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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Travel Long-term travel truth: One in, one out
Posted By Desiree Kane on Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 8:24 PM
One in, one out. It's a concept not a lot of us here in the United States really flirt with much. It means when you bring one thing into your life, you exfoliate another right on out of it and oh my, is it liberating.
I started this one in, one out thing rather randomly this time last year. I was getting ready to travel for some weeks and started to realize that I had duplicates, triplicates and sometimes even, unfortunately, quadruplicates of things. Stuff that didn't even matter, really. Not enough to have multiples of. Example: Bobby pins. I had 5 containers of them. Why? Another example: iPhone 4G charging cables. Oh my word, I was swimming in charging cables.
The whole situation was downright ridiculous. I had all of this crap I was schlepping around that didn't mean anything to me sentimentally or otherwise so... why did I possess it? I resolved to purge all but the most sentimental or highest quality of the items.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Tech #nerdgasm: 3Doodler
Posted By Desiree Kane on Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:56 AM
This is definitely a project to watch in the coming year. The company is currently taking preorders on its website for both the pen and the plastics. The estimated shipping date is coming up in February 2014.
For more commentary, follow me on Twitter @dbirdy, for more photos peep my Flickr and to see a bunch of random and fun travel videos, subscribe to my YouTube channel!
Zero, zilch, none and no part of this post is sponsored by any of the above mentioned company or companies, nor would I ever present such a thing.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tech No. 1 holiday travel tech tip: ABC
Posted By Desiree Kane on Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:46 PM
ABC stands for always be charging. How? Here are some tips:
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tech Reclaim your email sanity with Unroll.me
Posted By Desiree Kane on Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:25 PM
I personally use and love Unroll.me. The email-nightmare-ending tool allows users to manage their subscriptions and get an email digest that contains all of the subscription emails for that day. It's surprising how effective and relieving this simple tool is.
The best part of it all gets no shine: the "Edit Subscriptions" feature.
Think about it. Even if you wanted to unsubscribe to the newsletters you don't want anymore, you've still got to click the email, scroll down, click unsubscribe, go to the page that asks you why you're unsubscribing, click confirm, get the infuriating unsubscribe confirmation email - the whole thing is a time-consuming mess. UnRoll.me puts all subscriptions on one page and allows you to unsubscribe from as many as you want with one click per subscription. It's lovely. All of that other clicking nonsense is gone.
Here's what I mean: This is a screencap from my personal Unroll.me:
So, this holiday season, if you're feeling overwhelmed with your sale emails from every company and its mother, consider giving Unroll.me a go. It'll save your tech sanity.
Zero, zilch, none and no part of this post is sponsored by any of the above mentioned product company nor would I ever present such a thing.
For more commentary, follow me on Twitter @dbirdy, for more photos peep my Flickr and to see a bunch of random and fun travel videos, subscribe to my YouTube channel!
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Wanderlust: A tale of two wolves
Posted By Desiree Kane on Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Image credit: Desiree Kane
Wanderlust is much like this battle of two wolves. It can consume you in one of two ways: Either by freeing you or destroying you.
Wikipedia defines wanderlust as "a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world." I assert that this definition is far too shallow. Wanderlust, once it overcomes a person, is incurable and unquenchable. It's something that propels humans to the ends of the Earth. It's a feeling of yearning, of wanton, of being compelled to go.
It's so much more than just a desire or impulse.
Not everyone understands the intensity of wanderlust, so with it comes its own troubles. When two wanderlusters meets, there's almost always an instant connection - and I'm not talking about anything remotely sexual. For people in a romantic relationship with a traveler, that instant connection can sometimes be hard to understand, especially when a traveler speaks fondly of an amazing experience with someone else in the past. When you aren't consumed with it, it can be difficult to comprehend another person's unquenching desire to roam, to put him or herself in precariously fun situations, to eat delicious, potentially poisonous, street food, to meet the world's colorful, warm people.
