Recommend a Tech Toys Bag?

SuperMallen asks: "With the recent purchase of an iPod and iPod-capable car radio, I am realizing that I have reached maximum capacity in terms of what can go in my pants pockets. Given that I want to take both the iPod and my radio face with me wherever I go (along with my cellphone, Bluetooth headset, wallet, keys, and possibly a laptop with mouse, power supply, and whatever reading material I'm carting around), I'm thinking that what I need is a medium sized bag or backpack with pockets dedicated for this sort thing. What does the Slashdot community do for things like this? Any brands or models you have found work for you?"

Comments

Re:LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD Brothers and Sisters!!!

[Osty]

Rather than purge your bag, why not really lighten your load by not carrying around so much crap? What I carry on my person on a normal day:

• Wallet with cash, ID cards, and credit cards. I'm partial to smaller tri-fold style wallets. Sits in my back pocket, and I feel naked without it.
• Keys and pocket change. And by "keys", I mean "three keys", not some big huge ring of 50 different keys you'll never use. One for my car, one for my truck, and one for my house. Nothing more.
• Work badge. Because I constantly break the little zip thingies you use to hang it from a belt, I've taken to carrying it in a pocket instead. Usually wrapped by a couple hair bands (because I have longer hair).
• Cell phone that doesn't have a color screen, doesn't take pictures, and doesn't send or receive email. If you can't call me, I don't want to hear from you.
• Sunglasses.
• Wristwatch. Analog, preferably without any special features at all, and with simple tick marks instead of numbers. My current watch is analog with tick marks and has a day/month display that I could live without. Lives on my wrist, not taking up valuable pocket space. Another one of those, "I feel naked without it," items.
• A good book.

I wear a leather jacket year-round (a heavier one during colder months, a lighter one during warmer months), which has enough pockets to hold my cell and sunglasses. Depending on the size of the book I'm currently reading, it will also usually fit into a coat pocket. Wallet, keys, badge, and change go into various pant pockets. Every other month or so work will saddle me with a pager for a week, but that fits into a coat pocket as well. I refuse to carry around anything else. I do have a laptop bag to take my laptop to and from work, but that's house to car to office and back.

At the very minimum, I can safely leave the house with nothing more than my wallet, wristwatch, and keys, and be completely happy and productive.

I see no need to carry around everything you listed. You don't need a flashlight, earplugs, headphones, etc. Maybe the life of a Yoga instructor is much more hectic than that of a software developer, but having not been a Yoga instructor I couldn't really say. I'd suspect not ...