Posted by: Stephen Baker on May 06
I’m taking off for Europe tomorrow night, first to France for a weekend in Rennes, then on to a Numerati event in Prague. (I’ve never been there, but the Czechs have bought the book.) A week from today, on May 14, I’ll be doing an event at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. If any of you are in the neighborhood, please come.
Since I will officially be on vacation during this trip, I have decided to save my back and leave the laptop at home. Instead I hope to do (minimal) computing on a new iPod Touch I just bought. We’ll see how that goes. I also have a Blackberry (which didn’t work in Venezuela). I’m a bit concerned that if it does function in Europe, I’ll end up paying fat data fees for all the email I receive, including spam. But with all the other expenses over there, perhaps I’ll barely notice.
I've already tried leaving my laptop at home and using my handheld cell...limited computing is only an option for a very short term trip. I did incure a high bill because my carrier did not have a contract with the local carrier for data connections.
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