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Thanks to GBrown

Someone with the tag “GBrown” at Gawker is giving us some love. Don’t feel like creating an account there to give a shout, so I’ll do it here. Feel free to holla on islamoyankee at islamicate dot com.

The Cordoba Initiative

I would like to direct your attention to the Cordoba Initiative. Although their tagline “Improving Muslim-West Relations” would have you think that they are unaware of the last generation of civilizational debates and identity politics, they actually show a lot of potential. There are some good people working there and their contacts are deep. Poke around, have fun, and tell them to change their tagline. The best part is that they promise to be a media portal. If they would only supply donuts, I would be truly happy.

Mood-Tuner for iPad @moodtuner

App designed by a friend of mine. Good fun, and cheap too. Mood-Tuner for iPad on the iTunes App Store. Mood-Tuner is a mindfulness tool that helps you build emotional fitness. Think of it like a life-coach/ guru/ therapist in-your-pocket. It is a set of easy, pick-me-up practices that you can do anytime, anywhere. Using special questions to redirect your inner dialog, Mood-Tuner helps you shift from stuck to inspired; from "blah" to "awesome!".  Mood-Tuner was born out of a desire to create a stress-free way to implement the lessons from personal development and wisdom traditions into our real lives.…