M Y P A C K
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French 1st Empire armies were the first troops who walked with an individual pack. Napoleon composed it personally and this stuff count a bit into its military supremacy.
Following is the stuff that composes my Consultant Pack. |
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Do you know what is common in between the Didier Drogba new orange baskets and the Tablet PC of the picture?
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A professional footballer is free to select the shoes he plays with. As an IT professional I feel free to select the computer I always work with.
I started to implement GTD last June, and David Allen principles are at the core of my decision to select the right tool to improve my personal productivity. |
The reasons why I selected a Tablet PC are:
1. I elected OneNote2007 as the only collection bucket
2. Since nearly 1 year I haven’t really developed, but sometime I am working on proofs of concept.
Following are the beast characteristics:
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Asus R1E
Processor duo core 2,4 Ghz
Ram 2Go
Disk drive 160 Go / 5400 with
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C: |
Vista OS |
(60Go) |
Operating system |
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D: |
Data |
(60Go) |
Default data place |
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E: |
Pro_Studio |
(4Go) |
Professionals’ developments |
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F: |
RD_Studio |
(4Go) |
RioterDeckers’ developments |
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Z: |
DMZ |
(32Go) |
Download zone and share |
Autonomy (nearly 5 hours with the battery saving mode) |
Vista Business SP1
Visual Studio 2008
Virtual PC
Office2007 full
7zip
DaemonTools
FileZilla
Free Download Manager
Nero 7
Win Merge
MozyHome
Acronis home edition
Firework 8.0
iTunes
Avast antivirus |
Beside the computer I gathered many useful things in a well arranged blue back bag:
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Apart from the transportable stuff I have three more very important items I always have on long running mission:
My Akira poster
My daily siesta mattress (20 sacred minutes)
My thermos mug brought back from the PDC2005
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· One 80 Go Maxtor removal storage composed of 2 partitions. One dedicated to MSDN software the other for VHD images.
· One 4 Go Corsair USB drive full of minors things that need to be carry out from right to left.
· A Bluetooth Asus 3 buttons mouse
· A good Sennheiser retractable audio cask
· A digicode Kensigton
· A trouser full of connection cables + 2 emergency batteries
· A 1 meter RJ45
· A trouser with 3 pens, a knive, a fork and a spoon
· Planning tools: 2 pack of planning poker cards and of course my red RPG dice set
· One Ipod Nano (while working in an open space or simply to relax)
· Speed one minute cards game (quick and stress away)
· And my Petzl headlamp (not on the picture)
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This is all I need to be fully operational.