaytuna Knowledge Resources program in the near future. More info here: http://bit.ly/deenload (lectures) and here: http://bit.ly/zaytunadl (full courses)"
- Mikael Pittam
"Wa'alaykumsalam Hicham, thanks! I am in California, so either greeting works for me. Love is a universal language so whatever greeting that conveys love and peace is fine by me! 'Eid Kareem to your loved ones and your good self."
- Mikael Pittam
"I don't know if people use it. I use blog aggegrators to find new blogs to add to my own list, to search for new content and also for research on a specific topic. Alltop has come in pretty handy for me. Now I have another source to check out."
- Mikael Pittam
"Thank you Aunty Khadija. However, I cannot take full credit. I am blessed to have a great team working on IslamCrunch. And Su keeps me going."
- Mikael Pittam
"As salamu 'alaykum Abang Suhaib, Thank you for sharing this event on your site. Insha Allah, we will be releasing the workshop as a digital download soon. Also, please provide your comments/criticisms of the article the faqir wrote: http://blogcritics.org/culture...... Duas requested please."
- Mikael Pittam
"Ah, I see your logic.... why not we all be freeloaders and not give the masjids any money, use their facilities, overload their employees, plug in our laptops, use the electricity and we'll see how many masjids we have left. It's FOUR dollars. Not FORTY or FOUR HUNDRED. Send me an email (create an anonymous email address so you don't have to reveal your identity), and I will purchase the MP3 file for you and send it your way. In my logic, it's a win-win situation. Funds are given to an organization with a worthy cause, you and I gain some sacred knowledge which will hopefully benefit me in this life as well as the afterlife."
- Mikael Pittam
I'm assuming everyone who posted their link here would like to connect on Facebook? (I'm not a facebook fan, but was just wondering if FriendFeeders want to befriend on Facebook too).
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I was saddled with http://www.facebook.com/JDPierc... because everything else was taken..well not true. /LordAlfredHayesJr was in fact available, but I went with something slightly truer.
- Joe Pierce
http://www.facebook.com/cains I'm not proud to admit that I actually set my alarm to wake me up at 5am so I could get that name, even though I never actually use facebook.
- Steven Cains
I just stuck with /waltruppar, but my Pug Marley is: http//facebook.com/FreelanceG33k I really wish pages didn't need 1000+ fans b4 being able to snag a name. Maybe they will wave this in the future after things calm down and allow pages in place prior to 31-May to get a name....
- Walt Ruppar
Walt: The 1000 user limit will be lifted on June 28, then we get another free-for-all
- Ken Sheppardson
boring but works: facebook.com/richardgoodwin . If I'd have known how easy it was to grab them I would have tried for something more original
- Richard Goodwin
from twhirl
http://www.facebook.com/matthew... - This is in effect the same as filling out a change of address card at the post office, but people are acting like it's a bikini party with a pony and a pinata.
- Matthew DeVries
I DON'T HAVE ONE!!!!!! "tamar" was unavailable but there's no page pointing to it! And um, we DID have someone check in at 12:01:01 AM! I am royally angry. btw, zee, gonna be really hard to get "zee" given the 5 char minimum - get to know someone working at FB and you may get lucky. (I've been trying to get tamar@gmail.com but the minimum character count is 6 and my Google contacts couldn't help..)
- Tamar Weinberg
mmm contacts :-) i hope you both get what you like
- Majento
Reactivated, chose Facebook URL, deactivated. Still I see no reason for using this service with those suspicious privacy policy and no way to show only a nickname instead of the real name.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
"In Islamic history, digital downloads of lectures was unheard of, so were keyboards, hard drives, DSL internet connections and so many other innovations! What's the point of charging? The same reason, your favorite fast food joint or briyani/challow/nasi/kebab/taco/chow mein/spaghetti joint doesn't give out free food. Organizations (like Zaytuna!) and companies need to pay for salaries, supplies, utilities and so many more overhead costs. Why does educational institutes like Stanford and UC Berkeley provide free content? Let's think about it... what is it that they have, that Islamic educational institutes don't have? Hmm... Ah! Yes! Endowments! Donations, funding and financial support over a long term period. Like Cuba Gooding Jr. said in "Jerry Maguire": SHOW ME THE MONEY! And I am confident, you will start seeing more free content. Then, we will be following the old days of Islamic history: free lectures, no internet, no blogs to read, just get on a riding animal and travel 3..."
- Mikael Pittam
"Wa'alaykumsalam Shaykh Suhaib. May Allah s.w.t. reward you with the best of best in all worlds for this initiative. The faqir is following behind you and Shaykh Faraz to spread the word: http://twitter.com/islamcr..."
