One of the greatest benefits of being a full time blogger is the freedom of owning your own business. With that freedom comes a huge corporate perk, freedom of schedule. With the holiday season in full swing, I’ve found that not being tied down to a company desk has allowed me to travel more frequently and visit family. With all of this travel I’ve found myself struggling with mobile blogging. I’ve come up with a few tips and reviews, but would love to hear some advice on how you perform mobile blogging.
As it stands right now, I usually lug my 4 year old Dell Laptop around when I travel. I swear the thing weighs about 15 pounds! Many times when my family and I are heading out of town, I type up a post while we’re driving. You’d be amazed at how good I’ve gotten at holding a laptop on my lap while typing and watching the road at the same time! I’m only joking….my husband drives 99.9% of the time and I never type while driving, only from the passenger seat (I highly recommend you never type and drive!). I can usually get 2-3 good posts written on a 2.5 hour drive, while the girls holler from the back asking if we are at Grandma’s yet. It may be a little old school, but this is one way that I do my mobile blogging.
I’d like to get a little more up-to-speed with technology and get a new laptop or PDA. Keep in mind I have Sprint cell phone service. Here are the options I’m currently looking at and would love to hear your tips or advice on them.
- Netbook - I’m currently debating if I should buy a new laptop or go for one of the new Netbooks that I keep reading about. For those of you that don’t know what a Netbook is, don’t feel alone. You can see the one I’m looking at from Amazon Here. If you have any feedback on using this Netbook and/or the benefits versus a laptop please let me and others know below.
- Smart Phone – I really like the idea of a smart phone because of the small size and wireless capabilities, however I’m concerned that it won’t offer enough functionality. I would think it must be pretty difficult to type a full blog post from a Smart Phone. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I’ve looked at a bunch of Smart Phones, but I’ve narrowed it down to this Samsung. Again please share your experience with mobile blogging from this Smart Phone or others like it.
I’d like to make life a little more simple by streamlining the whole remote blogging process. While the routine I have now of simply grabbing some wireless internet from my old laptop works, I think there’s a better way.
Please share your experience with mobile blogging as I’m sure others would love to hear it!