Day in, day out, Gear Diary writers scour the web tirelessly, bringing you the latest and greatest technologies and gadgets. With all of the new gadgets that come out and are reviewed, there is always temptation to stay on the cutting edge. Want to know what the writers carry with them daily to work (at least today)? Read on to find out. You’ll be surprised at what some of us carry.

Thomas Hall

• One of three Tom Bihn bags (from small to large): Small Cafe bag, Buzz, and Brain bag. Currently using the Buzz day-to-day
• Cross Tech3 pen with Stylus refill, black ink, and pencil
• Sharpie Twin Tip Permanent Marker (to be replaced by the Retractable Ultra Fine once this one runs out)
• 16 GB Lexar USB Drive
• 2 GB USB Drive
• Verizon Mifi
• Book of Stamps
• Checkbook
• Kindle DX
• MacBook Pro 13″
• Lenovo S10 Netbook
• Tom Bihn Organizer Pouches containing various sync/charge cables and adapter tips. This allows me to quickly switch between bags.
• Work BlackBerry
• iPod Touch
• T-Mobile myTouch 3G

Dan Cohen

• MacBook Pro 13″ w/ 128GB SSD drive
• LiveScribe pen and one of three pads
• iPhone 3GS
• Blackberry Bold
• iPod Touch
• RichardSolo BluePack S3 external charger for iPhone/iPod/Blackberry
• Mophie Juicepac Air
• Levenger PocketBriefcase cards
• Lamy pen (recent gift)
• SoundID 300 Bluetooth Headset
• iGo wall/car combo charger
• Etymotic hf2 or ety8 headphones

Travis Ehrlich

• Mechanical Pencil (A wise old coach once told me to never be at practice without a pencil.)
• During the week, I carry a whistle at work.
• On Friday nights, I use coach’s headphones.

Jessica Fritsche

• Dell Mini 9
• Rocketfish BT mouse
• Dell charger (or battery pack if I’m not going to be near an outlet)
• iPhone 3G + charge/sync cable
• Skullcandy earbuds
• Moleskine for personal stuff/writing
• Work (paper) notebook
• A waterproof pencil case full of fountain pens, plus one pencil
• Computer strength glasses (to prevent eye strain!)
• Business card case
• A small clutch full of things like my asthma meds, lipgloss, girly makeup stuff, a foldable brush, mints, hand sanitizer, etc.
• Sometimes I also carry my Canon SD750 point and shoot and my Nintendo DS Lite (if I anticipate boredom).

Larry Greenberg
In my coat pockets:

• Spanner Wrench
• Rescue Knife
• Shove Knife
• Rescue Gloves
• Seatbelt Cutter
• Glass Punch
• Pair of rubber gloves

In my bunker pants pockets:

• Structural Firefighting Gloves
• 2nd pair of Rescue Gloves
• 50 feet of safety rope

On my coat:

• Flashlight
• Accountability tags
• iPhone 3GS

In my pants pockets

• Pen
• vModa Heaphohones
• Small Rescue Knife

Carly Zektzer

• I carry whichever phone I am using that day (iPhone-original or E71x)
• HP10bII
• A Swiss Army knife
• Kindle

Mitchell Oke

• iPhone 3G
• HTC Touch Pro2 (running WM6.5)
• Canon IXUS80 Digicam
• MacBook Pro 13
• 8GB USB Drive
• USB HSDPA Modem
• iPod Cable
• miniUSB Cable
• Firewire Cable adaptor (FW800 to FW400)
• Headphones
• For testing purposes I’m also carrying around either the new iPod Touch 64GB or Nano 16GB.
• It’s all being carted in a Skooba bag which I’ve had for a number of years now, but I’m looking to replace it with something that can be a bit more organised. Everything sort of floats around in the pockets banging into each other and bunching up.

Christopher Gavula

• HP laptop (running WinXP)
• iPhone 3G
• Earphones
• iPod cable

Joel McLaughlin

• Asus 1000HE
• 2 external USB hard drives
• Bag o’ thumb drives
• T-Mobile G1 (in pants pocket)
• PSP-3000
• USB multicharger
• Spare headphones
• iPod
• Fuji s1000fd (occasionally)
• Wad o’ cables
• Work Nextel (in pants pocket)
• Various discs and games for the psp

Christopher Spera
Chris detailed his original gear bag contents, but here is the current list.

