I just wanted to take a minute to talk Adobe AIR.  “Adobe® AIR™ lets developers use their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash and Flex to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.”  Adobe AIR is still new but quickly becoming adopted by many big name companies.

This really gets my creative juices flowing when I think about the possibilities.  Here are two of my favorites that I’m really digging.

Google Analytics Reporting Suite, yes they are currently working directly with Google.

The second one from Ribbit, Silicon Valley’s first phone company.  They came out with an AIR iPhone desktop app using their phone service.

Some of you might be using Google Trends, if not it allows you to track and compare what Google users are searching for.  Google has gone one step further for us eCommerce junkies and introduced Google Checkout Trends.  This is very similar in that it gives you insight into what people are buying and selling online.  This data is directly aggregated from Google Checkout merchants.  So if your interested in comparing sales of Fluke Multimeters or Flir Infracam Thermal Imaging Cameras or just wondering how popular an item is, Google Checkout Trends will give you that.