Comments on: Top 10 Gear Choices for Travel Writers http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Julie Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:59:26 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1534 Glad you liked it. I just saw a brand new Olympus voice recorder I might try out. Glad you liked it. I just saw a brand new Olympus voice recorder I might try out.

]]> By: BeyondRandom http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 BeyondRandom Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:04:05 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1532 Great Post and links! I never thought about using a voice recorder! Thanks! Great Post and links!

I never thought about using a voice recorder!
Thanks!

]]> By: Eva http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Eva Mon, 19 May 2008 01:21:45 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1196 Hmm. On my last trip I carried items #10 through #6, and item #2, plus a non-solar charger standing in at #4. So in other words: almost all the gear, without the practical bits like the standardized cable or the good gear bag! Ha. Actually, I have a cool laptop backpack that I'm pretty pleased with, and it'll hold all my other writing-related paraphernalia, plus a book or two and - in a pinch - a fleece or hoodie. It's not big enough to hold the rest of my crap, though. So I guess it's a souped-up travel writing daypack. :D Hmm. On my last trip I carried items #10 through #6, and item #2, plus a non-solar charger standing in at #4. So in other words: almost all the gear, without the practical bits like the standardized cable or the good gear bag! Ha.

Actually, I have a cool laptop backpack that I’m pretty pleased with, and it’ll hold all my other writing-related paraphernalia, plus a book or two and – in a pinch – a fleece or hoodie. It’s not big enough to hold the rest of my crap, though. So I guess it’s a souped-up travel writing daypack. :D

]]> By: Julie http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Julie Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1195 Thanks, Craig! You're definitely the audio man and as far as Macs go, I'm clueless, despite the fact that my brother's life mission is to convert me. Thanks, Craig! You’re definitely the audio man and as far as Macs go, I’m clueless, despite the fact that my brother’s life mission is to convert me.

]]> By: Craig http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Craig Sun, 18 May 2008 17:42:23 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1191 A couple of comments on the loaded laptop... I used wavepad for about a year before dumping it for audacity, which is both free and open-source. It seemed to fit my workflow better then, but for the last three years I've been working on a Mac, which means garageband for 95% of sound recording and editing...with a couple of other programs for more grueling work. If you have a Mac and you write it's imperative to <a href="http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html" rel="nofollow">download Scrivener</a>. Windows has its good points but it does not have Scrivener. Eat your heart out Win/Linux writers. A couple of comments on the loaded laptop…

I used wavepad for about a year before dumping it for audacity, which is both free and open-source. It seemed to fit my workflow better then, but for the last three years I’ve been working on a Mac, which means garageband for 95% of sound recording and editing…with a couple of other programs for more grueling work.

If you have a Mac and you write it’s imperative to download Scrivener. Windows has its good points but it does not have Scrivener. Eat your heart out Win/Linux writers.

]]> By: Tim Patterson http://thetravelersnotebook.com/top-10-lists/top-10-pieces-of-travel-writing-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Tim Patterson Wed, 14 May 2008 02:04:21 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=157#comment-1163 Terrific article Julie. One more for the list - a magic trick and a pack of cigarettes, both good for breaking the ice with surly border guards! -Tim Terrific article Julie. One more for the list – a magic trick and a pack of cigarettes, both good for breaking the ice with surly border guards!

-Tim

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