Stepping out of the Newsroom and flying to Washington DC was not on my To Do list but somehow it manifested itself in the form of a Social Media - Reporting Tour, about a week ago. This was to be my first real experience overseas and the first time I was to fly to ...

30 journalists from all over the world were at the Diplomatic Reception Room of the US Department of State in Washington DC. We were on a reporting tour and the topic was Social Media. We had just met the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and were still highly excited about the meeting. This time we ...

The Diplomatic Reception Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. was a cozy little place. Over 30 of us – on a reporting tour on Social Media were chattering away on various topics and we had much to discuss. We just met Alec Ross, the Senior Adviser for Innovation in the Office ...

So here I am in Jaffna... For the first time in my life! I got really ill, two days before the scheduled trip and couldn't even go to work for almost two days. Lucky for me I got well just in time and today is our second day in Jaffna town. I have loads ...

Exactly... ...And everyone has their own opinion. From those who would do just about anything anything under the sun to get in there to catch a glimpse - to those who couldn't care less or worse, hates the fact that The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is being hosted here in Sri Lanka. After ...

Facebook has made another fantastic launch! early morning on Wednesday (19th May 2010) – Sri Lanka time, Facebook announced the launch of 0.Facebook.com – an imageless version of the standard m.facebook.com site for their mobile users. And what’s most fantastic about this new site is that, those of us who login to Facebook through mobile ...

Photo Credit: funnypicturesofbabies.com Yeah Yeah... I know I haven't updated this blog in a really REALLY long time! Well the big excuse I have is that I started a more of an "official" blog, on WordPress, which talks about Social Media and its relevance to Srilankans and the Srilankan business community. I've been ...

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, Facebook or G+ would already know how l have been anticipating the arrival of my new Galaxy Note 2, that was promised by Loops. Then last Month I finally got it! Walking into office after a meeting, my boss walked over to my table and casually placed a small parcel on it. ...

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, Facebook or G+ would already know how l have been anticipating the arrival of my new Galaxy Note 2, that was promised by Loops. Then last Month I finally got it! Walking into office after a meeting, my boss walked over to my table and casually placed a small parcel on it. ...

Photo Credit: funnypicturesofbabies.comYeah Yeah... I know I haven't updated this blog in a really REALLY long time! Well the big excuse I have is that I started a more of an "official" blog, on WordPress, which talks about Social Media and its relevance to Srilankans and the Srilankan business community. I've been concentrating on that since the beginning of the ...

Most parts of Srilanka.. if not all of Srilanka had a power failure this evening.. I just logged into Twitter as soon as it happened and realized that my timeline was flooded with #powercut tweets. We all had our theories as to why there was a power cut or a failure and soon the news came that : "Power failure ...

This girl has been the laughing stock of Srilanka for the past couple of days, thanks to the YouTube video that's being circulated on Facebook and what not. So here's what I think but this is just my opinion so just read it and toss it over yr shoulder :)The video is hilarious! Me and my colleagues laughed till we ...

So, what's keeping me busy?? WORK!! But that doesn't mean it's boring. Far from it actually...Since I've embraced the web division at my work place with open arms and turned my back against the news division... lol okay, news was interesting but web feels like.. this-is-where-I-should've-been-all-my-life! and I totally look forward to coming to work every day.So what do I ...