What’s in my bag when I go to the office (September 2022 Edition)

#productivity #programming #tooling

Basically, I work remotely in the last 5 years right now.
And I love it. I think I should have some problems to do a step back to a “normal” office daily life.
By the way, since I joined SoftwareONE, I have to go in the office once a month (at least).
It’s ok to break the routine and spend a lot of hours with my team and the other colleagues.
But what I bring with me when I go to the office?

I don’t have a fixed setup and I change the content of my bag two or three times during the year.

Right now, I have the following setup:

Microsoft Laptop 4: it's not my primary device because at home I use my gaming pc for working. But I use the laptop a few hours each week when I want to work in another room at home.
iPad: it's useful during the travel (I take the train for 45 minutes) and during the day for watching tutorials or listening Spotify (and preserve battery life on the laptop)
Logitech M705 Marathon: I have this dedicated mouse for the laptop. It's very similar to the mouse that I use every day, the Logitech MX Master. I love the Logitech mouse series.
USB-C Docking: in the office all seats have the dedicated docking station, but who doesn't know if you have to do a presentation in a conference room or you have to work in a meeting room and you need more connections for displays or additional USB ports.
a Presenter: same as the point above. It's small and it's not heavy to bring in the bag. So, why not?
a portable USB-C display: it's an additional display 15.6 inch that you can easily use as a second monitor. You can use the USB-C to provide power to the display and it's useful if you are in a meeting room and you need a second display during a meeting or during a presentation. You can share this screen in the call, and you can use the main display of the laptop as the main display.
USB Hard disk: we are living in the cloud era, I know. But it can happen that you need to share big amounts of data with your colleagues or an ISO image or whatever. (I have additional 2-3 usb keys in the bag)
Sennheiser HD BT450: I reviewed this headphone here on my blog a few months ago. They are good to have some isolation during the day. We have an open space and everyone are in the calls during the day. 🙂
Cables, Cables, Cables: I have multiple cables in a small bag for everything: HDMI, usb, usb-c and much more. You never know.
Powerbank: I have a backup powerbank (it's not in the photo). It can recharge my phone and/or my laptop if needed.