- Mikael Pittam
"Wa'alaykumsalam! Terima Kasih! Thank you for the well wishes. May Allah grant you all of your duas that will benefit you and bring you close to Him and His Beloved."
- Mikael Pittam
"Thanks! The header is done this way as we wanted a minimalist look. Our previous banner had the fancy background. This header feels Ka'aba-esque to me."
- Mikael Pittam
"Thanks for the feedback! We really appreciate it. And congrats on your 1 year anniversary (http://www.startuparabia.com/2009......). We started in April as well. Keep up the great work!"
- Mikael Pittam
In this three part lecture series Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf diagnose and offer curative solutions to one of the most pressing problems we face as a globalized human society.... religious extremism. Is Islam intrinsically extreme? Who's to blame? What is the role that the individual, the community and the society at large can play in combating and preventing religious extremism? Find the answers to these essential questions and more in this critical series.
- Mikael Pittam
Since we're all in the same "noisy" boat, I say "Wordy Shipmates", Sarah Vowell.
- Chad Fjelland
I'd say my books, but I can't convince either HappyAbout or O'Reilly to publish my books on the Kindle :-(
- Jesse Stay
Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance - just finished it and loved it.
- Damien Franco
@Robert: Can you embed links in ebooks for Kindle? If so, you should write one: "Scobleized: the Best of Scoble. Interviews in Tech 2000-2010" and cover the cover with names.
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
"Where the Wild Things Are". For your little one.
- Josh Haley
A Briefer History of Time, read it to Milan. ;)
- xero
Something by Peter Drucker, especially since your on the business side of things. He'll turn your world upside down and then in and out.
- Stephen Pickering
Wow, I haven't had my old Kindle for a year but this one has all my old books on it. Awesome!
- Robert Scoble
Fast Track Photographer by Dane Sanders, it's a quick read. He makes some amazing points about branding that are applicable to other industries too.
- Meredith Williams
Heh, I love the suggestions for the Bible when Robert is technically Muslim. ;)
- xero
Goodnight Moon is a good one for reading to your child I think - or at least my daughter loved it from very young. Grown-up choice - Tender Is The Night.
- Patrick Jordan
from BuddyFeed
The bible was actually the second book on my Kindle, and I'm an atheist.
- Nine
How I wasted 2008 (and the early part of 2009) by Robert Scoble
- Bob Sonin
I get my Kindle tomorrow and my first book is ordered: "The Pardoner's Tale" by Morgan Ferdinand (AKA "Nine"). Next up: the Bible (King James of course) and Shakespeare. Essential classics. And yes, I'm an atheist. Maybe also "UR" - the book written for Kindle by Stephen King, about an e-reader.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
For the language of course. And because it's the version everyone quotes from. Rumor has it that Shakespeare contributed to it; the editors hired poets to rewrite "Psalms."
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
would be nostalgic to have in your collection: neuromancer, pattern recognition, best of 2600, art of war, and frank herbert's dune (if any of these are available for the kindle)
- sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
The Republic by Plato Allan Bloom Trans.
- sofarsoShawn
I was going to tell you to read my book, "Foundation and Endowment Investing", but I don't even know if it's available on the Kindle yet.
- Cathleen Rittereiser
Paris Hilton Confessions of an Heiress ~ changed my life fornever
- sofarsoShawn
One of the Common Craft "In Plain English" books.
- Nate Pilling
from twhirl
"Grown Up Digital" by Don Tapscott: http://bit.ly/xw3AU - an excellent book about the social ramifications of the web and modern technology on society
- Nathan Chase
Farenheit 451 - the classic about book burning
- Chris Loft
Find "Steal this Book" on BitTorrent and have the Kindle read it to you aloud.
- Ken Sheppardson
"Catch 22" or "On Bullshit" by Frankfurt
- Hayk H.
This was posted 1 day ago. If Robert hasn't loaded his first book by now he's a terrible tech pundit :)
- KyleHase
from twhirl
kylehase: the cool thing is that my Kindle came with several books loaded on it from my first Kindle. I am buying a bunch of books, though, based on this thread. Thanks!
- Robert Scoble
Some Buried Caesar/The Golden Spiders (Nero Wolfe Mysteries) by Rex Stout
- Len Lynch
from twhirl
"A Muslimah's car was stolen. She reported it to the police. Police found the car a few days later with note inside. The note mentioned an apology for stealing the car but he had to keep the tape set. True story. The person's whose car was stolen told the Zaytuna staff. You can read more here: http://www.hahmed.com/blog......"
- Mikael Pittam
"This a new, different title. From a different author/scholar. How did you like the "Purification of the Heart"? Did you hear the story of the car thief and the Purification of the Heart tape set?"
- Mikael Pittam