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Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
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Act Now, Wikimedia Foundation!
It is a pity that in Wikipedia projects, internal policies are created with no regard for basic community management, no regard for capacity building, no regard for how to write to "normal" people in a virtual environment. This reminds me of the old tactic of hiring the best engineer as the next CEO, instead of being a consultant. Or maybe hiring the best engineers as an executive board. It can be efficient when starting a project, but it is not sustainable. It turns into a suffocating environment. Every administrator will eventually turn into a "respect my authority" gatekeeper instead of serving the common-sense role of a cloud-based encyclopedia, to document.…
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The Pain of (Not) Giving a Shit
The Pain of (Not) Giving a Shit
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New year, new life and asking for help!
The second edition of the Global Voices Lingua newsletter.
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Fly away, lost souls. Fly away!
It is hard to be misunderstood and cut loose by people you invested so much of your time mentoring them, but one always learn how to get over it :) Fly away lost souls, fly away!
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Reflections
I wrote this some time ago, not knowing if I should publish. I decided that it is good now instead of deleting it later. Trump, Trump, Trump. This has been what we were consuming for the last couple of months, or was it last couple of years? As someone who resides in the Middle East, as someone who resides in Egypt, I live in a constate state of fear. I wake up in fear, I live my day in fear, I sleep after spending the evening thinking in fear. Fear is just a thing you have to endure in everyday life, just like bills, tax, traffic, you can't escape it.…
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CEOs & COOs, and non-profits
I learned from my experience in entrepreneurship and working in non-profits that non-profit has so much to learn from the for-profit world. Every non-profit should have its equivalent of a CEO, and its equivalent of a COO. This is one thing I learned that is very highly over-looked when you hire or promote people inside your organization during expansion or when you organization structure changes with time. COO’s job is about standardization and improving consistency. It is an analytical job. It’s a mindset focused on consolidation and risk elimination. While a CEO needs creativity and needs to have a focus that seeks out strategic opportunities for growth and expansion, and they need…
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Loneliness
Being around people favourable to me, though I like being alone. I usually tend to go from that state after a short time in the other. I really don't understand why. But what really happens is that I'm alone most of the time, not necessarily feeling lonely. I enjoy myself when I'm among a bunch of new people, but in the same time I feel vulnerable and insecure, fearing a hidden verbal attack unlikely to exit. When I begin to know and feel comfortable about these people, I feel empty with nothing to say. Just listening to their talks. Sometimes while talking, I constantly measure the reflection of my talking…
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I Support #CharlieHebdo
My Take on #CharlieHebdo
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Why Do I Translate for Global Voices
Explaining the reasons behind why I translate and still translate for Global Voices Online.
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Ten Years on Global Voices: My First Translation and Other Reflections
Ten Years on Global Voices: Mohamed ElGohary's First Translation and Other Reflections
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About Seif, About Bassem, About Myself
About Bassem Sabry, About Ahmed Seif El Islam, About Myself, About Pacifism.