David lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Gelf Magazine. He also freelances for several magazines including Wired and Business 2.0. He's always on the lookout for new ideas about how to make life at work more efficient, more productive, and more fun. Please feel free to send...
Back in April, the TSA decided they had had enough of the holdups and complications caused by their requirement that every laptop-carrying passenger remove his or her computer to go through the airport security checkpoints. So, strangely, they did some rather progressive! They sent out a list of standards to...
If you're considering replacing your bulky laptop with a smaller one, or simply want another, tiny notebook to take on short business trips, you're probably confused by onslaught of new ultraportables making their way into the market. Yes, you've probably heard about the expensive ones: the impossibly thin Macbook...
I recently bought an iPowerPro adapter to charge my laptop on a long plane ride to Asia. I even checked with seatguru.com to make sure my seat had access to the juice, but when I got on the plane, an outlet was nowhere to be found. I was stuck rereading...
Laptops and liquids dont mix well. Ive lost one to a Diet Dr. Pepper and have seen another fried due to a harried late-night combination of Google and Heineken. The two seem to be brought together in the most inopportune places—conference rooms and airplane...
One of the biggest bummers of traveling with a laptop is trying to use the built-in trackpad and nub to navigate. Apart from my general difficulty dealing with the cramped design, I always end up inadvertently hitting the pad with my thumb while typing, thus moving the cursor...
Your cellphone knows where you are at all times, so why shouldn't your computer? That's the thinking behind the new FireFox plugin Geode, which uses nearby wifi signals to figure out exactly where you're located when you're on the go. Once you get past the security worries, it's really useful...
The other day, we told you about a way to wirelessly connect your laptop to an external monitor. Now, you can wirelessly dock your laptop into all of your peripherals via Kensington's Wireless USB Universal Docking Station. It's not exactly as universal as it says it is--you'll need a newer,...
Now that I finally own a real Timbuk2 messenger bag (and not the knock-off I bought in a Wal-Mart a few years back), I can say that it is one of the most durable, useful, and, well, cool, things that I own. But I'm kicking myself for buying...