There is a huge difference between tech travelling and business travelling. I started realizing it in the last trip. I don’t know why still people calls it business travel or airlines prices your business trip instead of your tech trip. If you don’t see the difference just yet, please next time you are in the airport, hotel, conference or just on the road, take a minute to see the big difference out there.

I’m sure you have been exposed to those clear types and you can add more to this list, please feel free to add your suggestions as a comment. However those will give you a clear idea of why is not business travelling.

There are also different requirements for tech travelling, like we do not all airports with wireless, I’ll need your help to add to the list.

• Sacramento
• Phoenix
• Baltimore

The worse part of tech traveling is being away from the kids and missing a few stages. For once, my 2 year old has become a chatter box overnight, she can talk your ear off for 30 minutes in a single breath. All my children being very verbal at an early time, very clear speech as well as extremely descriptive on their arguments. 

A tip for any tech traveler from me, would be to carry a webcam on your bag pack, to connect every evening and see your kids, more important for them to see you.

I purchased the Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000, small and powerful with a microphone embedded. A few months ago I found myself singing a good night song to my 5 years old before taking off on the airplane, quite embarrassing yet made me feel the worse father in the world. Now I try to schedule flights to arrived back home before the kids go to bed.

Happy tech traveling.

Cheers

Al