I don’t carry a briefcase anymore, but I do carry a bag big enough for my laptop that I can sling over my shoulder.
Nomads are defined not by what they take with them but by what they leave behind, “knowing that the environment will provide it.”
I carry my phone, phone charge, laptop, laptop power supply, moleskine notebook, pens, small headset, USB drive, protein bars, and chewing gum, and business cards (mine and theirs) in my bag.
Most days I can do without the notebook, but when you need it, you need it! I’d really like to stop carrying around everyone’s business cards. It’s all the more tedious now that people hand out Moo MiniCards in increasing numbers. I’m open to suggestions.
Thinking back to my days in the office, I don’t carry around pictures, books and references, files and folders, paper clips, a stapler, a day planner, cat 5 cable, conference swag… I’m sure I’m missing something here.
Have bag, will travel.
- Bandit
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Two things come to mind as far as the moo-cards (Zazzle calls them profile cards). If you are old-school and can’t lose the day planner, throw a hole-puncher in your bag. The rings of the planner become instant card holders. The other, of course, is at the end of the day enter the information on your phone/pda and throw them in the nearest drawer. Then you only have yours to worry about.