The Tech Layer

I'm in San Francisco for the next four weeks on a training gig!  I'm working at a 50-attorney firm that is upgrading from Office97 to 2003, from DocsOpen to DM5 and introducing InterAction. There will be lots to report. And just curious - has anyone clued this city in about Spring? It's here. Well, apparently not HERE as there was snow on the ground in the hills of Sausalito yesterday.

Preparing to be away from home this long can really wear on a  persons nerve. I had to arrange a house-sitter and a team of dog sitters, predict and prepare for disasters and of course pack. How do you pack for a four week trip? What do you take and what do you leave behind? Packing light is not an option. Seriously - could I live with one laptop? Do I ready the iPod or the Rio? Do I lug the DVD player? ack! I was going nuts trying to decide.

Enter the Tech Layer. The tech layer is that middle layer of your suitcase that you hope will survive the abuse of the underground airline gangs.  My tech layer consisted of: my date phone (a small and spare phone that I switch the SIM card into from my Treo for an evening), a Logitech camera, a mic, headphones, various cords, a  few Cd's and a portable wireless router for my hotel room.
I carried-on two laptops, an 80-gig pocket-size drive with all my files,  the RIO and the iPod, the Dell Axim and an assemblage of power adapters that attach to an iGo power adapter.

I'm ready for anything. The question is - is San Francisco ready for me?

Comments

[Rennie]

How did this project turn out?

[Bill Logan]

Spring? San Francisco (and much of California) doesn't have so-called "seasons" like many other places. Or at least not the seasons you might expect.

[Rennie Filler]

Who's the firm out in San Fran????