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Over the past few months I have been using this week’s iPhone App of the Week to try and learn new languages (who am I kidding … I speak one language … although some may argue that I have not mastered English yet).   Having used many language Apps on my iPhone, and having written about [...]

Nearly a month ago I wrote about the Griffin Technologies PowerBlock Dual USB Charger as a travel essential … shortly after the entry went up on Flying With Fish the folks at Flight Wisdom wanted to know why I had not instead written about the Belkin Mini Surge Protector With USB Charger.
Well, the folks who [...]

Knowing the value of a Dollar (Pound, Euro, Dinar, Yen, etc) is an important lesson many of us learn as children. On the road knowing the value of your currency is equally important. When using a currency converter it is imperative that the tools be able to give you an accurate exchange rate as well [...]

9/2/2010 – Travel Essentials – Adventure Medical Kits : Travel Medic
When traveling there is one certainty … at times “things happen,” and if you’re a photographer traveling on assignment chances are you might be looking specifically for ‘things to happen.’ On the road it is best to be prepared, either to maximize your time on [...]

8/2/2010 – Travel Essentials – Griffin Technologies PowerBlock Dual USB Charger
When I pack my bag saving space is a high priority. When I travel one city over or twelve time-zones away I pack the same way, the smallest possible bag to carry the maximum amount of essentials.
When it comes to packing my electronics essentials, which [...]

4/2/2010 – iPhone App of the Week : Southwest Airlines
Airline created iPhone Apps are often run-of-the-mill. A few stand out among the Apps I have written about on Flying With Fish and I have skipped over countless Apps that I have felt offered virtually no benefit to users. This week’s iPhone App of the Week [...]

20/1/2010 – The Long Haul Netbook : EeePC’s 1005HA
Have you ever boarded a flight from New York to Paris and wished you could watch the entire Jason Bourne Trilogy of movies on your laptop … ummm … I mean do you wish you could work from wheels up to wheels down on the flight?
While I [...]

7/1/2010 – iPhone App of the Week : Survey On The Spot (TSA Survey)

Your experience at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints may vary widely from airport to airport and even at different check points within an airport.   Overall whether you agree or disagree with TSA policy the frontline Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) are polite, professional [...]

24/12/2009 – iPhone App Of The Week : PreFlight

What is the Number 1 travel question I get from my Mom? “Is there a delay?”

OK granted, my Mom is probably not the primary readership of Flying With Fish, she certainly isn’t the target audience of Flying With Fish and my Mom does not have [...]

17/12/2009 – iPhone App Of The Week : News Feed Elite
Waking up in the morning, sitting at the gate, stuck on a delayed train; standing in line for a donut I tend to do one thing, read the news. One of the first Apps downloaded to my iPhone was from the Associated Press, and it [...]