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Published On: Jul 15, 2007 07:05 PM |
Sun - July 15, 2007OK it get ridiculous!As I am writing this, I actually have my
carry-on laptop BoomBag (In my case a 18 inch Rolling office, it could also be a
backpack or a 21 Inch Boom Bag, or a 20 inch Encore) connected to my laptop in
the living room/office of my hotel suite. The bag my clothes were in (24" Boom
Bag) is plugged into an Apple Airport express in the bedroom. I now have stereo
in the bedroom and living room of my suite, using the same two bags I would have
carried anyway. I would have brought the airport express anyway to have my own
wireless in the suite but this way I have wireless sound. I don't think many
people have heard this kind of sound in their hotel room, even rooms none of us
can afford. I'm sorry to brag, but that's ****ingcool.
Posted at 06:56 PM Read More Tue - November 21, 2006Hong Kong TradeshowI just finished a three day trip to
Hong Kong to attend a trade show. I don't know how you do this without a Boom
Bag to take the edge off when you arrive. I shot a real down and dirty short
video with my regular digital camera, check it
out!Boom Bag Blog 2.m4v
I wish I could have shot some film when the maid came to turn down the bed, he was blown away with the sound from my bag! Posted at 05:04 PM Read More Mon - October 30, 2006Dallas, another show and another neighbor buys a bag.Once again we played my ''Da Blooze"
playlist during set up. The guy setting up at the next booth over could not
believe the sound from my luggage. When I showed him all the clothes that were
packed in the bags he ordered one on the spot.
Posted at 04:32 PM Read More Wed - October 25, 2006A quick trip to Puerto RicoOne day at home after London and then
I was off to PR. Wow, there is no easy way to get there from San Francisco.
It was an all day trip and with plane delays, I was glad to finally arrive. A
little music to sooth the nerves and then off to dreamland. I showed a video at
my sales meeting and used the Boom Bag to provide the sound. If only it could
translate too. I shot some video in my room to show what life with the Boom Bag
is like. Check it out.
BB Blog Movie.m4v
Posted at 05:27 PM Read More Wed - October 18, 2006I love LondonEvery year we travel to London for a
big trade show at the Excel Convention ctr. This year, we really had a great
time. We set up two Boombags during set up and dazzled the Brits with tunes
from our luggage. We also had a party in our room at the hotel with about 10
exhibitors from the show. Several of them ending up ordering bags by the end of
the night, using the laptop in my room to go to our website. If you hear how
these bags sound in a hotel room, you've got to have one.
Posted at 04:21 PM Read More Wed - September 20, 2006Power Point Live!We were a hit this year at the Power
Point Live show. This is a chance to put the bags in front of one their most
ardent audiences. People who do presentations love these bags because they allow
them to carry their projector, laptop and sound system with microphone input in
a convenient carry on sized bag. The best testament is that first customer I had
at the show, was a professional that already had one bag and was buying another.
He really wanted our new backpack!
Posted at 03:50 PM Read More Thu - August 10, 2006The great Western road tripWow, it's a long way from California
to Mt. Rushmore. We visited Yellowstone for 5 days and then went on to see the
dead Presidents. At yellowstone, we had one rainy day while camping. I used my
battery pack from Radio Shack to power my bag and we watched a movie on my
laptop with Boom Bag sound, during a raging rainstorm. The tent stayed dry and
we had a great time. That night we went to bed listening to Harry Potter on the
bag, but fell asleep before I turned it off, so the battery was dead in the
morning. The next day we moved into the Old Faithful Inn. No TV but no
problem, we had tunes. We were also able to recharge the batteries for the next
day of camping at Rushmore. By the way, the KOA's of the world have WIFI so you
can surf in your tent, cool. We ended up entertaining a bunch of bikers with
tunes from our Boom Bag at the KOA. It turns out we were there at the same time
as the big Sturgis Bike week. Wild! We ended the trip with a few days in Vegas
after a couple of other stops along the way. Once again, the hotel room was
much more pleasant with tunes and the kids enjoyed listening to books on tape at
night.
Posted at 03:52 PM Read More Tue - April 25, 2006New York, New York, it's a hellava town!I think this is year 20 for this show.
We rocked the set up with a great play list my graphic department put together.
Two other exhibitors ended up ordering bags after set up near us. Back at the
hotel, we had a party in our room and watched Team America. What a hoot. We
put the video out from my laptop into the hotel 27" TV, and had great sound from
the Boom Bags. My Team America had a great time and now every dinner is filled
with lines from the movie. "Do you have any idea how F******* busy I
am!"
Posted at 03:48 PM Read More Tue - January 10, 2006Relaxing in China on a three day trip?A three day business trip, all the way
to China. After 12 hours in the air and another couple of hours in transit on
the ground, I got to my Shenzhen hotel. I immediately called down to the health
center to ask for a massage. Those airline seats are a killer. The therapist
came to my room and spent the first couple of minutes walking around my luggage,
marveling at the sound. I don't know exactly what she was saying but her thumbs
up at the end said, 'this is cool' to me. I didn't miss the couple of minutes
either, it was a 2 hour massage that cost about $25 with tip. Having a little
Sade on in the background helped to melt the days hardship away and made my
massage much more relaxing. The therapist loved it too. I woke up the next day
ready to take on my business meetings, refreshed.
