I have realize that to be efficient in work, there are a couple of essential items that needs to be kept handy together with the Swiss Army Knife. Firstly is the thumbdrive. This tiny little silicon filled gadget is essential to move huge amount of data between computers. Especially when reports are >10meg in size and the Office Outlook just froze at synchronizing. With memory prize drop, a 2Gig now cost not more than RM50. I bet in the next PC fair, this price would drop further. The next essential item is handy during travelling. Its the VPN key generator. In my old company, there is an electronic key gen that install directly onto the laptop, which is convenient, but a hassle to setup. The current company on the other hand uses this key generator that is not that convenient, but no hassle in setup. This little thing enable me to access mails at the airprots and at the local Starbucks outlet. If you haven’t these items, its time to consider them to enable you to be more effective. One ironic thing to note is that, before I bought the thumbdrive, there were so many instances of the need to transfer huge amount of file. But after I bought it, the occasion reduces to seldom. Nevertheless, it is being used to transmit my ‘virus‘.