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Google Relaunches JotSpot as Google Sites

My Twitter friend @krishnan sent me this link to the Business week article by Rob Hof that announces the Google launch. JotSpot will be the new online collaboration service that w…

Maryland Tech Council & Network Solutions SEO Seminar

Network Solutions & MD Tech Council Search Engine Optimization Conference Introduction by Mark Glazer of the MD Tech Council Last week I attended a Network Solutions Seminar on …

Network Solutions Stands behind its Blogger Social Media Swami

Network Solutions Stands behind its Blogger Social Media Swami Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda I am enjoying making these pictures. A picture says a thousand words. If you …

Good-practices-in-corporate-blogging-v1

Good-practices-in-corporate-blogging-v1 Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda My attempt to draw cartoons and give the message : A Corporate blogger has to be the medium through w…

Dc Area Twitter Folks - Wake Up early tomorrow to meet @cathleenritt

Cathleen Rittereiser is in town for a express visit on business . Just landed today and is going back tomorrow. I have been following her on Twitter and she is very interesting .…

Have >80 followers & following >70 people, then you are in the Twitter minority at about 10%.

it was a nice surprise to get a email from Biz Stone of Twitter. I don't like update emails much but this was an eye opener. To me this was the first time I got some stats fro…

Social Media and Small Business - Is it right for everyone ?

Jessie Newburn is a social media coach, generational consultant, speaker, hula hooper and Iconic GenXer living in Columbia, Md. You can learn more about her on her website http://…

JetStart : Managing your Windows Start Up Program Menu

I have too many programs installed on my Windows XP Media Center Edition ( Sorry not yet a MAC user but may be my next computer) and its a pain to use the start menu to search an…

Have you met your Social Media Friends offline?

I have met many of my online friends offline and want to meet more of them. Social Media makes everyone's life transparent and also allows people to make new friends both onli…

Write the next edition of the 4 Hour work Week

I met Tim Ferriss a few months ago at the New New internet Conference organized by Executive biz. I met him in the speakers room and we chatted a bit and he is a very nice and per…

Get Attention to your email - at least Chris Brogan's Attention

In the post Writing More Effective Email on Chris Brogan's blog Chris gives tips on how to attract his attention in an email. The subject line is very important. Chris's s…

Watch Out - I am going to be on Jonny’s Par-tay, the live interactive web video talk show

The world wide broadcast of the Jonny's Par-tay has a new guest this week - Your truly ( thats me :) ). I am excited - Jonny is a very funny guy and has had celebrities on hi…

Search Engine Optimization Conference (Sponsored by Network Solutions) Rockville MD

Events Search Engine Optimization Conference February 21, 2008 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Universities of Maryland at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 71% of consumers …

Travis Fore Joins the Team at Network Solutions

Over the weekend I connected with Travis Fore the new Senior Vice President of Sales at Network Solutions . He is starting next week and I look forward to meeting him in person.…

1.14 trees/year can be saved with the smaller margins in Word

The Sunday Source yesterday (Feb 17th 2008) carried a article by Eviana Hartman describing a project founded by Los Angeles-based actress and writer Tamara Krinsky to conserve pa…

Discovering: WhyGoSolo - Connecting online buddies offline

Splendid review of WhyGoSolo by Jeff Pulver. Imagine you are in a hotel away from home and you could discover that another buddy of yours is in the hotel a block away and you didn…

New Venue for MD/DC/VA Tweetup - Feb 28th

I had posted the Tweetup details on a previous post and the venue is now changed. We have a good response and also some out of town. The venue is now in DC and is combined with th…

Startup in my Backyard : cookthink: Ingredients to Recipes

I saw the TechCrunch review of CookThink by Duncan Reiley and was surprised to see that CookThink is based in DC. Techcrunch calls it "Pandora for Recipes'. How it works…

Printable Calendar

There used to be a time when I depended heavily on wall calendars. Now in the computer age its my Outlook and the TMobile Dash that does most of the calendaring. But when I have t…

Forbes : Presidential Candidates not courting America’s small-business owners and employees

I saw this in Rich KarlGraad's Column in the printed edition of Forbes this morning. it had a interesting ring to it because I had not read or heard the Small Business angle b…

Bradley Horowitz Says 'Goodbye Yahoo!"

