I love technology, except when I hate it. Today is a good day, however. I’m in love once again!

Not since my first iPhone have I been this excited about a new gadget. This time it is my new MiFi Jetpack. It’s about three quarters the size of an iPhone and weighs only a few ounces. And, ironically, it makes that much loved gadget, the iPhone, less necessary!

The MiFi provides a wireless Internet signal for my very small MacBook Air almost anywhere. It also provides a signal for additional devices, including my iPhone should AT&T disappear. But right now I am thrilling to the signal it delivers to my MacBook Air.

Whenever I travel, whether far afield or to a client no more than an hour away, I’ve been forced to answer emails by typing with my thumbs, postpone tasks that can’t be completed without going online, take risks with public WiFI, and sort out the connectivity hoops found at hotels, airports, and cities. On top of that, there are the disappointment of failed technology. I took the bus to New York City recently, instead of driving, specifically so I could get some work done, but the WiFi wasn’t working. I’ve wandered down too many hotel hallways and taken too many trips to the lobby trying to pick up a strong enough signal to send an important response to a client.

No longer! Now I can work efficiently, reliably, and without building my plans around Internet availability. Right now, I am blogging from the New York Thruway, someplace east of Buffalo. Loving it. Smiling. Almost giddy with this new ability to do things when I have the time or when I’m inspired, not when technology makes it possible!