• 13” Unibody MacBook
• Lifebook T4210
• Copies of Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, Office 2007 Ultimate, and various other CDs
• Miscellaneous paperwork
• 320GB USB hard drive
• Charging bricks and cables for all of the above
• The gear bag which weighs nearly 40 pounds
• 4 USB thumb drives
• Beeper (work doesn’t give out phones)
• Cell phone (Samsung Propel Pro and/or AT&T Tilt running WM 6.5)
• iPod Touch
• 5G iPod Video (60GB)

Judie Lipsett
“I try to get around as lightly as possible, so daily (always in even my smallest bag):”

• iPhone and/or Vertu Ascent Ti if I am in an iffy reception area
• CaseMate holster extended battery for iPhone
• Ultimate Ears LE earphones
• Micro-fiber cloth
• Sharpie pen (felt tip – fine point) and Uniball Grip (they are hard to find!) – my two absolute favorite types of pens in the world
• Delta Dolce Vita stylus/ballpoint pen in my zippered wallet (it’s sentimental, and it comes in handy in an emergency)

When traveling, all of the above, plus:

• MacBook Air (or MacBook Pro 17 – carried it last weekend, and it was just fine!)
• 1 2GB thumb drive
• Kindle DX
• LaCie 320GB external hard drive (learned my lesson after the hard drive crash at Mobius and never travel without it; I need to get a 500GB one)
• Cables: iPhone USB charging cable, microUSB cable for Kindle and Vertu, miniUSB for extended battery charger and camera
• 5D or Canon G9, depending

Drew Guttadore

• My Hand
• iPhone 3Gs 32G (Personal)
• BB Bold (Personal)
• BB 8110 (work)
• Corded headset that works with all 3
• Mini Bag containing: Mini-USB to USB, SecureID Fob, iPhone to USB, paperclip to remove iPhone SIM, 4g USB, 32g USB, Micro_SD to USB adaptor
• Moleskin Pocket and Journal sizes
• Montblanc BallPoint
• Cross Ball Point
• Swiss Army Knife
• Hate carrying a notebook but either a MB Air or Toshiba netbook NB200 when I have to.
• Cameras in phones have to do the trick

Adrian Leibas

• hp DV4
• BB 9630 Tour
• BB 8330 Curve
• iPod Nano 4th Gen
• Bose in-ear headphones
• Tons of cables since RIM decided to change the adapter on the Tour!
• Earplugs and Advil…I am a claim adjuster so I really need these!

Kerry Woo

Work items:

• Rolling laptop case with work-issued Dell 15″ laptop
• VPN security ID
• Security pass for building access
• Work-issued Blackberry
• Personal iPhone 3GS
• Wallet
• Car keys
• Micro cloth for cleaning glasses
• Several client folders stuffed with forms, printouts and proposals
• Several black Pilot G2 roller gel ink pens
• Composition book for note taking

On the Road, all of the above plus:

• Nikon D60 camera
• MacBook Air
• 500GB external hard drive
• Kindle2 (optional)
• iPod
• WiMuffs headphones
• Navigon GPS unit
• Kensington bluetooth speakerphone
• Various cables and chargers for all of the above
• Customary suitcase, suits, dress shirts and ties for 5 day trips via
  car
• Rubbermaid container of books, files and magazines
• AMEX credit card

Doug Goldring

I do not really have a single bag where I keep everything. Some stuff is in my briefcase, others in my pockets. But here is the net total:

• MSI Wind netbook
• Sprint mobile broadband card
• Mifi (not necessarily at the same time as the Sprint card)
• Amazon Kindle
• Apple iPod Touch 1st Gen
• Palm Pre
• Zune HD
• Ultimate Ears headphones
• Mont Blanc pen
• 99 cent spiral bount notebook
• Assorted cables and chargers (changes from day to day)

Jason Reese

In my daily work bag (Timbuk2):

• iPhone 3G
• BlackBerry Bold
• USB charge / sync cables for both mobiles
• Case-Mate Charging “holster” for Bold
• Laptop (HP running WinXP) + charger
• Gunnar Optiks
• Glasses/Sunglasses
• Wireless AirCard
• Couple of Moleskins
• Pens (cheap, Pilot G-2s)
• Levenger Slim Wallet Writer
• Canon PowerShot SD770
• ClickFree Transformer
• Leatherman tool
• Shure E2C headphones

Michael Anderson

• HP Compaq 6910p laptop
• Dell Axim x51v
• Psion Revo
• iPod Touch
• standard Apple earbuds
• 2x 8GB USB flash drives (one Sandisk, one PNY) for work & personal
• Moto z6cx no-camera cell phone
• Folders and my research notebook.

How about you? What do you carry to work every day?

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