A personal look at our mobile lifestyle and pursuit of freedom, wealth and happiness
From the monthly archives:
It was a really warm day in Long Beach, CA (in the 90′s) – thought we left TX?!
We went out to look at a 72′ DeFever boat for sale with David’s dad and the agent. Check out the video tour below.
This is the largest boat we have considered using for family boating trips in the Pacific Northwest. It was a bank repo at a good discount.
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We spent the night in Monterey on our drive down to southern CA from the Bay Area. The next day, we had lunch (scones and tea) at The Tuck Box (Amber had been there one time before with her friends, but it’s David’s first visit).
Afterward, we walked around Carmel, drove the famous 17-Mile Drive and enjoyed the beautiful coastal scenery before heading down to southern CA. We made good time and arrived in Long Beach around 10:30pm.
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We visited our friend DJ’s manufacturing facility in Santa Clara. He gave us a tour of all the cool machinery he uses in his business (contract manufacturing).
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David and I just created a slide show of our photos from the summer boating trip, with audio commentary. Enjoy!
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Here are some tips and suggestions we have for a productive mobile office.
Internet Access
You really can’t beat the deal at Boingo.com ($10/mo. for unlimited wi-fi access over their large network including all Starbucks, McDonalds, lots of airports and hotels, etc.) I’ve looked at the cellular wifi deals and they’re at least 3x more expensive and want to lock you into a 2-year contract.
Of course, David has a Blackberry so he can read emails pretty much anywhere with cell phone reception and email or text out for emergencies. Tempted to try the iPhone but don’t want to pay for the outrageously expensive phone plans.
Go Paperless!
We just recently got this neat little piece of equipment called ScanSnap (S300) manufactured by Fujitsu. I don’t normally like “uni-taskers” but in this case I was wrong. It is lightweight and does the job really well – scans multiple pages fast and both sides at the same time. Fits easily into a computer bag and has USB power cable as well as data cable so you can go entirely off USB and not travel with a bulkier power adapter.
So, maintaining a paperless office is not too hard with this neat little device. You can share scanned files with services like YouSendIt, or fax over internet (e.g. with a RingCentral account)
Mobile Printing Solution
As much as I would love to go completely paperless, we’re not there yet. For those pesky print jobs on the go (like trying to close real estate deals as we have done many times), here are some things you can try:
So what do you think? Got any more cool ideas I missed here? I’d love to hear from you! Please add your comment to this post.
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