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)
If your portable office includes that motorcyle then I’m in.. Sounds like you have a pretty sweet setup, nice blog.
Excellent content here and a nice writing style too – keep up the great work!