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I drove to Arlington to attend the Book Signing for Rohit Bhargava's book " Personality Not Included ". The event was supported by Social Media Cl…
great tip from Ruth Marie Sylte rmsylte @shashib From Midway, the Orange Line train ($2) goes to the State St stop on the NORTH end of loop. Walk to Hote…
I still have a lot of books to read from Blogger Social 2008. I am not sure what I am going to bring back from Chicago( its a surprise ) For the flight I have…
I have used EventBrite (ref) about half a dozen times to organize events.IT fils the need and has some good reports. I got an email today that they have start…
Chris Brogan has a well written post on this topic http://www.chrisbrogan.com/some-differences-between-pitching-mainstream-press-and-bloggers/ As usual his ques…
I saw this cool post from Jason Falls at his Blog Social Media Explorer . He is hiring and since I met him a couple of times I can vouch that he is a cool guy …
I am a T_Mobile user with a N95 and this is excellent news for me. T-Mobile rolling out 3G data service on Thursday (updated) by ZDNet 's Jason D. O'G…
Connie Bensen sitting in Victoria BC airport alerted me to Jeremiah Owyang's recent post on his http://www.web-strategist.com/blog titled " Castles, To…
Introducing Guy Kawasaki
Just wanted to point to a great post on Guy Kawasaki's Blog http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/04/the-art-of-the.html . He posted a introduction that Jenny L…
CSuspect makes an superb video at Podcamp DC -The Future of Media in 2008
Chris is a good friend and a co-blogger on our food blog . I knew there was going to be trouble when I saw him with his camera equipment. He spent a lot of tim…
It was a session that was packed. Both gentleman are very experienced and are world travelers and can say " The other day when I was at the White House&qu…
Those who are attending PodCamp NYC should watch out with so many tracks to attend. Podcamp DC had 4 tracks and Andrew Feinberg of CapitolValley.net spoke abou…
Podcamp dc Joel Mark witt
If this guy stood for election I would vote for him. He works for the maryland zoo. marylandzoo.tv. Even if marylandzoo.tv was not part of his job he did multi…
I very often tweet my cell number on my commute home and have the opportunity to talk to some wonderful people. On a recent call I had the chance to speak to J…
My version of Karma Yoga is that you do some good without expecting anything in return. I think the Podcamp principle is the same . Most people come there to …
Cam Beck ( The Age of Conversation contributing author) has a new post on the blog ChaosScenario about attending Ad:tech. I have been attending a few conferen…
Podcamp is a unconference so a bit of a treasure hunt to find the registration desk is OK. The walk was good remember this is entirely run by volunteers. The f…
I think this is the first CIO position created at Network Solutions . I am happy to welcome Kamalesh Dwivedi. You can read the press release about Kamalesh tha…
John Havens is VP Business Development of Blog Talk Radio and is running a series of interviews with communicators for IABC (International Association of Busin…
One of the best ways of keeping track of domain names that are expiring that relate to your name is the Keyword Alerts by Network Solutions . This is a free ser…
I am excited and eagerly looking forward to talking to John Havens tomorrow ( April 16th ) at noon EST on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/IABC about my role as th…
John Bell mentioned the Social Media activities of Lenovo on his bloga few days ago Digital Influence Mapping Project and gives Lenovo a Social score of 4.5 of…
Hank Dearden is a great guy. I have met him at Web Managers Round Table events but never had a chance to go to any of the Capital Cabal events. I was thrilled …
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Usually when I am driving back home I like to Twitter my Phone number that I am available to talk for the next 30 to 45 minutes. I have enjoyed several great c…
I discovered 2 companies entering the social Media Sphere this week. American Airlines : http://aaconversation.blogspot.com/ Comcast on Twitter ; @ComcastCares Ku…
I just saw that Flickr has introduced video. Currently its for pro members only.Videos are limited to 90 seconds in length, and 150MB in filesize. The processi…
Paisano has written a great post on his blog http://thepaisano.wordpress.com/ that is very interesting. if you like digg it. Hashtags are being used more and m…
Social Match Box : Solving the Recruitment problem for Small Business and Start-ups
Small companies may be challenged to find avenues to spread the word that they are recruiting. Stepping in to solve this problem is the Social Match Box DC org…
This is a posting from a friend of mine from the Denver area. If this position interests you please send me an email and I will be happy to forward it. Does any…
I saw this tweet from Anil Dash "@ TechCrunch agreed, not very constructive. In exchange, I offer a very positive site that you should cover: http://pluson…
Aaron Brazell @technosailor has a review of the new version of Word Press 2.5 on his post http://technosailor.com/2008/03/18/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-…
Network Solutions Small Business Networking Event with Guy Kawasaki
Once again my path crossed with Guy Kawasaki. We met at Charlotte for the Small Business networking event Sponsored by Network Solutions. Once again it gave …
93 Octane Live Blogs Guy Kawasaki Talk in Charlotte
Lyell is a awesome guy, he started the initiative for a post event tweetup and also live blogged the Guy Kawasaki talk at the Network Solutions Small Business …
Guy Kawasaki's Alltop.com has several categories of web sites "like a magazine rack". SInce I did not see a "deals" category , here is …
Rohit Bhargava's Big Day - "Personality Not Included " launched
I first met Rohit at the launch of Vox and we continued to meet usually at conferences where he was always on a panel and I was asking questions from the audie…
We live in the DC area but strangly got the opportunity to chat for a long time at SXSW. Rohit was talking about new ideas for the launch of his book "Per…
This is a quick post before going to bed. I am going to answer the question on how to follow twitter folk who are in your local area. Method 1 : Search Twitter …
Meeting Guy Kawasaki and Alltop.com - Thanks Network Solutions
I have been following Guy Kawasaki 's blog for over 3 years now . . On Guy's blog the first post I read was the 10-20-30 rule of PowerPoint . I was thril…
Becky MC Cray has a great story being a small town entrepreneur and writing about small business and rural issues, based on her own success and failures. In thi…
Network Solutions Small Business networking event with Guy Kawasaki in Miami
I was thrilled to be in Miami for work. I was there for the Network Solutions sponsored Small Business Event where Guy Kawasaki was speaking. It was great to m…
Podcamp DC April 19-20, 2008 is a free conference to learn about new media tools like podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. Interest…
SXSW: Connie Reece & Shashi Bellamkonda
SXSW: Connie Reece & Shashi Bellamkonda Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda You don' t have to actually meet Connie Reece to experience her helpfuln…
SXSW : Shashi Bellamkonda & Kami Huyse
SXSW : Shashi Bellamkonda & Kami Huyse Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda I would have loved to have spent more time with Kami Huyse http://overtoneco…
SXSW: Lunch with Becky McCRay Adam Darowski & Michelle Riggins
SXSW: Becky McCRay & Michelle Riggins Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda This was one lunch that I had planned in advance so that I don't miss meet…
Network Solutions Social Media Swami meets Sim from Utterz
Network Solutions Social Media Swami meets Sim from Utterz Originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda I have been using http://www.utterz.com for sometime. I am a…
Network Solutions Social Media Swami meets Swomi
I was under the impression that there were no other Social Media Swami's around. I was first tipped off that there were other Swami's by Rohit Bhargava…
I am attending the SOBCon 08 in Chicago May 2-4 2008 . The event is "Part seminar, part conference, part deep networking event" . Network Solutions is…
Social Media poll : How many people have met online friends offline ? Results.
I have met a lot of online friends off line and the experience has been energizing. The DC metro area has a lot of social media activity. I setup a poll to kin…