Thursday, March 30, 2006

Getting Ready for Travel Season

Spring is here!! If you don't believe me, check your yard for tulips and daffodils coming up through the ground, look for yellow forsithia blossoms, and, oh yes... look at the rising gas prices. If nothing else, today's gas prices should tell you that travel season is beginning. I am sure that the temperature is directly related to the price of gas.

Anyway, now that travel time is here, you need to think about including your high tech equipment in your plans. I recently read an interesting article called "The Well Connected Traveler" in PC Magazine that is available on the web. While the article is in depth and a bit of an overkill, there are some good things in it that might just help you out.

The article covers subjects like the best travel bags, best hotels with high speed connections, essential gear, using a cell phone abroad, digital cameras, checklists, and more. Check it out.

On a related topic, I also read an interesting article by Rafe Needleman about traveling with your laptop. Two years ago, he wrote an article about living without a laptop. In this article, he confesses that shortly after writing that article, he gave up and went back to lugging his laptop everywhere.

This article focuses on using a laptop on the road and staying connected to your own personal workspace in your home or office. There is some good information here that you might find useful. Enjoy your day.

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