Last week, as I was preparing to teach the "Aperture Hands On Training" at PMA 08 in Las Vegas, I contemplated how best to get organized. The classroom consisted of rows of iMacs so attendees could follow along with my tips and techniques.

I decided to let Aperture do the heavy lifting. I selected the images I wanted to use out of my main Aperture library, organized them in a Project, then dragged the project out of Aperture and on to a keychain USB drive.

I knew the computers at the lab would be preloaded with Aperture 1.5. So, instead of having to drag may MacBook Pro around PMA all day, I just slipped the keychain drive in my pocket, grabbed the iPhone, and headed out for the monorail.

When I arrived at class, I simply dragged the Project off the keychain and on to the iMac in class, and I was ready to go. I had everything with me... master files, versions, web galleries, you name it. Traveling light is one of my favorite things about technology these days.