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By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

This dispatch is from BestStuff technology and home office contributor Jeff Zbar, who's on a three-week family road trip through the American West. Whether you're a road warrior, a home-based business owner, a teleworker, or just a family in search of the freedom of the road, enjoy Jeff's commentary. Want to learn more? Hit www.chiefhomeofficer.com.

When I was a young teen, my father bought me my first real camera. It was a used Nikon F (heck, in 1975, all Fs were used). It was a workhorse of the Vietnam War and the trusted choice of professional and amateur photographers ever since. It set in place my desire for amateur photography that carried over from travel to my work today as a freelance, home-based writer.

It shot like a champ, was fairly silly simple to use, and with the right lenses, could capture images with relative ease and beautiful clarity. You had roughly two adjustments — shutter speed and aperture. If you mastered those (no small feat in its own right), and knew how to compose your shots, you could create some pretty compelling photography. Read more

By Jeff Zbar
www.homeofficehighway.com

Summertime's a great time to hit the open road – without leaving life behind. Technology widely available to the consumer market helps the "anywhere" office – and online personality – come alive without an electrical outlet or Ethernet cable in sight. This is Americana in a way Norman Rockwell never could have imagined.

This summer, the Home Office Highway '11 road show will showcase the tech, tools and tips that empower people to work and play from the interstate highway – or the information superhighway. The three-week excursion and social media event will highlight how "location independence" can be found wherever life's journey ventures.

This year, we'll travel from Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco. Part sightseeing trip, part college tour, all fun-n-games. The van will have laptops, digital cameras and other technology common to the modern family home.

As families grow up, so do their technology needs, even when they're on vacation. We'll file blogs, Facebook updates, tweets and videos from the road. We'll even manage family finances effortlessly from anywhere. "With wifi, the cloud and a computer, you can work and play from anywhere." Read more