2011 November «

Tired of Google Adsense? Try WordPress WordAds

November 29, 2011 by Elias Shams 1 Comment

If you have publicly visible blog with a custom domain name on wordpress.com, you can now make money from online advertising on your blog. The service powered by Federated Media called WordAds and you can apply for it here.

Before you get too excited, not every wordpress.com blog will be eligible for the program. The selection will be based on your traffic, your user engagement, the nature of your content, and the language.

Although, I think this is a great move by WordPress, but most of their big blogs are already part of other niche Ad networks. How do they plan to get them, it will be exciting to see their execution. That said, I would say only small mom & pop blogs will apply for now including us. Read more of this post

Filed under Online Media, Web Tagged with Blog, Federated Media, Google Adsense, online advertising, wordads, WordAds AdSense, Wordpress WordAds, wordpress.com

Why Your Business Can’t Afford Ignoring Google+ and awesomize.me

November 26, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a Comment

I have been on Google+ since their launch earlier this year. Although, I love it more than facebook, but I rarely see any of my facebook friends using it. I would say out of 460 of my facebook friends, only five of them including myself using Google+.

Well, their recent TV commercial during Lions vs. Packers football game on Thanksgiving day poised to attract my remaining 455 friends so as other remaining 750 m people on facebook. Read more of this post

Filed under social media Tagged with awesomize.me, b2b, B2C, business, Business-to-Business, facebook, G+, google, SEO, social media aggregator, social media for business, video conferencing

The Ass Size: Washington,DC, Virginia, and Maryland VS. Alicante, Paris, and London

November 22, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a Comment

Literally, every chair in the cafes across the EU has a nice comfortable thin cushion to sit on. At least those in London,Paris, and Alicante where I regularly travel to.

I rarely see cushion on any chairs in our cafes in the Washington, DC area. They all come with flat hard wood or metal chairs. I have always been wondering about it till now as I’m watching everyone’s ASS in Starbucks, Dupont Circle waiting for my meeting: Read more of this post

Filed under Art & Culture, Health, Washingtonians Tagged with ass size, cafe, diet, eating healthy, eu vs US, fat, health, skinny, us vs eu

Simplemente DELICIOSO! Made in Alicante, Spain

November 21, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a Comment

I learned this new snack in Alicante, Spain. I encourage everyone to try it out at home. It’s pretty easy, and healthy.

Organic smoked salmon with Organic Italian Feta and and fresh mint with little bit of lemon on top! All on a slice of sunflowered whole grain organic bread. I don’t think such a snack is part of the typical Spanish cuisine, but I noticed many of my friends there making it at their home. The mix of lemon, bread, feta, and mint part of it is certainly from Shiraz, Iran where I am originally from. It can also be Greek. So, where ever it is originally from, it’s just FANTASTICO! Read more of this post

Filed under Recipes Tagged with Alicante, healthy eating, lemon, Mint, organic, organic bread, sandwich, smoked salmon, Spain, Sunflowered, whole grain

Cancer: One Of The Best Thing Ever Happened To Me

November 8, 2011 by Elias Shams 20 Comments

What you are about to read is all the advice I’ve been ignoring from the loved ones around me for the past 15 years. Wearing my engineering hat, I’ve added some additional information that I have recently learned. I did my best to make the connection between stress, diet, attitude, the cells in our body, yoga, meditation, and cancer. The article is based on my own battle with cancer, feedback from several oncologists, hematologists, and nutritionists from various countries and meeting other cancer patients ranging in age from 16 to 60. YES! 16 years old girl! Cancer these days has nothing to do with age. So, I hope you are not a moron like me and that at least a some of you will listen to the tips here and change your diet.

As a serial entrepreneur who recently beat cancer and been following the story of some other entrepreneurs including Steve Jobs who unfortunately lost his life to cancer, Amit Gupta who is currently battling Leukemia, and a few other close and young friends who also lost their life to various type of cancers including a very dear friend just last week, I found it necessary to blog about my case. I hope the story of my life saves the lives of others and that it is a wakeup call for all of you. Read more of this post

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Sponto To Awesomize The Events Around Washington DC

November 4, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a Comment

Sponto, the Washington DC based mobile party detection app that originally launched for college kids just launched their special edition Android app for DC week. The app allows regional tech community to experience DC week from anywhere in real time.

You and other participants will be able to form ad-hoc, spontaneous events simply by coming together with your phones in and around DC week events. Once detected, event participants can add their Facebook friends and post photos and descriptions to create a rich, real-time feed of everything that’s happening during DC week. Read more of this post

Filed under Apps Tagged with Android app, app, college students, colleges, detection app, Jamey Harvey, mobile app, mobile party detection app, party, party detection app, Sponto, university campus, Washington DC

One Reason Our Ass Is Jumbo In America Compare to The Europeans

November 1, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a Comment

I just took this video in Paddington station in London on my way back from Paris today. As an Iranian/American Citizen myself, I love all my fellow Americans back home – particularly those in Awesome Washington, DC where I currently work and live, but I just had to make this comment in the video. It’s for your own good Having lived and worked in various countries including Iran, Germany, Spain, France, England, Qatar, India, and our good old US of A, trust me on this! it’s not my ass talking. Read more of this post