7 Ways to Prepare Your Digital-Self for Vacation

…ok so you are ready for your vacation, you booked hotel(s), you know where to go and what you want to do, everything nicely packaged, right? Well hold on for a minute and check few more things in your bag before you go.

• GPS – in case you are planning to drive a car in new places it’s good to remember about the map. So you can sit down and check the paper-maps or use Google Maps (you can always print the plan of your trip(s) just in case if your electronic devices won’t work). If you decide to get GPS device then I suggest to add all locations (places where you plan to go) to your GPS device before you hit the road, such as: airports, hotels, etc. so you know exactly how to get there.



• camera + extra batteries + charger – I guess you would like to take beautiful pictures during vacation to show them to your friends later. So make sure there is nothing wrong with your camera (take few testing pictures during the day outside and inside the house and in the evening as well). Choose the camera according to your abilities – truth is you can take very nice pictures using simple digital camera but of course you can choose something with many more features for pros.



• memory cards – if you like taking a lot of pictures you better make sure to take few memory cards with you – oh and it’s good to test them before you go on the trip (insert one by one in the camera, just to be sure that you get right memory cards)



• USB Flash Drive – it’s a portable data storage device. You never know where and when you might need it. You can plug it in to your laptop to transfer data (files, photos, videos). USB flash drive come in different shapes and sizes.



• laptop, ultrabook or tablet – something you use to communicate via internet. It might become useful to check pictures you just took using your digital camera. Tablet you can use also as e-Reader. Remember about necessary cables.
• smartphone – just in case if you need to contact someone in case of emergency or simply to get some information or talk to your family/friends. Btw. most smartphones have digital camera features – so in case something happened to your camera you can use your mobile to take pictures. Depends on your smartphone model you can check connect to the internet and check maps (e.g.: Google Maps, etc.). Remember not to forget about the smartphone charger.
and last but not least:
• good attitude – it’s your vacation after all so it’s all about FuuuN

Don’t forget take all necessary cables:

• to connect your camera to the laptop
• cable to recharge laptop
• cable to connect your smartphone to the laptop
• cable to recharge your smartphone
• cable to connect your GPS in your car (if you have portable GPS)

Here is a cool infographic created by Lab42 (market research company from Chicago)

…now you are ready to enjoy your vacation and don’t forget take a lot of pictures.

by the end of the summer I am going to publish blog post about editing your pictures from vacation.