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Remembering 2009 in pictures

The year started off with this bus ride where I made a lot of friends including Bob London @ londonink and Cheryl Dickenson pictured here...

2009 Rocked as year of partnership between Small Business and Network Solutions

2009 Rocked as year of partnership between Small Business and Network Solutions As 2009 slowly fades away into the horizon I will remember i...

The Double 0 Decade 2000- 2009

This was the idea of a Washington Post reader Louis Cerny, Gaithersburg in a a letter to the editor published today. “Years in which the ...

NYC - No iPhone for you

http://bit.ly/4DHPoD Posted via web from shashib's posterous

Take care when you stream your life in the Social Media

These are some of the tips that I thought of, you may have others http://bit.ly/4Bc1QF Posted via web from shashib's posterous

Transparency and privacy - how to take care

http://bit.ly/4qzxIG Posted via web from shashib's posterous

Security may be heavy on your return due to Delta - NorthWest Incident

The president is on vacation but is on top of this incident and working 24/7 and asked for heightened security at airports. it may be incon...

Decade of email to instant Status update by @itsdgc

Good article by David George-Cosh. Facebook was not the first social network but it made the users perceive it as special. Good read from t...

Flight from Regan National to Kingston Jamaica overshoots runway

Washington Post reports that there are no causalities and that the airline said it had set up a special hot line for use by relatives of pa...

@MikeSchaffner commentary in the Forbes "The Death Of Social Media"

Good commentary but what do you do as every technology evolves and becomes popular so do the folks who want to use it for their personal gai...

Ford What a cool idea ! @scottmonty

http://bit.ly/6arVB8 Posted via web from shashib's posterous

Cheftestants at SMCDC Iron Chef! Dec Holiday party

This post by Sarah Wurrey is a must read not solely because I was one of the contestants and won the 2nd prize. The real heroes were behind...

Kids & Santa may protest Moscow Mayor's plan to stop snow fall

I am glad Adrian Fenty and Mongtgomery County schools did not see this article last week. Also, thanks Megan Stack for writing this article...

No Facebook /Social Network Access Teens say we won't work for you

I just posted another story where some teens actually wanted to cut down their Facebook time and then this survey comes along and kids want...

Wow bathrooms ! Someone is looking out for passengers on the Metro's Silver Line

Good job Metro and great story by Lisa Rein of the Washington post http://bit.ly/4A0ixv Posted via web from shashib's posterous ...

Indian Business Association ASSOCHAM says Social networks leading to loss of productivity

Taken in the context of the questions the survey asked there are other things that are interesting : The survey showed that 77% of workers...

Thundersnow begins #DCsnowpocalypse #Thundersnow #snOMG #dc

But please don’t call him a guru. says @jenconner in #wbj

Today was a milestone in my life.Felt great to be featured in the Washington Business Journal article Sources Revealed. Visiting the Washin...

I love Outright the Web based book keeping FREE software

I have to disclose that Network Solutions and Outright are partners and we went on a 5 city tour to educate UnintentionalEntrepreneurs.com ...

Taking a walk in Hyderabad Andhra pradesh 2008

Got some good streaming from my Nokia N95 when I took the kids to Hyderabad. See how things are different

EarthQuake in Maharashtra India -USGS No damage reports from NDTV

Earthquake Details Magnitude 5.1 Date-Time Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11:51:26 UTC Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 05...

Shashi Bellamkonda Persona

Right out of a Tweet from Maggie Fox Founder and CEO of Social Media Group.com “Cool: Personas, from MIT's Sociable Media Group (no ...

First snow of the season 2009

US Army Website goes social - my.army.mil

Today was the second day of the All Services Social media Conference in Washington DC organized in association with the GeorgeTown Universi...

Check out this presentation - The Social CEO: New Rules of Engagement by Elizabeth Shea of Speakerbox

I have heard Elizabeth Shea speak before and her talk is very down to earth and full of practical tips. This presentation is from her talk t...

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg sends message to his 350 million users

I was alerted to this on Twitter by Julie Minevich . ( Thanks Julie. I never knew you spoke Russian too :) Mark Zuckerberg posted a messag...

Social Media increasingly can be used to solve problems @rjmcgarvey

I had a chance to talk to Rob McGarvey about his article in cioupdate.com . The article talks about how this is "very early days for b...

Marketplace take on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

  I love marketplace on NPR . I have been reading the releases by the various organizations on how Black Friday performed and here is ...

Which city had the highest searches for Cyber Monday ?

This is a Google trends snapshot on Nov 30th 2009 at 4.50 p.m. Look at the cities and see if there is any logic behind the pattern? What a...

Will people travel more this Holiday season ?

The retail and travel industries are crossing their fingers for a prosperous holiday season. CNBC interview with Stephen Hoch, of Wharton, a...

Black Friday Average shopper spent $343.31

Ylan Mui of the Washington Post wrote a great article that will come in tomorrow’s paper about Black Friday 2009 . The National Retail F...

Interviewed at Gnomedex by @jyamasaki of Seesmic

I went to Gnomedex in August and we distributed these cool Network Solutions t-shirts. Yama @jyamasaki interviewed me for seesmic.

New Pew Report talks about Teens as Digital Natives

The Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research always has very interesting studies and I wanted to share this with you. The sli...

Tony Hsieh CEO Zappos inspiring companies to deliver happiness more than products

Notes from the presentation at Pubcon Zappos Keynote at PubCon – Tony Hsieh CEO Zappos • Zappos wants to own the three C’s: clothing, cus...

A DM is better than calling me ? Communication tools that help you stay connected

A DM is a direct message on Twitter. To send a DM you type d followed by a space and the Twitterid of the person example : d shashib stop st...

