10 Tips for Traveling with Your Laptop

I found this useful article on Yahoo News about traveling with your laptop. I recently got a laptop so I can do transcription even when I'm away from home, so I was interested to read it. There are 10 tips from Luke Ford, founder of My Computer Works, "a provider of help desk and computer support services for businesses and consumers."

I realized, upon reading it, that I had recently done 1 of the 10 things Ford advises not to do. The no-no: He advises travelers to "limit confidential information transmission, such as any credit purchases and reservations or anything with a Social Security number. Unfamiliar networks are always potentially dangerous."

During a recent hotel stay, I regularly accessed my bank account via the hotel's network, a network I later found out was unsecured. I won't do that again. Check out the article for yourself. It's great advice for anyone traveling with a laptop.

And the picture? It's my dream office, of course.