But no worries. There are few ways you can work with Arzumy. Just follow these instructions

1. You can find Arzumy at ar.zu.my
2. Just say hello @arzumy in twitter, he’ll reply hey @yournamehere
3. If you are young enough to have a Facebook account
   
4. Or of course, the plain old boring email - hello@ar.zu.my
5. Even spam him with naughty SMSes +6012 610 7830
6. Say Hey man! when you see him IRL
7. Lastly, just google for ‘arzumy’ :p

If you are not looking for Arzumy, the Ruby on Rails freelancer, then I can’t help you. But if you are looking for Alice, you can find her here

Good luck! Cheers!
Arzumy

1. Read a book for at least half an hour. Read a book is the next best thing after travel. It makes your brain wander off far away. Around the world. Makes you forget about whatever trouble you might have, once you are done, you’ll approach the trouble with new perspective.
2. Socialize with new people. Or at least people that you don’t see everyday. Makes you feel alive.
3. Learn for an hour. Even better, learn Rails. Spend an hour reading through books or watching screencast. Maybe it
   could be other thing. But the thing is, You don’t want you brain to stop learning.

That’s pretty much it, at least 2 ½ hours of your life are in your control now. Try to include health related thing to do for an hour, hit a gym for example.

Maybe it is because he has seen a lot. Maybe that’s how he is since the very beginning. Maybe he is just faking it.

The truth is, I don’t know.

Although he’s well known around the world doing things he’s well known for, he never got a problem answering

“Honestly, I don’t really know.”

That is a very humble thing to do. And nobody was taken aback by that answer. Everybody accepted the fact that you don’t have to know everything to make a lot of money.

But come to think of it, would this work with leaders too? I wonder what would happen if somebody ask our Prime Minister about something. Maybe simple question like

“When will you step down?” Or,
“How increasing public awareness about environment will help the economy in the long run?” Or
“When will we push for IPv6″
(Sorry, I can’t think of any politically correct question)

and the Prime Minister said

“I don’t know”

What would the people think about this? Will it make the leader looks weak? Will they cherish him as an honest person?

Honestly, I don’t know.

But I guess you can’t just say I don’t know. You got to acknowledge your weaknesses by saying I don’t know, then back it up with something that you do know.

Like “I don’t know, but I’ll make sure no one will suffer from it”

Or something along that line. That would be enough for me. I know you can’t be perfect, but at least you are doing something about it.

Moral of the story, just be honest and humble.

And family matters. But that’s for another post.

And it’s all about luck. And that’s another story too.

And being humble is quiet easy to duplicate. Just try it out!

Cheers!

Marilah berpuisi dengan si buta, si tempang dan si pekak di gelanggang puisi.

http://jomcode.com/jeruy

Cheers!
Arzumy

Pendek betul post nih…

Staggering new estimates suggest that 100,000 people may have died in Burma’s terrible cyclone. Incredibly, the corrupt and brutal Burmese government has stopped most international aid at the borders and is impeding the relief effort.

In under 24 hours, Avaaz members have donated over 690,000 Euros (over US$1 million – more than many governments!) to help Burma’s monks provide the emergency relief, through their own networks and monasteries, that the government will not. Scroll down to see the email sent yesterday with all the details of how we can help, or click below to help us get over 1 million Euros (US$1.54m) today:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/burma_cyclone/15.php

It’s not just a natural disaster, it’s also a catastrophe of bad leadership. Please help them.

What’s the invite is all about? Here’s a direct quote:

I will be conducting a class on email marketing for offline businesses. This is most suitable for small businesses like restaurants, consultants, spas, etc…

Will it be great?

I don’t know. Barely know him. Only met him once. He was a nice guy, could easily converse with. Have a nice vibe too.

And I’m a simple person. Just be nice and show some respect and I’ll return the favor.

Based on that merit alone, I’ll just go and check it out.

I can’t vouch for the lesson but I can vouch for his vibe so there you go. Checkout the Facebook page here and the link here.

Cheers!

So here’s a quick head up. First, we got a lot of books; 70 of them. Yeay!

That’s quite a lot considering that we don’t have any members, yet!

And it seems the system development will take longer than expected. And I’m to blame.

My bad…

Rather than developing the website using PHP like we normally do, I’ve been stubborn and used my veto power to stop the development using any familiar language, namely PHP.

Then I code it with Ruby on Rails. A framework I stumbled upon again just a month a go.

awkward silent

Err… No worries, it will be great! I’ll try my best not to screw things up. And I’ll make a nice Error Page just in case you guys screw up the website. LOL.

And that’s about it. Hopefully we can open up beta registration before end of this month. Of course it will be by invitation only.

Cheers!

And to our Facebook fans, thanks!

