As the editor-in-chief of Lifehacker (and a bit of a control freak), I try to stay connected even when I'm out of town. Today I'm showing off what's in my bag to help me stay on track.


Whether I'm heading to New York for a week at the Gawker offices or just spending the weekend out of town, I like to stay connected. It's not always a good thing—do as I say, not as I do—but I have a pretty solid set of travel essentials that help me work (keeping track of the site) and play (since all my leisure reading material is digital). Here's what always comes with me:


That may seem like a lot, but most of this stuff basically lives in my backpack, so when it's time to get out of town, all I do is throw in my laptop and grid-it and I'm good to go, with a pretty sizable tech survival kit. I don't travel super often, but when I do, I'm fully prepared to do more work than I should.

If you have a great go bag with a useful organization scheme and great features, let us know! You can share your bag by posting it to your personal Kinja blog using the tag featured bag or adding it to our Lifehacker Go Bag Show and Tell Flickr pool. Photos must be at least at least 640x360. Please include information about your bag, what you put in it, and any relevant details about how you made it awesome. If yours catches our eye, we might just feature it!