Atlanta .NET Regular Guys

Consultant ready kit

I’m a consultant which means my entire (work) life has to fit into a bag (the smaller the better) and be ready to move in an instant.  Currently I’m toting around a slimline Victronix similar to but older than this Louvre 17.  I received this bag from the Microsoft MVP program a few years ago and it’s easily the best (physical) gift they gave me.  This thing easily holds my laptop, power cord, and the rest of the stuff in my consultant ready kit.  It’s the “rest of the stuff” I’m thinking of now.  What do you carry with you at all times?

• cellphone/PDA/camera/mobile entertainment center/digital third arm – Samsung Focus (now with Mango^TM)
• 2 USB jump drives including a Powerstick (for those battery emergencies)
• mini flashlight such as this keychain flashlight (you just never know when you need one of those)
• dry erase marker – one I KNOW works (I carry around the brown one for easy visibility)
• pens (I love red pens)
• Kindle 3G - outside of my cellphone, this is my favorite electronic device.
• Tide to Go instant stain remover
• ibuprofen
• Moleskine notebook – pocket
• mousepad
• retractable ethernet cable
• external HDD
• gum / mints

That and a few business cards are pretty much all I carry.  Anything I’m missing which would make my mobile life complete?