A Technology Moment: Blogging from 34118 ft above sea level

June 7, 2009 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Shashi Bellamkonda live from Virgin America flight at 34118 ftI am sitting on the Virgin America flight 67 enroute to San Francisco as I am writing this post. I am thrilled  and you may have heard the good news? Network Solutions won the 2009 Golden Quill Award from IABC for Voice of the Customer along with our agency CRT-Tanaka. I will be attending the IABC World Conference in San Francisco from 7th to 10th June and receiving the award . Now as I am connected to the internet at this high altitude I already finished a presentation that I am giving along with the Social media lawyer Raj Malik at the Cool Twitter Conference in Washington DC on 11th June.
Live from Virgin America Flight 67 IAD to SFO

This is another technology milestone in my life.  I tweeted this in excitement : My last tweet was a shining moment for me. Using the internet from 30000 ft on @virginamerica. The other technology moments I can remember are : ( I may be revealing my age)

  • 1st Valve Radio in my house 60’s
  • 1st Transistor radio in my house 70’s
  • 1st  first TV ( black and white) 70’s
  • First phone 70’s
  • First international call 70’s to BBC – Bush House London
  • First mobile phone call from a device as big as a briefcase – Sweden 1987
  • First time on the internet – Sprynet 1995
  • First website http://www.bombaybistro.com 1998-99
  • Broadband 2003
  • Big screen TV 2009

I have been waving virtually to friends who live in cities  I am passing by  and am very thrilled with this experience. Here are some pictures that I uploaded on this flight http://cli.gs/AEeWrg . What was your technology ‘wow” moment.
Google Maps live shot from Virgin America Flight DC to San Francisco

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  • Shashi, Congratulations on the Gold Quill. Well deserved! What you've done in the past 18 months is remarkable.
  • Reading a blog post written and posted on an airplane - 2009
  • Congrats Shashi - great news on the award and love the method of delivering the news. I'm writing this on a Virgin America flight from Boston to Los Angeles - my only hangup is where to update my location in Brightkite ;) I'm equally impressed.
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