My Cable Bag

In my case it is a constant process / hobby: to optimize the set of travel accessories. It is also a multi-year, multi-million-mile experience. So here it is: the Headworx Cable Bag, 2016 edition:
  1. MicroSDHC card with an adapter. Handy for quick file transfers and backups.
  2. Apple Pencil charging adapter. Probably the weakest point of the Pencil.
  3. Micro-to-Mini USB adapter. Some things still use the old connector.
  4. MicroUSB-to-30-pin Apple adapter. Some things still use the old connector.
  5. MicroSD-to-USB adapter. Doubles as a pendrive.
  6. Fido security key. For Google 2-factor authentication, in case I had to use a public computer and my phone with the Authenticator App was broken.
  7. Zolt Charger. Being much smaller than the stock laptop charger, it has revolutionized this cable bag, as I could get rid of a phone / iPad charger and a power splitter - now I never need more than a single outlet, when charging a laptop, an iPad and a phone at the same time.
  8. Euro adapter for the Zolt. The entire package (charger + adapter is smaller than many international plug adapters alone).
  9. MicroUSB cable. Most universal. Yeah, I told you that 10 years ago.
  10. Apple Lightning cable (1m). Used for charging of course, but also to connect the iPad as a secondary monitor to my laptop (one of the the reasons I bought the iPad - to have mobile dual screen setup for presentations and work). I was experimenting with shorter cables but this has proved to be optimal.
  11. Lenovo miniHDMI-toVGA converter. I hope it will be gone one day. But some presentation systems still use the old connector.
  12. Innergie powerbank. With the angled Logitech microUSB cable. Emergency combo.
  13. Logitech ultra thin touch mouse. The best mouse ever. Pairs with two machines. I wish iOS supported a mouse cursor like Android does. The only drawback is it does not work on glass.
  14. Lenovo miniHDMI-to-HDMI converter. It is just a fix for a bad design - the Yoga should have a full size HDMI port in the first place. Hope Lenovo learns from their own mistakes.
  15. Moo business cards. Some people are still not on LinkedIn. But the Physical Web is just about to change that.
  16. Nest screwdriver with interchangeable bits. TSA-safe. It is a pity they no longer make them. It is better than the thermostat :)
  17. HDMI cable. It still happens a conference room may have a screen or projector but no cable.
  18. Jabra Vox headphones. Love every angle of them: the plug, the anti-twiting cable with magnets, the sound and sound isolation. I have slept in them probably close to a million miles airborne. Ultra compact and inexpensive equivalent of any Bose / Sennheiser / Shure nonsense (had them all).
Looking forward, items 11 and 14 will be probably gone when I change my laptop (no candidate yet). 7 will be replaced with a USB-C version which will probably be even smaller. 15 is also on the way out - my phone broadcasts a URL to my profile using the Eddystone URL Bluetooth beacon format, so anyone nearby can read it. Other than that, it is almost perfect. I need to find myself a new hobby ;)

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