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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

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Upcoming Social Media and Technology Events for the Summer

June 23, 2010 by Kamran Abdi 5 Comments

Those of you in Social Media or Technology space, here is the list of related global events for the summer you might be interested in attending including a few of them in Washington, D.C.:

June 21-23, 2010, Denver, CO: Hosted by WebmasterRadio.FM, AffCon 2010 is a conference series designed specifically to meet the needs of affiliate marketers. As such, admission is FREE for all working affiliates to attend! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with the brightest business people in the affiliate marketing industry. Pulling together an amazing lineup of session panelists and speakers (including super affiliates), AffCon 2010 – Denver also features an exhibit hall, general and targeted skills sessions, networking and WebmasterRadio.FM’s epic AffiliateBash. Get registered today! Read more of this post

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Awesome Washingtonians and Americans Compared to the rest of the World

June 19, 2010 by Elias Shams 8 Comments

Although racism is still an issue in our country and in our nation’s capital, when was the last time you witnessed things like what you are about to see in the video below in DC or the rest of our country?

Having lived and worked in the EU including London, Bonn, Paris, and Madrid from 2002 through mid 2006, grew up in Shiraz and Tehran, visited many Middle Eastern and Asian countries, I can absolutely confirm the story in this video. I not only experienced this firsthand within their sports community and infamous hooligans, but everywhere including intellectuals, company executives, and the educational community.

As a naturalized US citizen who got off the boat from Iran back in mid 80′s and prior to my temporary move to Europe in 2002, I thought that we in America were racist. Boy, what the hell was I thinking? I agree there are still some pockets of racism in our country, but it is mostly among the undereducated community,. which is quite usual for any country and culture. Read more of this post

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How Am I Supposed To Pickup Chicks With iPad In DC Coffee Shops?

February 10, 2010 by Elias Shams 24 Comments

by Elias Shams
The days of buying my Washington Post newspaper, heading to Tryst or another local coffee shop and slowly starting to flirt with the ladies next to me is all O.V.E.R. Thanks to Steve Jobs and his new toys, iPhone and iPad.

The ladies these days are so engaged with their iPhones, and iPads soon – touching the screen, playing games, surfing the web, checking out pictures, that no chance in hell they find me more interesting than what they will see and read on their iPad screen. I have to come up with a new approach now. Crap! All that years of flirting techniques using the Newspaper as a tool is over.

Yup! It looks like the old business model of the Newspapers is toast. We all know it. It’s just that some can’t quite cope with the change yet, myself included. You see it daily at most newspapers–where classified, real estate and auto advertising has been sucked in to the black hole of the Internet. In response, massive cost cutting and layoffs have created print publications that are shells of their former selves. Read more…

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