A short representation about the hardware, software and other tools I use in my freelance business.

1. THE HARDWARE CONUNDRUM

2. SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION
www.journoadvice.com - my site about building a freelance
business (www.twitter.com/journoadvice)
www.gestaltcommunications.com - if you want to hire me
www.twitter.com/anthony_caruana - follow me on twitter

3. IPAD VS LAPTOP

4. IPAD VS LAPTOP
It depends

5. WHEN I TRAVEL

6. WHEN I TRAVEL
+ + Software
All I need for most things

7. MY KEY SOFTWARE
• Dropbox - for storing my current work files online (free)
• Good reader - iPad app for accessing online files ($5)
• Evernote - taking notes, recording, photos (free)
• Pages - word processing, but there other options ($10)
• Saasu - online accounting ($275 per year)

8. KEY ACCESSORIES
NetComm
Zoom H2 audio
MyZone Personal
recorder
WiFi hotspot

9. LAPTOP FOR ...

10. LAPTOP FOR ...
Specific tasks (mainly Windows stuff as I'm a Mac user)

11. OTHER STUFF THAT'S
INTERESTING
• Xero for online accounts
• AudioNote for making and recording with notes and audio in
sync
• Instapaper for capturing online content for offline reading
• ReportIT for broadcast quality recording on iPhone and iPad
• JotNot for turning iPhone into scanner
• CardSnap - business card scanning on iPhone
• LogMeIn for remotely accessing your office computer while
you're traveling
• Scrivener is a idea arranger and writing program
• Things for project management (Mac only)
• Endnote for academic style referencing
• Carbonite for online backup without thinking