People are probably sick of hearing about our holiday and we havent even gone ON it yet!!! (too bad!)

I am going to take the computer again this trip and use it to keep updated with the goings on on our holiday. This trip around though I will also be taking a few other gadgets with me to help keep updated. I’m looking forward to this and playing with some new sites and gadgets and toys to keep everyone updated. I write it off to professional involvement in the online travel industry and having to understand the technology and sites…

Laptop.

The laptop will be used to type up blog updates from the road. We’re away for 6 weeks, so I’m reckoning I will probably post a couple of posts a week, so probably will do about a dozen blog posts here to this blog while we’re away. The hotels we’re at will have wifi / net connection (of course!) so this will give me something to do when I wake up early in the morning before everyone else.

I’ll also use the laptop to back up our photos that we take along the way. I learned a lesson on the the last trip which was that the laptop tried to sync some of the folders and that cause some of our photos to get wiped. I wont get stung by that again!

iPhone

I love my new iPhone (thanks Kylie and Jackson!) and I’ll be able to use it a fair bit to keep in touch.

The iPhone can post updates, through applications or web access, to email, twitter and facebook.

I can also use it to take photos and post them to facebook, through AirMe. AirMe is a cool application that takes photos and tags the photo with keywords which let people know where you are and what the weather was like when the photo was taken.

Websites

I’ll use a few websites when we’re away

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=603703031
Twitter – short form message updates (like the “status” on facebook), I can post to this from my mobile or the web. My profile on twitter: http://twitter.com/ckjchambers
TripIt – one of my favourite new sites, great for organising itineraries http://www.tripit.com

Technology & Gadgets

I’ve mentioned the laptop and the iPhone. But we’ll also have;
the PSP for Jackson (mostly),
an iPod touch for Kylie / Jackson,
an iPod video for backing up photos,
our Sony HondyCam for video’ing and pictures,
the little digital camera for pictures,
a US / AU electricty converter and a 4 plug electricty board
a range of spare batteries and chargers

I pack all these into the spare camera bag and label the chords with who their owning appliance is so it it easier to pack and unpack as we move around the place.

So, I’m looking forward to keeping a good record of our holiday!

cc