For example, when I logged in my blog administrator page today, I saw

WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now

Mine is 2.5.0, not a big deal, just a 0.0.1 bump. So I figure, what the hell, lets just upgrade it.

I logged into my Web Hosting Control Panel, and proceed to Fantastico Control Panel and saw no upgrade available.

Oh well, they haven’t upgraded it yet. I’m in no hurry, plus it’s a small upgrade, like I said - not a big deal. But I figure I should ask them when they’d upgrade it. So I know how long I’ll have to be annoyed by Wordpress, nagging to be upgraded.

I sent an email, set it to low priority. Like I said, it’s nothing important.

Hi guys, any idea when new upgrade for Fantastico Wordpress installation will be?

And 2 hours later

Dear Arzumy, the Fantastico Wordpress already upgraded to 2.5.1. Please test it.

Wow, impressive. It’s nothing big, simple act from them, but impressive.

Talk about good service.

Cheers!

P.s. By the way it’s Exabytes, and this is not an affiliate link.

‘Guy Kawasaki coming in two weeks.’

I said

‘Really? Wow… How much?’
‘200 bucks.’
‘What? That’s cheap! Are you sure it is Guy Kawasaki?’
‘Yeah, he sure is.’
‘Wow. How does it get so cheap?’
‘It’s a secret. Heh.’

200 bucks to meet Guy Kawasaki is freaking cheap. But if you pay after 12th May, it will go up to 350, which is still quite cheap, considering this is the Guy Kawasaki.
So head up to ideapreneuer for details or checkout the Facebook page.

Cheers!

P.s. Bucks as in Ringgit Malaysia ;-p
P.p.s This event is in conjunction with Netbash @ WCIT

Maybe it’s a specific goal, a business plan, an amazing dream or simply an idea. You just talk about it to everything that moves.

Now why you want to do that?

Because it is simple and duplicable.

Take me to your leader.
Whatever you say, not matter how stupid, if you really believe in it, it will spread out like a virus. People will share the same belief. In fact, some will even follow you. People don’t follow the smartest person around who always knows what to do, people will follow the person who believes in something. You might be a rookie, but if you really believe in you goal, even the experienced leader will go out of way to help you.

Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth?
By keep on repeating it, you will reinforce it deep within you. You’ll believe with the words coming out of your mouth. It’s an affirmation. You are not going to tell lies to yourself right? The stronger you believe in it, the easier it will be. It’s like the world revolve around you goals.

Human are bounded by the their promises.
It’s like making a promise. Once you say something to somebody, you are under direct agreement to make it happen (except when you are lying of course). You’ll have to make it happen. A man will be judged by his own words.

But this is where it becomes trickier. To understand the point, here’s a story about me:

Like I said, I’m a man of idea. Idea makes me feel alive. In fact it keeps alive. So when I come out with an idea, especially business idea, I’ll talk about it to everyone. Few people will be sold out to the idea and we’ll start looking into it. Most of the times, after consideration; we’ll abandon the idea. One or two will actually take off the ground. It’s pretty normal really.

Out of 10 ideas, 9 bound to fail. Out of 10 startups, 9 bound to fail. So chances are, only ONE idea from new startup will succeed, out of ONE HUNDRED ideas. There’s a lot of reasons to it, but lets talk about that later.

Here’s the problem: After you talk about a lot of ideas to enough people, and yet to successfully execute it, people will start questioning you.

“Bila nak kaya?” “When you’ll be rich?”
“Bila nak start next project?” “So when is you next project?” (Sarcastically of course)
“Idea lagik? Yang dulu pun tak jalan” “More ideas? Even the last one never kick off”

Special remark:
“Bincang jek keje, takde hasil pun” “Talk, talk, talk. And nothing.”

After enough people said it, you’ll be bound to believe them.

Heck, I’ve even updated my resume and planned to work with some big companies. Can’t even imagine that. It was a bad move. You see, when I believe in what other said, I’d loose grip on my own ideas and beliefs. That’s when the idea factory starting to shutdown slowly. And like I said, I’m and idea person. If my idea factory closed down, I’ll be dead.

Only lately, after spending a lot of time with bunch of entrepreneurs and business owners, it suddenly hits me. They are all experienced the same thing. Only 1 out of 10 ideas will ever kick off, and only 1 out of 10 will survive.

It’s pretty common. It’s not a big deal.

So when I think about it, those who said “Bincang jek keje, takde hasil pun” won’t understand this. They are working as an employee in some big company, living happily in their comfort zone. They won’t understand what it feels like to start your own business. To lead you own company. To struggle through the road less traveled.

So for bunch of my entrepreneur friends out there, don’t stop talking about your ideas, your plans, your goals and your dreams.

Spread out the passion. And it’ll be duplicated through the entire world.