With a crazy schedule, I find there are lots of details I fail to pay enough attention to while traveling. I have found that my camera phone is a great tool to quickly capture the information that I would otherwise ignore and regret later. He

Trave Hack: Fax your boarding pass to your hotel

Sep 6th, 2007

It's great to print your boarding pass at home or the office before heading to the airport on a trip. Depending on the airport it can save half an hour or more...particularly when you are flying on an airline that doesn't have a strong presens

Travel Hack: Check in when you land

Sep 4th, 2007

While I'm not sure if my travel patterns are typical or not, when I am traveling domestically, I usually only spend one or two days in each city. Typically, I am travelling for a single meeting, make my plans and fill in other meetings opportu

Travel Hacks

Sep 3rd, 2007

As we travel, we pick up a few tricks that aren't obvious but are really useful. Since it is a short week, I thought I would cover a couple of these that makes things eaisier on me. Have a great labor day. The first one should be out when yo

Productive Packing: Pack Your Keys

Aug 29th, 2007

Usually landing in your home airport, no matter how rough the trip and how late at night, is a great feeling. A few years back, however, I had a horrible experience that led to a new travel habit. I had a nightmare trip...5 cities in 3 days w

Productive Packing: Packing Cubes

Aug 27th, 2007

I travel quite a bit internationally. I make it a rule not to check my bags, so the packing logistics get pretty complex to fit enough clothes for a week long trip into a bag that meets the size requirements for a carry on. One of the absolut

Productive Packing: Travel Disaster Recovery Plan

Aug 23rd, 2007

Having built and run a number of data centers and Software as a Service based applications, one of the most vexing (and thus overlooked or ignored) problems is the disaster recovery plan. What do you do if the building housing your servers (or

Productive Packing: Working Out While Packing Light

Aug 21st, 2007

I try to workout at least three to four times a week. Given that I spend nearly 100% of my time on the road, that becomes quite challenging. Specifically, I like to travel light. I never check my bags and I try to take the smallest sized car

Application Review: Jott

Aug 20th, 2007

Today's screencast is Jott, a cool utility that allows you to call a number, leave a message, and have it transcribed to text and delivered to an email address, phone (as text message), or distribution list. In addition to the...

Productive Packing

Aug 20th, 2007

Feedback on the last tips and tricks series around task list challenges received an overwhelming positive response. We wanted to follow up with a shorter series on packing related tips. With all the airline schedule disruptions these days, tr

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