Category: Technology

I’ve spent more hours than I’d care to admit staring at my screen, trying to outsmart airlines that seem to have PhDs in wallet-draining. Once, in a fit of desperation, I booked a flight that included a 12-hour layover in an airport where the only edible option was a vending machine burrito. And no, it […]

I’ve learned the hard way that working from home is just another phrase for “constantly hunting for that one pen that actually writes.” Let me tell you, nothing makes you question your life choices more than realizing your so-called ergonomic chair is just a fancy name for a medieval torture device. My first year of […]

The first time I tried to work from a hotel room, I ended up contorted on a lumpy bed, squinting at my laptop like a sailor navigating through a fog. Who needs a productivity app when you’ve got a crick in your neck and a screen the size of a postcard? I thought I was […]

I once found myself in a dingy hostel in Bali, attempting to file a story on a laptop that was so slow it felt like it was powered by a hamster on a wheel. There I was, the so-called digital nomad, furiously smacking the keys of a machine that seemed more interested in spinning its […]

I remember the first time I tried to cram a so-called “travel-friendly” tripod into my backpack. There I was, standing in my cluttered living room, wrestling with what was essentially an overpriced metal octopus. The sales pitch had promised me a lightweight, compact marvel, but what I got was a contraption that seemed to grow […]

I once found myself in the middle of a bustling city, phone dead, GPS useless, and my sense of direction as reliable as a politician’s promise. There I was, surrounded by street vendors and neon lights, feeling like the protagonist in a bad comedy. That’s when I realized my so-called “reliable” power bank was a […]

I once found myself in a dimly lit hotel room in Paris, squatting by the bed, surrounded by a graveyard of adapters. I was on a frantic mission to charge my phone before it died a slow, inevitable death. Each adapter I tried seemed to mock me with its uselessness, a cruel reminder that “universal” […]

I once found myself in the chaotic mess of Heathrow, clutching a well-worn copy of “War and Peace” in one hand and a rapidly disintegrating boarding pass in the other. The romance of flipping through physical pages quickly lost its allure when I realized the book took up more space than my change of clothes. […]

I once found myself wedged between a snorer with the lung capacity of a foghorn and a toddler determined to audition for the next horror movie. Somewhere over the Atlantic, I realized that the $20 earbuds I snagged at the airport weren’t cutting it. My ears were at war, and I was losing. That’s when […]

The first time I decided to venture beyond the familiar embrace of my coastal town, I found myself face-to-face with reality’s cruel humor. My suitcase was a hodgepodge of impractical items: three novels I’d never open, a sweater too thick for the tropics, and a phone charger that didn’t match my phone. I was the […]