According to New York Times, Bradley Horowitz was Yahoo’s face at countless technology conferences and according to Tech Crunch he was " universally liked and respected &qu…

Heathrow Launches RFID Trial to Track Luggage

The New York Times has a article by By Jeremy Kirk that Heathrow airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing …

Shel Israel Rolls out "The Revised SAP Roll-Your-Own Survey "

I was interviewed by Shel Israel for his SAP Global Neighborhood Survey - Social Media's impact on business & culture. early this month. I am very happy that Shel has a DI…

How Small Business Can Use Search Marketing - Small Business Technology Summit

Harry Brooks my friend and colleague was a guest speaker at the Small Business Technology Summit New York Feb 11th 2008 which I attended. Network Solutions was one of the sponsors…

Meeting Barry Moltz who asks " How do you bounce?" - Small Business Tech Summit New York

AMAZING SPEAKER HELD THE AUDIENCE SPELL BOUND Barry Moltz is the author of 'You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business " and just re…

Advice to Small Business - Backup, Use CRM , Use Social Media - Small Business Technology Summit - NYC Feb 11th 2008

This is the 2nd year that along with a few collagues from Network Solutions attended the Small Business Technology Summit at the Crowne Plaza Manhattan Times Square- New York City…

Small Business Tech Summit New York - ThinkXic.com

I met Paul Groncki at the Small Business Summit in New York on Feb 11th 2008 that in attended on behalf of Network Solutions . We sat at the same table and as we chatted he told me…

How Small Business can use Social Media - Small Business Summit New York February 2008 -

I attended the Small Business Technology Summit on Feb 11th at New York. Network Solutions was one of the sponsors. I met a lot of interesting people here and will post them in a …

OoVoo video calling - Multimedia conversations moving to Video

I joined the MyOovooday.com video chat with Conniereece and SusanReyolds . Today (Feb10th is Susan Reynold's Birthday) .Oovoo facilitates a video chat using a webcam so people …

Yahoo Board Rejects Microsoft Offer - Washington Post

This could be a prolonged battle as the Microsoft offer was unsolicited. The Washington Post article quoted "sources close to the discussions" so no official statement y…

Meeting Jeff Pulver in DC

Jeff Pulver and Shashi Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda Jeff Pulver likes the title "Technology Anthropologist ". I had heard of him through Pulver.tv and his in…

Meeting a VC in DC - Eric Litman

Eric Litman & Shashi Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda I have been following Eric Litman for sometime on Twitter. He is the Managing Director of Washington VC . I was exci…

Media Rules Launch party - Downtown DC

Went to DC this evening for the launch of the Media Rules . The party was at the offices of Virilion. in Downtown DC. The party was spread all over the office. I liked that as the …

Sign that welcomes me on the 3rd floor

Network Solutions helping Small Business with complete solutions Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda This is a new sign that came up as I enter my 3rd floor corridor. I am try…

Meeting with Diane President & CEO Communispace

Meeting with Diane President & CEO Communispace Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda In the picture along with her is Andy Hessabi my friend and Manager, Market Research a…

Fresh Peel: Creativity Contest

Thank you Chris Wilson for sending me details of this contest . I am not sure if he thought my Flickr pics were creative but I know a lot of friends who are good photographers and …

Funny Video - Network Solutions is a changed company

I got interviewed by Shel Israel for his series Global Neighbourhoods - Social Media's impact on business & culture. where I said that "Network Solutions has reinven…

How to Manage multiple Tabs in Firefox

My Friend and fellow DC Twitter Andre Blackman @mindofandre on Twitter tweeted: Have too many tabs in Firefox? Interesting post on MakeUseOf.com I'm hoping @ leslieann44 can be…

Business Week Reports .Post Domain Name in the works

Just saw a Google alert that lead me to a story on Business Week online. The report from AP ANICK JESDANUN says that A new "dot-post" Internet address in the works aims …

Twitter - A Captive Audience Measurement Tool

The Super Bowl is still a traditional media Advertising's Mega Market. While the game itself is sometimes secondary to people who watch the Superbowl for the buzz that it crea…

What will it take for Twitter folks to move to a Competitor?

Every time Twitter has been down it was an event. The first major maintenance, I recall a lot of us went to Pownce during that time. Jaiku has been allowing your Twitter feed t…

Grand Central - How people work to make you smile and have fun

I saw the chatter about Grand Central on Twitter and thought Google had announced something on thier property Grand Central. I followed @jowyang Jeremiah Owyang of Web Strategist …

Communication Overtones: Social Media Trends Revisited: What's Hot and What's Not for 2008

Communication Overtones: Social Media Trends Revisited: What's Hot and What's Not for 2008 Kami has written a good post that focuses on Social Media Predictions for 2008. H…

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