On the road

I'm on vacation today (hooray for pre-loading blog posts), but I thought I'd tell you about a little experiment I'm running while I'm gone.

It started with reducing the amount of weight I have to lug through the airport. Normally I try to disconnect from work when I'm on vacation, and usually that works out pretty well. However, I've got a few projects that I'm trying to get done, and I'm pretty sure that I'll want more than my iPad to work on. So I have to bring a laptop. I really don't want to bring both the Mac and the HP, 'cause that's a little overboard even considering the number of gadgets I usually travel with. But I also know that I may need files from both machines.

So the experiment is this: Leave the HP at home, turned on and connected to the internet. Bring the Mac with me. Use LogMeIn to connect to the HP as needed, if needed.

I only signed up for LogMeIn last week, so this'll be its first real test. The tests I've run at home seem to have gone pretty smoothly. Worst case, I can't get in, but I'll only be out of the office for three days and I'm pretty sure the world will not end whatever happens. :-)

When I get back, I'll let you know how it went. In the meantime, have any of you tried LogMeIn or something similar? How'd it go?

Comments

[Dean]

I use LOGMEIN the same way to access my desktop, from any browser (like my travel netbook) or through my iPhone (win7 on the iPhone, now that's power of LOGMEIN).
Hope you find it as useful, and enjoy your time off.

[Rajeshrajappan]

I would use Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/) in situations like this. Its awesome!

[Jim LaPier]

I've been using Logmein for years now, for access remote PC's I provide support for to accessing my home Macs. I also have it on my iPhone and iPad, and the new file transfer utility makes it that much more useful.

[Dave]

I have not gotten to the point where I'm comfortable leaving my machine at home available to a world of hackers to access. So while I'm away for 4 wks this summer I opted for a simple 80 Gb Seagate USB drive loaded with all the work files I might ever need. The only downside was the time required for the initial file transfers. But now I'm confident I'll have access to *anything* that might be needed. The additional weight is negligable.