Technomads: Technology Enabled Nomads
Chris Dunphy & Cherie Ve Ard are exploring the confluence of full-time travel, technology, career and community; all while embracing nomadic serendipity.
Current adventure: Full time RVing in the USA in a 1961 Vintage Bus Conversion.
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Note: This post originally written on 9/10/2010 and updated on 9/20/2011 to reflect current information.
One of the most common things we get asked about is for advice on staying connected to the net while on the road. Worrying about a lack of usable connectivity is an excuse that holds many people back from [...]
Continue Reading →As Technomads, it should be no surprise that we are mobile technology lovers.
We love our iPhones (and yes, we did just both upgrade to the new iPhone 4), and we are growing increasingly addicted to our iPads (yup, we have two).
We consider both of these fine pieces of technology to be [...]
Continue Reading →For literally years now, I have been craving a more capable camera.
I’ve managed to do some amazing and artistic things with small but advanced pocket cameras like the Canon SX110IS that we relied on throughout most of 2009, but I continuously found myself pushing the edges of what small cameras were capable of [...]
Continue Reading →In May I took a close look at the MacBook 12v power supplies offered by Mikegyver.com – and at first I came away extremely impressed.
To recap, here are some quotes from our initial review:
One particular frustration that has vexed me for over three years now is that there is no [...]
Continue Reading →Though we normally rely on our 200 watt solar system for power, one of the essentials in our technomadic toolbox is our small Honda EU2000 generator that has been modified to run off of propane.
We rely on this generator to top off our batteries when the solar is not able to keep [...]
Continue Reading →For those who haven’t known me for a while, you may not know that before going nomadic I used to be the Director of Competitive Analysis for Palm (the maker of the Pilot, Tungsten, and Treo) and PalmSource (the Palm OS operating system spinoff).
It used to be my job to literally dissect every [...]
Continue Reading →One particular frustration that has vexed me for over three years now is that there is no “official” way to power any MagSafe-equipped Apple laptops directly off of 12v power.
But there is an alternative…
Mike Lee of MikeGyver.com has made a business of taking genuine Apple MagSafe tips, and splicing them onto 12v compatible power supplies…
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