Swamis Perform an iDevice-Only Travel Experiment, Episode 2
What does a 21st century swami traveling to the other side of the planet actually need in order to stay in touch with his brothers and projects at home, remain productive on a dozen airplane flights (plus a few long-distance train rides) and manage travel logistics and appointments in eight countries over twenty-seven days? That is the subject of this experiment. Email is probably at the top of the list. The monastery has its own Gmail domain, so that’s in the cloud, accessible on any device, large or small. Real-time communications such as text, FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts, for those coordination meetings with the monks at home and collaborators around the globe? They all work on any device. Our detailed trip itinerary is a Google Doc so that several people can all have access to it and edit it. Check. Project management and to-do lists are in OmniFocus. There’s an app for that; check. Travel booking details from just about any web-based travel service and on-the-go research tools like TripAdvisor and Yelp all work better on small, location-aware devices than enormous full-scale computers, even the ones that can sit in your lap. How about translation and expense-tracking tools? Check. And navigation with Google Maps (sorry, Apple Maps) is quite handy on a GPS-happy iPhone or iPad. Reading a book or watching an informative TED talk on the plane? iPad, of course. But thumb-typing an entire story such as this? That’s where this cool rig comes into play: a wireless keyboard in a case that unwraps to become an iPad stand, such as for typing this blog post in the Lisbon airport before boarding a flight to Madrid.
20 Responses to “Swamis Perform an iDevice-Only Travel Experiment, Episode 2”
From Our Gurus' Teachings
Archives are now available through 2001. Light colored days have no posts. 1998-2001 coming later.
June 25th, 2013 at 8:55 am
Uma Ganapati liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 8:55 am
Mat McDermott liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 8:55 am
Jakob Doctorsnakeman Sulzer liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 8:55 am
Kaivalya Sarasvati liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 9:26 am
Leonora Orr liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 9:26 am
Danalutchmee Putchay liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 10:25 am
Niraj Aum Namah Shivaya liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 10:25 am
Ashok Kapoor liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 10:25 am
Padmaja Patel liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Purany Ponniah liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Anna Morano liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Well done! It’s good most of the work was done before departure though, don’t you think?
June 25th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Victoria Hamilton liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Amisha Patel liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Rishi Markandeya Nageshwar liked this on Facebook.
June 25th, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Sahana Param liked this on Facebook.
June 26th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Gulshan Siva liked this on Facebook.
June 26th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Mani Visakan liked this on Facebook.
June 26th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Balasundram Radakrishnan liked this on Facebook.
June 26th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Jigisha Patel liked this on Facebook.