A Speaker’s Bag Breakdown
Dear Reader,
I do a lot of speaking at conferences. because of that, I’ve learned to carry everything I need and then some. This post describes everything I carry and why.
Haven’t We Been here Before?
Back in 2009 – as I was preparing for one of the most interesting conferences I ever took part in, “Marco Tabini’s Traveling PHP Road Show ” (aka CodeWorks ’09) – I posted a picture of what I pack in my bag for traveling as part of a post about CW09. Recently, when going through my blog, I ran across it and thought it might be fun to contrast what I carried then with what I carry now.
Here is everything I carry on every trip. When traveling domestically with the Lovely and Talented Kathy, I also now carry my podcasting gear. That is not pictured in this breakdown, however, if anyone is interested, I’m happy to do a breakdown of that as well.
Before I start, it should be noted that I thought I carried a lot of stuff back in the day. I actually switched to OSX in part because the Macbook Air was lighter than any other laptop on the market at that time. Of course, that didn’t take into account all the Apple crap you have to carry WITH it. :) Overall, though, even though it looks like a lot, my pack is still about 10lb lighter now than the previous picture.
My Current Bag:
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March 11th, 2016 at 1:01 pm
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March 11th, 2016 at 1:05 pm
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March 11th, 2016 at 1:12 pm
@CalEvans +1, unfortunately a LOT of my regular pack got stolen so now I’m looking for replacements :( #atleastigettotrynewgadgets
March 11th, 2016 at 1:15 pm
@calevans Loving the concealed carry permit
March 11th, 2016 at 1:17 pm
@calevans also make sure that if you’re carrying a first-aid kit (#7) you have some Diphen/Benadryl with you, it’s great for bad fish
March 11th, 2016 at 1:18 pm
@mfacenet Thank you, I will update my kit. :) @calevans
March 11th, 2016 at 2:08 pm
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March 11th, 2016 at 2:54 pm
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March 12th, 2016 at 2:28 pm
I did a breakdown of what I carry in my bag when I got to speak at conferences.
https://t.co/0wPiXKgAWO
March 13th, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Best comment on my “Bag Breakdown” post:
“Your blog post is great. However, I think I just spent $600.”
:)
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March 13th, 2016 at 6:27 pm
@CalEvans Excellent list. You forgot 50k is cash for bribing officials though.
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