Pogue Press -- O'Reilly The Missing Manuals -- the books that should have been in the box.

Click here to find YOUR Missing Manual
Arrow Home
Arrow Library
Full list of all Missing Manuals
Arrow Missing CD-ROMs ** PLEASE DESCRIBE THIS IMAGE **
Free/Shareware Programs

Arrow Send us your Feedback
Write reviews, submit errata, ask questions
Arrow Sign up for our Newsletter
Arrow Screencasts
Arrow For Starters Series
Arrow Write for Us
Arrow About Missing Manuals
Arrow News Archive
Arrow Blogs
Arrow Press Releases

Arrow David Pogue's NYTimes Column
Arrow David Pogue's NYTimes Blog
Arrow David Pogue's Home Page

Arrow O'Reilly Website

David Pogue's iPhone: The Missing Manual iPhone App from O'Reilly
Learn More




CATEGORY: The Missing Feature - Our running list of the most essential things we wish our software and gadgets could do...but don't, yet. We'll keep this blog stocked with the most user-friendly, timesaving suggestions we can think of. When word gets out about our great ideas, well, it's only a matter of time before the engineers at Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft respond, right?

More outlets at airport terminals

| | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

This is a small one and possibly the EASIEST Missing Feature to institute ever.

outlet_airport.jpg
Like finding water in the desert, so sometimes goes the search for an outlet at the airport.

I've been traveling a lot in the past six months and have always tried to keep my laptop battery at close to 100 percent when the plane takes off. That means the need to be plugged in right before boarding. The problem is there are SO FEW OUTLETS at most airport gates.

Here's what I'm proposing:

Step 1: Go to Home Depot with a company credit card.

Step 2: Buy four long power strips and extension cords per gate; Buy enough electrical tape to safely mount the wires out of the way of little children and the clumsy.

Step 3: Plug in these extension cords to existing outlets and expand the number of outlets to where people sit in the terminal.

Step 4: Using a color printer, highlight the locations of these new power strips.

Step 5: Feel the love from your customers.

It seems one third to one half of all airline travelers have a device that could use some juice, so why not provide it?

Leave a comment





 © 2008, O'Reilly Media, Inc. | (707) 827-7000 / (800) 998-9938