- Hello everyone, welcome to a new video.
This one is about remote working
and the equipment that I take with me
if I'm going to work in a cafe, essentially.
It's basically my on-the-go kit for getting my job done.
I guess, let's start off with the backpack itself.
This is it here.
It is a Herschel backpack.
It's quite tiny, it's very compact,
but it fits exactly what I need.
Inside the backpack, the first thing I'm pulling out
is my water bottle.
This is one of those Thermos, double-walled,
insulation bottles that makes my water
stay nice and cold.
I take a water bottle with me
even though you can get free water
at any cafe in England, but I take it with me
because sometimes I don't want to get up
to go and get that or, I don't know,
they only give you a little cup full
and you need more than that
if you're gonna be sitting somewhere for hours.
At the very back of my backpack,
and this is why it's the absolute perfect size for me,
can you see this black piece here?
That is actually my laptop.
In this little faux leather sleeve here
is my gold 12-inch MacBook.
I've talked about this before
in my hardware for designers video
that I did a while back, but I love this little laptop
for taking with me to work in cafes.
Actually I just remembered that I have filmed
a full review video of using this 12-inch MacBook
for design work, so I will link that
on a card down below.
But basically, the screen is absolutely fine
for working for short amounts of time on.
It's not something that I'd want to have
as my main device, like I do need a bit
of a bigger screen.
But for going out to cafes,
for taking with me on trips,
it's absolutely perfect for that.
The portability is just amazing.
The other device that I normally take with me
when I go work at a cafe is my iPad.
I like to do wire framing on this
especially when I'm out and about
and remote working.
When I'm at home, I'll often wire frame
on big A3 sheets of paper, with a Sharpie,
and go like all analog with it,
but that's just not super great and portable
for like spreading out an A3 sheet on a cafe table.
It doesn't often work.
So an iPad is great for that
and in this little front pocket here,
that's where I keep my Apple pencil
that I always take along with me as well.
I might as well keep going through this front pocket
while I'm here and it is my wallet.
It's a little card holder.
You need that to buy the drinks or whatever
if you're gonna be in a cafe working.
Also a pen, this is a Muji gel pen,
zero point seven nib, if you care.
And I use that to write in my bullet journal.
I did a video all about the setup
of my 2018 bullet journal,
which is this Baron Fig notebook
that I'll link in the description on a card.
But this is my, like, task list essentially
so I always take this with me throughout the day
because I don't want to forget what I'm meant to be doing
when I get to a cafe.
And it's just nice throughout the day
to continue to tick things off my list.
Also in the front pocket is my headphones.
These are the air pods, Apple air pods,
so they're like little Bluetooth headphones
that look kind of ridiculous, I'm not gonna lie,
sitting in your ears.
It looks like you just chopped the cord off
some regular Apple headphones.
But I use these for, if I'm having to have a meeting
at a cafe, which I try not to do
because they can be unpredictably loud sometimes,
but you know, sometimes you're out and about
and a teammate needs to get on a call with you
and that's when I like to use these.
I actually usually end up taking
two pairs of headphones with me
when I go work out and about actually.
The other pair is these Bang & Olufson H6s,
I'm pretty sure it was the H6.
These are over ear headphones
and they have the best sound quality
of any headphones I've ever tried.
I'm very picky when it comes to audio quality
and these are just perfectly balanced for me,
just enough bass and yeah, they're lovely to listen to.
They're not noise canceling,
but because they do go over my whole ear
they do muffle out all of the background sound in cafes.
If I am traveling overseas,
I don't tend to take these with me.
I actually end up taking
my little Bose inner ear headphones.
Those ones are noise-canceling
so I always take them on plane trips
and I'm pretty sure they're still
in my, like, carry-on bag from my last plane trip
because I couldn't find them for this video.
Slightly concerning.
I don't like these or the noise-canceling ones
for meetings much though, because I feel like
I can't hear my own voice
and then I end up, like, I don't know, shouting
or just, I don't know, it feels weird.
So that's why I like the air pods for having meetings with.
Let's keep going through the main compartment.
Next thing, not very interesting,
a pack of tissues because you never know
when you might get a runny nose and need to blow it.
And then the last few things in here
are all to do with charging.
Are you quite surprised how much fits in this tiny bag?
I'm very impressed by it.
So, the main thing is this.
This is an Anchor portable charging brick.
And as you can see, it's quite a hefty one.
It's very heavy.
It's quite large.
What's great about this is, first of all,
it holds a lot of charge.
And second of all, if I combine it
with this cord, this is a USB to USB c cord,
I can plug this into here and charge my laptop
from this guy.
And depending on what I'm doing,
this thing doesn't really charge the laptop so much
as keep it at the same battery level,
like it doesn't let it drop.
So I know I'm not going to run out of battery using this
but it might not actually fill it up
unless I'm using, like, a program that is super--
well, super-not battery intensive, if that makes sense.
Still, I love having this though
because I do take with me
my actual computer charger as well.
But you can't always guarantee
that you'll get a seat near a plug
or that there will be a plug in the cafe
that you're gonna work in.
So that's why having this as,
like a back-up power pack is handy.
I really like taking this on planes too
because, especially the routes I fly on
and the airlines that I fly on,
you can't always guarantee there's going to be
a power outlet in your seat.
That is not ubiquitous yet on planes unfortunately.
So at least having this, I know I can plug my laptop in
and keep its battery level the same
so I can work throughout the flight.
The last thing that I accidentally pulled out
with the computer charger is just a lightning cable
because my little phone dies really quickly
and always need to charge it.
So I think that's everything that I take with me
for when I'm working out and about.
I always just make sure that I have the files
that I need to be working on on that small laptop
before I go, because I do use a different laptop
as my main device when I'm at home.
But it works pretty well to have this little--
basically I can fit my office into a backpack
and take it with me and just get work done
from anywhere.
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