Owaeis is a stand-out technology blogger and a serial entrepreneur who started his first company at the age of 19. His blog thegadgets.net has got international recognition whereas his self-funded startups are his biggest pride.
He’d think of a million great ideas, pick one and create an impressive startup out of the funds he generates from his blogs.
Entrepreneurship, writing, mentoring, team management, product development, product feature design, UX improvement, innovation, computer science research
Founded GiDMiD single handedly and funded it solely, created and managed a team of engineers, product managers and designers and is running a series of startups under its umbrella.
He, along with his team created chirya.com, a microblogging platform which is in private beta testing phase and tees.gidmid.com, a T-shirt shop for nerds and art lovers alike. Other products he is working on are tajori.com, a mobile-optimized website creation tool for publishers and bhooot.com, a social media powered product marketing website having traits of deal sites. There are other projects lined up in queue, a noticeable one among them is madnesstoday.com which is planned as a news website covering most crazy topics of the web.
Runs a blog dedicated to consumer electronics at thegadgets.net. Owaeis’ opinionated commentary, honest criticism and first-hand tech guides have lead The Gadgets to earn a profound reputation. His work there has been featured on Engadget, CNET, ZDNet, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mashable, Tech Crunch, Life Hacker, TUAW, Electronista, Boy Genius Report, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, VentureBeat, Business Insider, The Inquirer and The Guardian among others.
Hired and manages a team of bloggers from different parts of the world who work from their homes under his supervision.
Founded jailbreakstory.com to cover the wide spread developments in the hacking of Apple’s iOS devices. In a very short lifespan of this blog, Owaeis’ articles there have been cited by Engadget, The Verge, Mashable, Life Hacker, Venture Beat, TUAW and others.
Founded the web design company at the age of 19 while attending the undergraduate school; created a team of designers, developers and marketers and worked with local as well as international clients. The company was closed in 2008.
Was given an opportunity to understand the working of the DSL and FTTH, spent 4-7 days in different departments of the organization, including DSL Transmission, FTTH Transmission, Core Network, Access Network, NGN and Systems. Was also given an opportunity to visit and understand the POPs of FTTH & DSL and the Data Center, where senior engineers explained the working of POPs and the Devices. Also attended a 3 day training of Access Network Department
Researching about how people interact with computers, created a prototype tool called “Ainak” for gesture based HCI which is the first one of its kind.
Developed a SIP Proxy Server as the final year project which was capable of establishing rich voice and video calls between PCs and IP phones.
Was a renowned orator.
As a blogger, Owaeis’ work has been featured on technology blogs like Engadget, CNET, ZDNet, Gizmodo, The Verge, Mashable, Tech Crunch, Life Hacker, TUAW, Electronista, Boy Genius Report and main stream news websites including The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Venture Beat, Business Insider, The Inquirer and The Guardian among others.
Startups, Entrepreneurship, Blogging, CS Research