GET YOUR COMPUTER ONLINE WITH YOUR PHONE

A recent sit-com episode revolved around a character who had moved in with his father. The son, a writer, needed to be online, but the older father did not see the need for the Internet. I can fully relate with the son — I hate having to be off-line. Unfortunately, I still encounter situations where I cannot get online easily. I sometimes teach at facilities that, for security purposes, do not allow me to connect to their network and do not have guest Wi-Fi networks. Incredibly, I even teach regularly at a technology school with no Wi-Fi. As a traveler, it has been a long time since I have been at a hotel that does not provide Internet service, but many hotels charge exorbitant fees to get online, and most hotel networks are painfully slow.