tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297Fri, 30 May 2008 02:32:01 +0000http://www.boomtrends.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rob)Blogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-4932897034827206766Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:38:00 +00002007-01-08T00:26:03.446-08:00It's been a little over a month since you last heard from the Boomtrends crew and many people have asked what happened to us. Well...a lot has happened. Warren and I have both been in the process of career changes from the consulting business to the software business. Warren joined a large software firm and I have joined a startup, both in the valley. Between interviews, existing jobs, side http://www.boomtrends.com/2007/01/intermission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-892283975201486439Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:28:00 +00002006-11-29T01:04:24.035-08:00Jabbersocial networkingJajahGoogle TalkLive MessengerAIMLooptEQODodgeballTrilllianVoIPSkypeI like to be "connected". I sleep with my mobile and my laptop on my nightstand. But when I leave my computer, I must rely on my mobile to stay in touch. I have no problem keeping up with my RSS feeds, stocks, news and email (yes Google owns me...) but IM has always been a challenge. The built in IM client on my phone supports AIM, ICQ and Yahoo! and it also sucks. However this leaves Jabber (http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/eqo-crack-for-im-addicts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-3930531223128656704Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:40:00 +00002006-11-28T01:37:41.888-08:00social networkingorbiPodPhlingI do not own an iPod. I've been very tempted to get one, but I really don't need another gadget to carry around. I do have a mobile phone that has a microSD slot so I can bring 2gb of music with me, however my phone has a USB 1.1 connection which makes data transfers painfully slow. And besides, 2gb is just a tease, I want to have my whole damn music collection with me, all the time! I was http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/phling-putting-your-ipod-in-your-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-5338207860102787815Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:37:00 +00002006-11-25T18:40:38.327-08:00givingprosper.comkivacharityprosperlendingmicrofinanceholidayskiva.org and use Kiva.org, a site that facilitates P2P microfinancing AKA adopting a developing world business . It works like the sponsor a child programs that we see infomercials for, however by giving to these loans you are practicing my friend Jammy's motto: "You buy a man a burger he eats for a day; you find that man a job he eats for a while." When you have selected the business to donate to, you http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/kivaorg-skip-red-buckets-outside-target.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (warren)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-7845958221359381411Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:20:00 +00002006-11-21T22:13:18.326-08:00WesabemoneySocialpicksspendingsavingWhich do you consider more personal: What you did last weekend or what your money did last weekend? There are no shortage of places to find out what happened in my social life last weekend. Hit up the social networks and you can see my dirt. Now there's a financial planning social network called Wesabe which makes some of your spending habits more public. When I first discovered this site last http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/wesabe-social-financial-management-does.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-7836801516836093043Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:19:00 +00002006-11-21T22:15:24.919-08:00SamsungBlackjackSymbianMicrosoftCingularAs an unstaffed consultant, there are certain freedoms such as late morning Friday jogs around the Marina. After oogling at pictures and tech specs of the Samsung Blackjack for the past week, I was ready to get my hands on it! I planned my jog to pass the Cingular store. I really didn't expect to get my hands on the thing but they had just put the Blackjack on display. Lucky me. I've been in thehttp://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/samsung-blackjack-hardware-go-microsoft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-6004971934305126182Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:04:00 +00002006-11-21T22:23:19.664-08:00NewarkNew YorkJFKhitchsters.comtaxiairportLaGuardiahitchhike The days of free love and hippies are gone and it's nearly impossible to get picked up by sticking out the trusty ol' thumb anymore. However, if you are a free lovin' hippie missing the good ol' days or a n00b like me, the newly launched Hitchsters.com has brought hitching to the 21st century, using the trusty cellphone and the good ol' net. The concept is simple, go to their site, enter your http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/hitchsterscom-to-jfk-or-bust.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (warren)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-2222899029764026869Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:20:00 +00002006-11-21T22:20:01.128-08:00orbstartpagesoonryourminis.com If Orb 1.0 was Frankenstein, Orb 2.0 is definitely related but prettier and more useful. For the mass-sumer, you may still want to wait for 3.0. As a traveling consultant, I've been using Orb for months to remotely access TV shows, mp3s and photos on my home PC. Think of it as a Slingbox for all digital media on your PC and it works as advertised when accessed from another PC. Orb 1.0 mobile http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/orb-20-half-baked-bride-of-frankenstein.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-7311801095660565233Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:12:00 +00002006-11-21T22:24:42.482-08:00social networkingwinkRSSfriendsterfacebookSpokeomyspace I'm amazed how much time some people I know put into browsing the latest social networks. But when school ends and work begins, priorities change. Young working people are BUSY. We need tools to streamline our online activities so we are not aimlessly bouncing from one myspace profile to the next. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> I'll be honest...I signed up for myspace http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/spokeocom-rss-meets-social-networks_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-8237166026687710642Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:57:00 +00002006-11-21T22:26:36.482-08:00Photosynthphoto sharing Back in the day rich people used to get pictures painted of themselves and their family. Then came photography and that put a lot of painters out of business. Until relatively recently the photo album didn't change much. When people wanted to show off their vacation photos, friends were invited to endure endless hours of slide shows and sticky vinyl pages of photo albums. From now on I will http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/microsoft-photosynth-tech-preview-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-61618346033776128Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:55:00 +00002006-11-21T22:27:47.039-08:00web 2.0like.comshoppingsearchriya.com Like.com has to be the beginnings of the perfect tool for the Veruca Salt of shoppers. I had to do some research this morning using defacto standard search and I found "about 344,000" results returned. While these results would be great if I could get some click monkeys to take some time to look at actual search results, it is not the case. Like helps narrow down the search for someone with http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/likecom-i-want-it-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-7578198078075772099Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:29:00 +00002006-11-21T22:28:35.305-08:00web 2.0startpagegoowy.comflashyourminis.com The AJAX start page is old news....pageflakes, netvibes, Google IG, live.com....it's been done. Yourminis.com is the first Flash startpage I've run across and it's really cool...but I'll never use it (edit: In the current form). Yourminis.com (from the Goowy.com team) takes fractionally longer to load in my completely nonscientific method of looking at the counter in Winamp. Once loaded the http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/yourminis-adds-some-flash-to-your-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347093331791397297.post-3494446162026066240Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:56:00 +00002007-10-03T22:13:07.923-07:00Virtual Earth 3DGoogle Earthlive.comMicrosoft For my first post I broke my own rules. I woke up today to the news that Microsoft unleashed the me too of 3D mapping software. I was impressed with the bird's eyeview of Virtual Earth, so I was curious to see how things would go over. My initial plan for this site was to not invest more than a couple minutes into any product review, since that is how first impressions are formed. I navigated http://www.boomtrends.com/2006/11/microsoft-virtual-earth-3d-not-so-much.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob)