Technology Nomad

Technology Nomad is a new blog about technology. Technology tips, technology tricks, mobile technology, software, open-source, hardware, social media, etc. Technology Nomad can be about the latest & greatest technology news; but that's not its focus. Instead, it's more about good write ups on the technology trends & topics themselves.

At this time, and most likely for all of 2010, Technology Nomad will barely have enough stats to justify advertising spots and pricing. In the meantime, to cover some of the costs, Technology Nomad is accepting sponsors.

Different types of sponsorships

• The Technology Nomad home/front page, which will display a minimum of the three latest articles/posts.
• A specific contributing author
• A contest.

Page sponsorships (excluding contests) can be of a small left-aligned image (optional) and up to 3 lines of text that fit within a 300 x 100 pixel space (including the optional image). All images must be transparent images (gif or png). Space is based on monthly (calendar) blocks, and are available at the Technology Nomad launch rate of $20/month per space.

Given Technology Nomad's fresh launch, contest schedules haven't been determined yet. At this time, however, Technology Nomad is aiming at one contest per quarter. Only one sponsor per contest is allowed. The pricing structure is simple at $20 per contest, aimed to cover the inclusion of the sponsor's small logo/image, which will accompany most communications; plus the sponsor is responsible for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes of their choice (representative of their name and company image).

Technology Nomad can only make recommendations. The prizes need not be exuberant; instead, they should be kept simple. Example: Let's say you're Amazon.com wishing to sponsor a contest on Technology Nomad. No need for the grand prize to be a Kindle (although that would be nice). Instead, it could be a $100 gift card. Know what I mean?

Technology Nomad reserves the rights of the contest terms, rules, selection, etc. Technology Nomad also reserves the right to reject sponsors for any reason at any given time. All payments to Technology Nomad are done via Paypal.

To become a sponsor on Technology Nomad, please send us a simple email with the full name of the contact person, phone number, the company name, and the intended spaces you/the company intends to sponsor.

For clarification, questions, etc. please don't hesitate to drop us a line.

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There are many ways to contact Technology Nomad. We would love to hear from you, and welcome & encourage your comments on every post. We invite you to submit suggestions of topics and/or categories to cover. And although I welcome post/article contributions from others, I reserve the right to be selective. Having said all of that, the best way to contact Technology Nomad is via email.

Of course, you can always contact, interact with and see our micro-blog snippets on Twitter (@technologynomad).

If you're interested in advertising directly on Technology Nomad, please see our "advertise" page.

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My love for all things technology found its way to a career in late 1996. And like most generation X'ers, I love gadgets. Realizing that I couldn't maintain the cost of keeping hardware current, I began to lean towards the software side of technology.

I remember reading about one of the first browsers, Erwise, but my first hands-on experience was with Mosaic. Consequently, that got me reading about SGML, and HTML followed shortly after that. Given that some of the "servers" of the company I was working for at the time were Unix, I quickly became interested in the platform (and later many of its flavors). From there, I started to convert hundreds of call center documents (copied over & over again to give to agents answering the phones) into HTML files, making them accessible on the computers that every one already had in front of them.

Subsequently, my interest in software was no longer just about applications, but about the Internet and the web itself. From then on, reading & learning to keep up with evolving technologies and solutions became my career, my pass-time hobby and even my passion. Unlike expensive gadgets, which I still follow, the world of software only required my time (reading, coding, installing, etc.).

Naturally, as computers became household items and the Internet became mainstream, I was the family "technical guy" for any hardware and software needs. As a career and a hobby, technology became an around-the-clock constant. And while that may have a negative connotation to it, it wasn't at all. I enjoy it to this day. This enjoyment, this passion, is how Technology Nomad was born.

Technology Nomad is about what I learn. It's about what I come to know. It's about the shortcuts and techniques that help you do things better, faster and smarter. And not in a Kanye kind of way. Technology Nomad is a blog about the nomadic nature by which I approach technology --Specifically, web technologies. Technologies like cloud computing, web 2.0, social media, web applications, etc. But also covers things like music online, free alternatives to commercial software, open source, and many others. My goal is to, once a week, cover at least one topic.

My name is Ahmad al-As'ad and I am a technology nomad. And I invite you to become a technology nomad too by contributing an article, submitting a topic you'd like to see covered, and/or become one of our loyal readers & commentators. We would all benefit from hearing your solutions, your ideas or whatever technology (especially web technology) you come across out there in the good ol' World Wide Web.

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