Backpack Tips for Hobos with a Laptop

If you have a Work From Anywhere job, are a digital nomad, a weekend street explorer or are a retired urban hobo and roaming various coffee shops, libraries, pocket parks to public spaces with laptop all day, here are some backpack organizing tips for your daily adventures...

• Get some Ziploc quart slider bags. Much better to deal with bags than hunting through dozens of things.

• Organize everything by type in a different baggy, whatever works for you, such as...

-- Multi-function retractable USB cables (this or this), adapters and power splitter.

-- USB devices/storage sticks, SD cards, etc.

-- Meds/pills

-- Napkins/kleenex, wet wipes, lipbalm, bandaid kit, etc

-- Various batteries, USB power bank

-- Extra earbud tips.

• A small light backpack friendly umbrella.

• A backpack friendly portable monitor can be useful for heavy productivity. A reader has suggested using a tablet as second monitor with an app like Duet Display or something similar.

• Hot/cold auto seal travel mug is better to deal with than togo coffee cup.

• As a street drifter, I prefer bluetooth neckband earbuds as they are much easier to deal with on the street/transit, not as easy to lose as tiny wireless earbuds (I've lost within weeks) and much longer battery life.

I also have a 'personal area salsa bar' in my backpack to perk up bland eats - rojo/verde Mexi hot sauces and a Thai hot sauce (smallest bottles you can find or even better to repackage). And I have a baggy of favorite coffee beans for when running across subpar coffee - pour coffee into the auto seal travel mug above with beans and it will trap the beans in.

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