Category: travel

22 March 2008

Even With Hotel Broadband, I Still Go EVDO

Filed under: business, connectivity, travel - 22 Mar 2008

I frequently hear the result of Andy Abramson’s lousy hotel broadband on KenRadio. While I usually know better than to try and do VoIP over my hotel broadband, the fact …

21 March 2008

Spring VON.x 2008 Post-Mortem

Filed under: phoneboy, telecom, travel, voip - 21 Mar 2008

I did not get to experience the entire VON.x show this week, as I had to spend some time in the office. After all, work did pay for this trip to the Bay Area. However, I did get to experience …

20 March 2008

WTR45GS Finally Has Useful Firmware

Filed under: gadgets, travel, wifi - 20 Mar 2008

Linksys WTR54GS - Share on OviA while ago, I had purchased a Linksys WTR54GS as a travel companion. It is a fairly serviceable …

25 February 2008

Does More Telecommuting Equal More Office Unrest?

Filed under: business, travel - 25 Feb 2008

I realized the other day that I have spent far more time working at home than I have ever spent working in an office. I am a full-time telecommuter, and it …

15 February 2008

Technology Connecting People–In Meatspace

Filed under: business, travel, workplace - 15 Feb 2008

Water CoolerLet’s face it, I am probably more accessible than most people that work in my team, despite working out of my home office. My phone is on all the time. I am …

12 February 2008

Why Am I Printing Out Maps?

Filed under: software, travel - 12 Feb 2008

Map To Sea-TacGiven that I carry a couple of different Internet-enabled phones when I travel–one even has the Nokia Maps application on it–you might wonder why I go through the trouble …

11 February 2008

Why It’s Good To Check In Early

Filed under: travel - 11 Feb 2008

As I usually do within 24 hours of boarding a flight, I go to the appropriate airline’s website and print out a boarding pass. It saves a heck of a lot …

9 February 2008

The Dreaded O’Hare

Filed under: gadgets, phoneboy, travel - 09 Feb 2008

One of the things I hate about traveling to Ottawa is that there is no direct flights from Seattle. Last time I went, I avoided the dreaded O’Hare airport by flying through Vancouver there and Toronto on the way back. …

14 November 2007

Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Know What Flight Mode Is

Filed under: gadgets, travel - 14 Nov 2007

Alaska AirlinesDevices with cellular, WiFi, and/or bluetooth radios can only be used on a commercial airline flight–in the US anyway–if the device can be switched into what is referred to as Flight Mode. …

14 October 2007

This Week in PhoneBoy 14 October 2007

PhoneBoy ThumbnailThe folks at Creative Weblogging–the people behind Gadgets Weblog, VoIP Weblog, and a slew of others, were serving up a “compromised” creative–a ad with malicious intent. In short, what it …

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