Actually, I AM on an airplane...

...I'm writing from about 38,000 feet, somewhere over the Atlantic ocean.  Right now, I really miss being able to work with my bug tracker and databases. But I'm getting a lot of software written and have cut my inbox down from over 400 new messages to a more manageable 26. My version control system and mail client can sync their data with a server before I go offline.

Perhaps you saw David Hanson's post "You're not on a fucking airplane" earlier this month. In it, he rails against the current focus on 'syncable' Web 2.0 applications.

What David tells us is that we all need to unhook, unwind and pretty soon we're going to have network everywhere anyway.  In fact, the only people who want their applications on airplanes are 'traveling salesmen or geeks who attend too many conferences.' I'm actually in both demographics, so maybe I'm just deluded. But I'm going to come out and say it anyway.