Lisa said...

I've got a cool product - yep, yep, yep! :)Probably not what you're looking for, though. It's definitely cool, though.

Feb 20, 2007 4:38:00 PM

Colleen said...

I want PostieCon details :-)

Feb 20, 2007 5:23:00 PM

Retta said...

What Colleen said!

Feb 20, 2007 7:14:00 PM

kat said...

I really need more details to be able to justify spending money on this. I know I live right in Florida, but this is still going to be a huge chunk of change out of this single moms wallets.I need specifics, not just where it's going to be held. I need an itinerary.Grassy ass.

Feb 20, 2007 11:20:00 PM

akeatpayperpost said...

I promise details are coming very, very soon! It's gonna be mucho fun!<> Ashley E

Feb 20, 2007 11:39:00 PM

smartapostle said...

What do you guys think about this idea?Atlanta, GA (PRWeb) February 5, 2007 -- Mamtha was an unassuming new bride when she moved to the USA. Although Mamtha A (short for Anantharaman) was marrying a software programmer, she had no aspirations to become an Internet entrepreneur and innovator. Launching an edgy Web 2.0 web application called AtlantaBestBargains.com was the farthest thing from her mind when she first arrived in the United States from India. She would probably have lived the life of a dutiful wife like so many traditional women from her country if the adage "necessity is the mother of invention" didn't still ring so true. The necessity she sees is the need for people in Atlanta to be able to obtain quality services from competent service providers and professionals. Mamtha was frustrated in her search for a reliable contractor to fix her leaky roof. Her calls for quotes often went unanswered, and therefore, she found the process demoralizing. ADVERTISEMENT Then, it occurred to her that if www.ebay.com can match buyers and sellers together efficiently for items, why couldn't she do the same thing for services in Atlanta? Mamtha and her husband's brain child www.iGanit.com (ganit is an Indian word for "calculate") was born by launching www.AtlantaBestBargains.com as a Web 2.0 marketplace for the city. Web 2.0 is the evolution of the Internet as a platform for software applications beyond the traditional website or blog. Web 2.0 could be best described as the next generation of websites that are moving beyond static content towards providing rich interactive and social networking features. Myspace.com, YouTube.com, and Digg.com are examples of popular Web 2.0 websites which enable their users to network and share content, music, videos and opinions. The importance of Web 2.0 applications can be illustrated in the buyout of these popular web destinations by major corporations. It is common knowledge that News Corp shelled out 580 million dollars for MySpace.com and Google invested 1.65 billion in acquiring YouTube.com. These sites or web applications have become almost as popular as search engines, the mainstays of Web 1.0. But the ramifications of all of this would have been lost on Mamtha when she first arrived here. Mrs. A, as she affectionately refers to herself, left the beautiful city of Bangalore with little more than great hopes and expectations about the US as the land of opportunity. Mamtha has very fond memories of her homeland but is happy about her decision to move here. Initially, she was a bit bored with her new life and began looking for work in Atlanta. Eventually, she found employment, but her next challenge was to learn to drive. In India, people, women in particular either find a bus or an auto rickshaw if they want to go somewhere, but here in Atlanta, this is not an option.Ms. Anantharaman subsequently learned to drive because she needed to drive herself to her work place. It was so liberating, although she does admit that, initially, driving on I-285 was daunting. These are just some of the small victories she had in her new homeland.Despite the sense of freedom driving gave her, Ms. Anantharaman tired of Atlanta's rueful daily commute. So Mamtha stayed at home and tried to find jobs that she could perform from home to avoid commuting daily. Finding gainful home-based employment is challenging at best. She tried working for companies by coordinating with people from other countries and ended up working early in the morning, late in the night, and in between as well. Above all, she was always exhausted and restless. Mamtha reflects "the inner joy of doing a job and earning your own money was missing." Mamtha sees AtlantaBestBargains.com as a double win for her to work from home. She feels AtlantaBestBargains.com and iGanit.com will enable her "to do something on her own as an entrepreneur and also make a difference in people's lives." She especially sees it helping small business owners who offer great service at low cost. Ms. Anantharaman opines that "the big companies often win people's business with their huge brand name and then subcontract the work to someone else at a fraction of the price they charge their customers." In contrast, AtlantaBestBargains.com will enable people in the city to buy and sell services safely and securely. Her site features a rating system for service providers so buyers can feel secure knowing they are acquiring services from a reputable company or individual with a track record on their system. These types of rating systems tend to discourage fraud on Web 2.0 services or older sites like eBay. While AtlantaBestBargains.com will lend itself to the selling of some products like cars, real estate, collectibles, used merchandise, and even employment listings, its primary focus will be on facilitating the service marketplace. Moreover, http://www.iGanit.com and http://www.AtlantaBestBargains.com will be one of the first service marketplaces to allow users to upload video promotions by service professions. It is inevitable that video content would emerge on the web beyond just entertainment and geared towards business promotion, and in this regard, Mamtha Anantharaman is giving Atlanta a vision of Web 2.0 to come.###

Mar 4, 2007 7:13:00 PM