I’m on a bus traveling down to the airport to catch a plane home. \u00a0I have a lot on my mind about the trip, and to distract myself, I’ve been working.<\/p>\n
I often joke my office is my purse. \u00a0 Okay, that’s not really a joke. \u00a0 I’ve been reading a book to get ideas for a course I’m developing, checking my email (the bus has wi-fi) and generally just doing a lot of the things I ordinarily do as part of my morning’s work.<\/p>\n
I’d gotten a netbook with an eye to the fact I travel a few times a year and wanted something not too expensive and easily portable. So far, I’m liking travelling with a netbook. \u00a0The good battery and the compact machine make it nice for crowded travel. \u00a0The fact that it’s light to carry and fits in a purse doesn’t hurt, either.<\/p>\n
I think my next “big” computer is going to be a desktop I’ll sync with my netbook. \u00a0The desktop will deliver lots of computing power cheap, for when I need that. \u00a0Then I can do 90% of my work on my portable machine. \u00a0 As a writer whose work is often web-based, I just don’t need the computing power you’d require for video editing or high-end gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m on a bus traveling down to the airport to catch a plane home. \u00a0I have a lot on my mind about the trip, and to distract myself, I’ve been working. I often joke my office is my purse. \u00a0 Okay, that’s not really a joke. \u00a0 I’ve been reading a book to get ideas … <\/p>\n