# Road Warrior, Beyond Lapdom

**URL:** <https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227>\
**Category:** blog\
**Created:** [December 25, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227 "2004-12-25T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227/1 "2004-12-25T00:00:00Z")

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For all their cool teeny-tiny productiveness, I've never been able to effectively use a laptop on.. my lap. It's just not possible, except for brief sessions to check email or the like. To do real work, I have to find a desk or desk-like surface. This can be tough unless I'm in a hotel room.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/12/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom.html](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/12/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom.html)

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**Author:** ![Zian](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/z/d26b3c/32.png) [@Zian](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Zian)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227/2 "2008-02-22T00:00:00Z")

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The image reference is broken.

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**Author:** ![Steve](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Steve](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Steve)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227/3 "2008-11-28T00:00:00Z")

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Yea, the image is broken. The website ([pctabletote.com](http://pctabletote.com)) still works, so you can point the image to [http://www.pctabletote.com/images/outside206.jpg](http://www.pctabletote.com/images/outside206.jpg) if it’s important

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/codinghorror/32/36371_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/road-warrior-beyond-lapdom/1227/4 "2025-01-07T06:40:17Z")

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