This is part of an ongoing series of longer articles I am posting on Sundays. In this digital age, it is easy to overlook the critical element of physical security. Put simply, it is often far more efficient to steal or gain access to a physical object like a laptop or flash drive than to break into a computer system. And despite the sanitary and controlled environments many … [Read more...] about Physical Security for the Road Warrior
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How I Get 7 Hours of MacBook Pro Battery Life
Shortly before landing in San Francisco the other day, the MacBook Pro-using guy in the seat next to me leaned over and asked, "how did you manage to use your Mac all the way across the country? Is that some special battery you have?" For a minute, I was tempted to make something up, as in "yes, it's an experimental fuel cell that runs on bovine methane!" Or maybe claim that … [Read more...] about How I Get 7 Hours of MacBook Pro Battery Life
Out of the Office and Away From Home
This is part of an ongoing series of longer articles I will be posting every Sunday. Balancing work and life has never been easy, and this is especially true for the knowledge worker. It isn't an exaggeration to say that we keep our jobs in our heads at all times, and modern electronics like the BlackBerry and laptop tend to keep it at our fingers as well. When our jobs … [Read more...] about Out of the Office and Away From Home
My Carbon Footprint
Sitting in a jumbo jet five miles above the Sierra Nevada, I got to thinking. Now that I work at home and fly to work rather than drive to an office every day, has my carbon footprint increased or decreased? Let's lay down some facts for comparison: I rarely got on a plane for work until the last few years. At those jobs, I normally drove 30 miles per day. I now work … [Read more...] about My Carbon Footprint
The Road Warrior’s Laptop
This is part of an ongoing series of longer articles I will be posting every Sunday as part of an experiment in offering more in-depth content. For IT-centric workers, being productive from the road requires more than just exceptional personal skills: A killer laptop is needed to replace an entire office full of equipment. Let's consider what a modern digital nomad's laptop … [Read more...] about The Road Warrior’s Laptop