Life without laptop
I am on the road at a conference as I write this. Normally, I don’t leave home without a laptop – but since I was travelling by motorcycle and space is at a premium I left the notebook at home. This meant putting a lot of faith in my iPhone, and so far it has paid off.
Of course, getting & sending emails, voicemails and tweets is commonplace with the iPhone, but could I do any “real work” if needed? Turns out the answer is yes.
A client contacted us about a change to an online project that was needed urgently. It wasn’t a big change but it did need to be done before I’d be back. I quickly logged in to the server over ssh conection using TouchTerm (touchterm) launched vi and edited the file. A quick check in the browser, and I was emailing the client back to say that the change had been made.
I’m still not sure if I’d be comfortable to be away for a few weeks without a laptop, but I won’t worry for a few days as long as I have the iPhone with me.
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: iPhone, ssh, travel, word press
on June 9, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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Good on ya! These are mobile computers now. I’ve been updating blogs for the last two days via the iPhone (don’t tell anyone!)
on July 2, 2009 at 7:38 am
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on July 3, 2009 at 9:31 am
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