Please list five remarkable (unique, indelible, market creating,
word-of-mouth spreading) products that you and/or a co-worker use today
that did not exist (or you did not use) one year ago.

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 31 May 2004 11:31 PDT

CQLMark --

I can give you 5 examples of products, though not every one is "market
creating" inasmuch as at least one is a consumable.  Note that ALL
have existed more than a year; for some it's a new application while
for others I (and co-workers) early adopters.

Does this fit your needs?

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by cqlmark-ga on 31 May 2004 12:44 PDT

Omnivorous-GA

Yes - for now that fits.  I may ask for expansion in a future question.

Mark

Mark --

Here goes.  I thought of a couple of new ones since I wrote the
original note so you're going to get more than 5:

*  Linksys 802.11g wireless router.  Enables communications with all
of the PCs in the office, including portables.
*  AOL Instant Messaging has existed for a while.  My daughter (a high
school student) has been an active user for years.  Last July a
financial editor with whom I work started to use it to coordinate the
work of its freelance people.
*  Microsoft Wireless keyboard and mouse.  This is 27MHz technology
that we're using with a USB connection.  It's called "Microsoft
Wireless Optical Desktop Elite" and uses an optical mouse (which is a
substantial improvement over a mechanical mouse):
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=016
*  Online banking.  We've been late adopters, as Bank of America for
years charged a fee for a service that was actually SAVING them money.
 Now it's free; now we use it.
*  SMS text messaging to cellphones.  Easy way to reach our daughter. 
We've had cellphones for years but only got text messaging about a
year ago.
*  MLB Extra Innings: the out-of-market broadcasts for baseball teams
available on cable and satellite TV networks.  Finally got it to watch
the Cleveland Indians from Seattle.
*  RainX is a cleaner for car windshields.  It has a fine-grade pumice
to cut through grease and oils that can accumulate on the glass and
cause streaking when windshield wipers are used.  The new application:
I tried it on soap film on the glass doors of the shower and it works
wonderfully.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Not exactly what I was looking for but it was exactly what I asked
for.  This was my first time so the lesson is worthwhile.  I will use
the service agian for sure.