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My portable office

While packing for a recent business trip, it occurred to me that a post inventorying my favorite tech tools for daily life and work is long overdue. While I have extolled the virtues of the MacBook Air, a litany of other items round out my portable toolbox which may useful to others who use and enjoy a similar workflow in life and business.

As a fair amount of my business is conducted on the move, and especially given that my local transportation is usually via motorcycle, having a compact and ultra-portable office is highly important. Establishing a tool flow which is lightweight both physically and logically allows me to work in a manner which is both fun and efficient. To date, the following are my favorite hardware and software tools of the trade:

Hardware and accessories

• MacBook Air
• Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard – great for giving presentations when the laptop is connected to a projector
• Apple Magic Mouse
• Targus Bluetooth presenter for Mac
• Tumi Alpha laptop sleeve
• iPhone 3GS
• Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth headset (for phone conversations)
• LG HBS-250 Bluetooth stereo headset (primarily for listening to media, though functional for quick phone conversations)
• Satechi rechargeable battery extender pack
• Freedom Universal Bluetooth keyboard – great companion for the now-external-keyboard-friendly iOS 4.0
• Mini USB hub for travel charging
• Zip-linq cables for compactly connecting to various USB devices
• Tumi backpacks for their stylish, practically designed, and rugged products to tote around all of the above, especially via motorcycle
• Dual-usb cigarette-lighter-adapter (CLA) for charging USB devices while driving
• OWC external hard drive (320 GB, USB 2.0 bus-powered)

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