Posted at 02:47 PM Read More Mon - October 31, 2005Italy with the family! I spent 3 weeks in Italy, Paris and
London with my family. We had two Boom Bags along. It was great when we had a
suite or two rooms because the kids could listen to books on tape to go to bed
and my wife and I had music in our room. In Italy, there was no TV in most of
our rooms, or if there was one, it was in Italian. We watched movies on my
laptop with the Boom Bag providing sound. The kids listened to an audio tape on
the Louve before our visit there, and it really helped them understand what they
were seeing.
Posted at 02:54 PM Read More Fri - March 11, 2005Chicago and the Blues!Just back from a beauty trade show in
Chicago. We had four bags wired in stereo for set up at the Rosemont Convention
Center. We held our own with our all Chicago Blues playlist for set up, even
though there were lots of stages with full sound systems jamming throughout the
hall. In our booth, all you could hear was the blues! By the way, if you ever
get a chance to hear Chico Banks in Chicago, do it. This guy is the most
amazing blues guitar player I've ever seen! Next stop, the Travel Goods
Association show in Orlando Florida. We won't have to compete with other sound
there, because there is no other stereo luggage!
Posted at 03:58 PM Mon - February 28, 2005Airport Security (a.k.a. TSA)I just saw the new issue of
MacAddict.
We got a mention in it and I am
grateful. I was sorry however that they decided to make the lead line something
about attracting the attention of security at the airport. I know a lot of
people worry about that, and we did too when we designed the bags. We made it so
you can easily unzip the lining and see the system. We even made the back of
the system with Plexiglas so you can see the wiring. Guess what, I have
carried one of these bags on well over 100 flights and so far TSA has yet to
want to even examine the system. My staff has had them on probably 100 more
flights. The bags go through security like any other bag and to the TSA
screener, it just looks like you have travel speakers in your bag. The only
comments I've gotten from security about the bags carrying them on over 100
flights all over the USA, Asia, Europe and Australia was "where can I get one of
those bags" or something to that effect. Based on my experience, security has
no problem at all with these bags! In fact I recently got 'sniffed' in security
(you know they wipe your bag with a pad and run an explosive test on it). The
first test read positive so they started to wipe every zipper and go through
every pocket but each subsequent test came up negative. Finally, the screener
had all my stuff out of the main compartment of the rolling office bag, so I
said to her, they she could open the lining zipper and see the stereo if she
wanted. She looked at me and said 'nah' and started putting my stuff back in
the bag. Go figure. Again, I would say that you should find no difference in
your treatment in security when you travel with a Boom Bag.
Posted at 03:57 PM Mon - February 7, 2005Long Beach and another trade showJust back from Long Beach and another
trade show. I used the new set up we used for Mac World this trip and I must
say the bags sound really great. What we did was use a typical 1/8" headphone
to right and left RCA cable. Then we got two female RCA to 1/8" mono cables to
attach to that. This splits the headphone out of your iPod or laptop to stereo
right and left and then your can take one channel to each bag. The result is
great stereo separation with the rolling office on one side of your room and the
suiter on the other. Awesome sound.
Posted at 03:52 PM Tue - January 25, 2005A couple of misconceptions we ought to clear up!Sent out our first press release and
the phones been ringing off the hook. We got a ton of press. I have noticed a
couple of misconceptions we ought to clear up right away. 1. Although we
placed the Rolling Office on a conference table to photograph it for that use,
you don't need to have the bag on the table in a real conference situation. Of
course you would put it under the table. We were just trying to photograph it,
hello! 2. You can't roll through airports listening to hip hop on your boom
bag, it has to be plugged in. These are really meant to give you great sound
in your hotel room, we even put a caution to respect your hotel neighbors in
the owners manual. A lot of people who have never used one, assumed people
would be rolling along subjecting others to their music. They have missed the
point. Quite simply, Boom Bags are a replacement for travel speakers. They
sound way better than travel speakers, even some that cost as much as the bags,
and they are great luggage too. The sound system really does not impact the
packing space. So, you are getting great luggage, with the bonus of having your
travel speakers built
in!
Other than that, the press has been great! Thank you to all who have covered Boom Bags in the press. We need your help to put the word out. This is the future of travel in my mind. I think the idea of being able to make everywhere you go feel a little more like home, is huge. Having traveled for two years with one or another of the early prototype bags, I can tell you that the idea of traveling with silent luggage is about a horrible as the idea of sitting in a hotel room with headphones on. Posted at 03:48 PM Fri - January 14, 2005MacWorld 2005Well, after over 2 years in
development and testing, we finally formally launched Boom Bags at the
MacWorld
show in SF. Wow, we got nothing but positive comments from folks at the show.
Quite a few thought we should have won best of show, but of course, we didn't
send in the paperwork to be considered. (gotta work on reading those show
manuals) We sold quite a few bags at the show so now were off and
running.
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