Eden Sessions + The ASUS Transformer Book Chi

Looking at various Instagram accounts I follow, the life of a blogger can look like a world of fun, food, fashion, and travel. It’s true - blogging offers some amazing experiences; but there’s hard work involved too (honest!).

What Instagram doesn’t show is the hours and hours (and often days and days) in-between each post. Travelling across London, travelling across the UK, sat at a computer sending emails, writing posts, checking posts, organising meetings, going through each and every photograph from an event praying that one of them looks good enough to use. This isn't a moan of course, I just wanted to share the working process.

Take my trip to the Eden Sessions, down in Cornwall. It was a great trip - I’d go as far as to say epic, especially once you’ve thrown in a go on England’s longest zip wire! But it’s what, 300 miles from home? That’s a long old drive, especially in one go. And I’m supposed to be working!

As with any job, after a while you start to develop a routine and a knack for fitting work around a hectic schedule.

A 5 hour drive down to Cornwall started with a quick tidy up of the inbox and maybe an email or three each time I stopped for a coffee. Once we arrived, a couple more hours were spent sat snugly in the YHA Snoozebox (definitely check that out - like some sort of Japanese micro-hotel on wheels), listening to the rain and tapping away on the keyboard.

This is where the ASUS Transformer Book came into it’s own. As they were sponsoring the Eden Sessions - a set of top gigs playing out across the Summer - they were kind enough to send me a Transformer Book in time for the journey down. Essentially, it’s a tablet, but with a fold out (and unclippable) keyboard. The best of both worlds! You can lie in bed, as the Snoozebox has no desk, flicking through Twitter, the news, and Bloglovin’, and when the times comes to work, sit up, attach the keyboard and get typing!

Back in London, feeling suitably refreshed from a good dose of South Coast sunshine and with the music of Paolo Nutini still ringing in my ears, it’s another week of coffee shop working. I’ve just discovered Four Corners Cafe outside Waterloo: light, bright, with excellent coffee and big tables to work from. The ASUS Transformer Book is folded out, like a mini-laptop, and here I am writing this blog away!

Thanks for the trip has to go to ASUS, Eden Sessions, The Eden Project, and Barrie Thomson for the cafe recommendation.

We’re always interested to hear from you guys, especially those of you freelancing. What’s your working routine? Laptop, desktop, or tablet?

Nik of Buckets & Spades was a guest at Eden Sessions on behalf of ASUS

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