Sakina was born in 1923 in the Principality of Bahawalpur as the 3rd of 6 sisters. One of her sisters remarked that “We didn’t have a brother but we did have Sakina”. Sakina earned an Associates Degree in Mathematics and Economics from Islamia College in Lahore. Sakina became Aziz Ahmed Gilani’s second wife in 1945. Aziz and Sakina moved [...]
Entries from August 2009
Qamar Mehmoodi (fka Sakina Gilani) 1923-2009
August 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Why WSJ is right to Charge for Content
August 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Fellow Northwestern alum Ben Parr asked if News Corp should be charging for online news content on Mashable. The answer is a very obvious yes. Rupert didn’t start in the “charge for news” camp, but was persuaded after he bought the Wall Street Journal. The folks at the WSJ have stubbornly refused to give away [...]
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Horses and Jockeys
August 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Earlier today my good friend Marc Nathan put up a blog post pointing out that Houston has a vibrant research scene. The post was a response to my post about Houston’s dearth of research universities. The folks at UH strongly agree with my line of thinking in the form of their Tier One Initiative with some great [...]
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Heading Up to D-Town
August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Dallas that is. I haven’t been up to the Metroplex in years and look forward to seeing what the startup scene is like. Current stops include TechFortWorth, Infomart, CoHabitat, NTAN, and NTEC. I look forward to seeing y’all there!
Tags: Dallas · Entrepreneurship
What Houston Really Needs
August 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
Every now and then I get dragged into a conversation where I am asked what Houston needs to jump into the big leagues of tech innovation. Thursday night at the Caroline Collective was no exception. Before answering I always put out several disclaimers. Houston is home to several great tech companies and is home [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurship · Houston · musings