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After the networksolutions sponsored networking event for small business at charlotte a few of the twitter folks got together adn hung out for smoozing

After the networksolutions sponsored networking event for small business at charlotte a few of the twitter folks got together adn hung out for smoozing

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This is a free ride in downtown and takes 24 min

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In case you missed my post that I am attending SOBCon 08 I am going to point you to a Audio promo for SobCon 08 put together by @jchutchins . JChutchins has a free audiobook thriller trilogy, 7th Son. All three novels -- Descent, Deceit and Destruction that are available for download on his website. Network Solutions is participating in SOBCon 08 and will be giving away free website consults.

I recently met Chris Brogan at SXSW even though I feel like I have known him for years. On his Blog ChrisBrogan.com has a post Easter Givaway- 100 Grooveshark Invites where he outlines a way to snag the invites. a) Let him know of a Blog that you think is a gem and receives less than 2 comments per post. B) Link to the blog and then link to Chrisbrogan.com and send him an email ( blog [at] chrisbrogan [.] com) . Chris - As usual you have excelled in trying to get everyone together. The Blogs that I in my opinion are gems and deserve attention : SocioSphere.net a blog where @nahumg discusses his analysis of the Social Media. Nahum is personally a great guy. EastCoast Blogging Jimmy Gardner @jjgardner3 is always thinking of the community. Itsdifferent4girls Linda Sherman has a vast experience as from the corp world to running her own business.

If you get a new phone the chances are that your phone will have a camera. What do you do with that camera. Here are some responses from Twitter: Carlos Graniar take pics of my car at the airport parking lot before a trip. cgranier : @ shashib I also take camphone pics of poorly parked cars, but I never get around to sending them to youparklikeanidiot.com MarinaMartin That's a great idea. I take photos when I eat @dacort's food so I can replace exact size/flavor Chris Brogan I had to email a photo of leeks back to my wife because I wasn't sure I had the right thing. :) kirbyple travel tip - use the camphone to take pics of receipts, airline pics, your passport and email them to yourself for backup What practical uses do you use your camera phone for ? In meeting rooms I sometimes take pictures of the whiteboard and make them into PDF docs using Qipit.com

LindaSherman :I noticed you asked about kids sites and I came across this excellent post http://tinyurl.com/2qruz8 JasonLBaptiste : check out kidzui dcpatton http://www.noggin.com / . I also recommend KidRocket Will Brown My 3.5yr old likes the Disney shows: http://atv.disney.go.com/ pl... Leah Jones My sister used YouTube a lot with my nephew to find videos of classic sesame street, trucks, trains and other vids. cbensen for kids go to www.larl.org & go to the kids page - it's my old library site - lots of good stuff there

I am flying back to BWI and took a cab from Coconut Grove to the Ft. Lauderdale airport. Italy about 25 miles but the cab cost 80 dollars. More expensive than the DC area. The "E" terminal where my flight is has one place open at 6 a.m. For anything to eat. The lines here are longer than the security line and growing. The place is called Key West Cafe. Reminds me of BWI from 7 years ago. Such sloppiness comes with not enough competition. The rates of course were world std but not the efficiency. Airport authority are you listening ? Update: 03/20/2008 Thanks Doug for your comment .From a business point of view here are some suggestions to make the experience better: a) Allow the newsstands to sell water and Juices like Hudson news sells at many airports. The KEy West cafe was the only place to buy water after passing through security and its obvious that you cannot bring water in. b) Have a series of vending machines for drinks. c)Allow a McDonalds concession in terminal E. ...

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Miami 27 ave traffic

When I came to the US 11 years, Air Tran was the first airline that I flew from DC to Savannah ,GA. At that time I carried an english novel with me so the air hostess would be sure I could speak English. The title of the novel I carried was incidentally Savannah. Coming from India that was my first experience of the no frills kind of flying i should get used to in the US. Many years and many flights later I am comparing Southwest to Air Tran again both 2 low cost no frills airlines. Boarding calls at Southwest seemed more orderly and the staff friendly. At Air Tran the staff actually asked people to stop talking. There was no pitch to upgrade to business class at Southwest but Air Tran was touting a $60 upgrade with free cocktails at 7 in the morning. On the flight both airlines had friendly crew. Air Tran made 3 announcements not to use the toilet while at the gate. I thought that was excessive. Southwest crew asks you your drink choice and writes them down. I prefer Southwest peanuts...

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I remember Arthur C Clarke and the book 2001- Space Odyssey from my childhood. I was also fascinated by the fact that he stayed in Sri Lanka. That seemed so close to Madras where I did my schooling. He will be remembered for bringing space closer to us through his writings. Extract from Wikipedia: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name.

Its that time again... All Twitterati within 100 miles of Herndon, VA are invited to a meet up dinner at Jimmy's in Herndon on the 27th of March (Reservations made thanks to @jeffhibbard - Mobile video king). Any outstation attendees welcome too. Herndon is not metro accessible but you can take a bus from West Falls Church metro to Herndon park and ride and if you let me know I can give you a ride. Folks driving from DC may like some company :) so please use the comments here to ask or offer a ride. Please RSVP here http://www.eventbrite.com/event/104996046 just to keep a count.

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Jeff Barr ( @jeffbarr )fellow Twitter user and Tech. evangelist from Amazon Web Services will be in the Herndon-Reston area on the 24th of March. Just thought it would be nice to meet for lunch ( 12.15 apporx) and tweet up with him. Planning a table for 10 at Jimmy's in Herndon ( yes its becoming a Herndon tweetup place and thats because @jeffhibbard recommended it). Please email me/tweet me if you are interested. So far 3 people are confirmed. @jjgardner3 and @susanreynolds @badwolf

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Sorry Jonny for the sensational title to this post :) . At SXSW in Austin I hung out a lot with Scott Stead and Jonny Goldstein. These two are people who have been brought up to help people who are in trouble so they are absolute gems to have around. Now to the story that lead to this sensational headline : Jonny had booked his hotel late so he chose to stay at the Austin International Hostel. On the first day as he went back to his room he found his bed occupied by another SXSW panelist. It was a mistake but it was something that cannot be corrected at that time of the night so Jonny the gentleman that he is slept on a couch in the lobby. Jonny is a very very humorous guy if you have seen his par-tay at http://www.jonnygoldstein.com you may know this already. So after we joked about this midnight hijacking of his bed the second day as soon as I saw Jonny next morning the first thing he said " I am lucky there was nobody in my bed last night " :) Now the other nice guy is S...

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Music and merry making

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The screen burn games arcade at SXSW

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this is a nice place for students and other money savers $18 a day near downtown austin by a lake

saturday morning in austin _SXSW08 clear roads and nice and sunny

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One of the events was a mix at six a bar in downtown austin. Met darren howse of problooger.net