INNOVATION: The Key to Pro$perity :Thursday, November 19 6-7:30 p.m: Johns Hopkins Rockville

INNOVATION: The Key to Pro$perity Technology & America's Role in the 21st Century Global Economy A Book Signing and Evening Talk...

Social Networking: the Two Dirtiest Words in Gov 2.0 (a Sweets and Tweets event) by @debbieweil November 17, 2009

Baked 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW Washington, 20007 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM (ET) Register h...

Breaking News :Magic at a pubcon conference panel #magic Really!

#pubcon magic at this panel really magic by http://www.mysticjoe.com , originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda . As I am blogging this Da...

Book signing by @greenhance - Greening Your Small Business Saturday, November 14, 1 p.m. at politics & prose DC

  Book Signing by Jennifer Kaplan - Greening Your Small Business Saturday, November 14, 1 p.m. Jennifer Kaplan  Greening Your Small Bu...

Presentation at the Prince William Regional Chamber of commerce

Social Media To Increase Your Business At The Regional Chamber Of Commerce Prince William View more presentations from Shashi Bellamk...

#Pubcon Waiting for the keynote to begin Day 1

Hear recording of my interview on KFNX 1100 :Marketing with Social Media 11-08-09

Subscribe Free   Add to my Page It was great to be on the IMI Tech Talk show with Tom D`Auria and I have to thank my friend Gabe Goldb...

Listen to me today on TechTalk on KFNX 1100 @ 5 pm EST | 3pm MST/PDT Nov 8th 2009

Every Sunday Tom D’Auria, discusses tech topics to help you run your business and your life. Today  I excited to be a guest on this show tod...

Interesting Nov Events from the CPCUG Calendar for DC MD VA Folks

[Wed., Nov. 18] 7:30 pm, Digital Video SIG, free MAKING A SUCCESSFUL FIELD DOCUMENTARY: "We Remember Grundy" Speaker: Russ...

Tweetup Rockville Nov 9th at 6.30 p.m

Mike Neumann @mikeneumann and Lindsey Mastis @ LindseyMastis are organizing a tweet up in Rockville. Mike is visiting from Austin and I ...

Deadline for Chesapeake TechBridge Program and Showcases Nov6th

The Chesapeake Innovation Center , CIC, is currently conducting an active search for one of our Agency and Prime Contractor Partners.  A ...

Listen in to the Word On the Tweet tonight Nov 1st

Word On The Tweet a weekly podcast for everything about Twitter. The show is hosted by @jeffparsons and @CostaVidaFred   and today I am o...

Google Maps kicking GPS manfacturers on their shins @robpegoraro

Key message :That is not to say that Google is some reincarnation of the dot-com-era Microsoft. It has yet to engage in such hubristic exces...

Northern Virginia Women’s Business Conference Thursday, November 12, 2009

Conference Date I wanted to alert our readers about this conference which is being organized by Kristina Bouweiri  of Reston Limo . The a...

Poptech Encounters : Laurie Rosenwald

I met two amazing designer Laurie Rosenwald ( www.rosenworld.com )and Chris McCray of Syracuse University ( http://colab.syr.edu )  at the C...

PopTech : Networking in the restroom line

Poptech is a conference with great content. This year it is filled with speakers and presenters with ideas that will definitely make the wor...

Flickr has a hiccough

6:00 PST We are still working on bringing the site back online. Just in case you are wondering: All photos you might have posted on your...

Poptech 2009 Some common themes and threads

As I listen to the presenters at this year’s PopTech here are some common threads that seem to stand out for me: a) More young people are...

Poptech 2009 Mayor John Fetterman Gets a Standing ovation

Poptech 2009 , originally uploaded by Network Solutions . At Poptech 2009 in a session entitled American Stories the Mayor of Braddock PA Jo...

#poptech You will think twice about throwing plastic when you see these pictures from Chris Jordan

Please read the blog http://chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11 and support any conservation effort. Details of the Midway Journe...

Event Saturday, November 7, 2009 American Independent Writers “Going Freelance”

I spoke at this event last year in what began as a great association with the American Independent Writers and will be speaking this year to...

Event November 6, 2009 : INNOVATIONS 2009 Regional Chamber Science and Technology Expo!

INNOVATIONS 2009 Regional Chamber Science and Technology Expo November 6, 2009 2:00-6:30 p.m. George Mason University Prince Willi...

Livestream is partnering with PopTech in 2009 to present the PopTech conference live via simulcast.

POPTECH 2009: AMERICA REIMAGINED Free, Live Webcast, http://poptech.com/live ! October 22-24 (Thursday – Saturday), 2009 9 AM – 6:30 PM EST ...

Headlines this week

Headlines this week , originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda . Usually it is easy to buy two magazines and they have the same cover story....

Event : Thursday, November 5, 2009 - DMAW Optimizing Social Media Day

I am on a panel with my friend Gayle Weiswasser (@gWeiswasser) and Josh Green of Shop.org for the  DMAW Optimizing Social Media Day When :...

ThinkBusiness presents Leveraging Social Media for Business

This video is from the breakfast panel on Leveraging Social Media for Business held on September 23, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corn...

2009 Chamber's Choice Awards Gala (DC Chamber of Commerce); Washington, DC; October 17, 2009

I am thrilled  that I am going to the DC Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala today . I hope to get a lot of pictures and will watch to see if DC...

Technorati : 2009 State of the Blogosphere

Technorati SOTB 2009 - This a  presentation from Richard Jalichandra of Technorati who shared the findings of the annual State of t...

40th anniversary of the Internet on October 29th at UCLA

I got this event from my friend Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.     LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold On Octob...