Let us know what you need to bring with you when you're on the road. Use the hashtag #LROfficeInABag

Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading

June 26, 2015

2 Min Read
What's in Your Office-in-a-Bag?

In a few years, knowledge workers will be able to do everything they need with just their phones.

That day is not today.

When I work remotely, I carry an awful lot of gear around with me. This week I shared a photo and description of my office-in-a-bag. (See Staying Productive With My Office-in-a-Bag.)

At around the same time, a friend and fellow tech journalist, InformationWeek's Curt Franklin, shared a photo of his.

"You guys sure pack a lot of stuff in your go bags," said another friend in the industry, 451 Research analyst Christian Renaud, sharing this excellent photo of his own travel kit:

Figure 1: Go Bag 451 Research analyst Christian Renaud shares what's in his office-in-a-bag. 451 Research analyst Christian Renaud shares what's in his office-in-a-bag.

And here's the photo that got me started thinking about offices-in-bags, from Mike Masnick, editor of TechDirt:

Mike carries a notebook computer and Wyse portable display with him, along with an ergonomic keyboard. That's extreme.

This industry requires a lot of travel for a lot of us. We trot around the world to professional conferences, vendor visits, customer premises and to work at our far-flung central offices and data centers.

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For business travelers like us, packing is an art form. You want to have everything you need, and avoid taking too much stuff you don't need.

How do you do it? What's in your office-in-a-bag? Let us know. Share your photos and describe what gear you find essential when you leave the office. Post the photos to Twitter, Google+, Tumblr or Instagram using the hashtag #LROfficeInABag. Alternately, post an image in the comments below, or email us at [email protected].

We'll post the best photos on Light Reading.

Thanks, and travel light, Light Readers!

— Mitch Wagner, Circle me on Google+ Follow me on TwitterVisit my LinkedIn profileFollow me on Facebook, West Coast Bureau Chief, Light Reading. Got a tip about SDN or NFV? Send it to [email protected].

About the Author(s)

Mitch Wagner

Executive Editor, Light Reading

San Diego-based Mitch Wagner is many things. As well as being "our guy" on the West Coast (of the US, not Scotland, or anywhere else with indifferent meteorological conditions), he's a husband (to his wife), dissatisfied Democrat, American (so he could be President some day), nonobservant Jew, and science fiction fan. Not necessarily in that order.

He's also one half of a special duo, along with Minnie, who is the co-habitor of the West Coast Bureau and Light Reading's primary chewer of sticks, though she is not the only one on the team who regularly munches on bark.

Wagner, whose previous positions include Editor-in-Chief at Internet Evolution and Executive Editor at InformationWeek, will be responsible for tracking and reporting on developments in Silicon Valley and other US West Coast hotspots of communications technology innovation.

Beats: Software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), IP networking, and colored foods (such as 'green rice').

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