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What I carry with me every day: Matt Mullenweg

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Interesting to see that "Everday Carry" now has six employees and revenue in excess of $1M [1]. Can't tell if it is just affiliate revenue, or if there is something more beyond Amazon and eBay affiliate programs.

[1] - http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/print-edition/2015/0...

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This guy carries playing cards, a lockpick set, two phones, two watches (and their chargers), a chest strap heart rate monitor, three pairs of headphones (including $1350 UE 18s) and a router with him everyday? Are you kidding?

Yeah, this is a travel bag, not an every day carry.

Hey, you never know when you are going to encounter a foreign power outlet. (??)

From tomorrow's headlines: "WordPress Creator Mugged In Mission Taqueria, Blames Hacker News"

I always carry around a TL-MR3020 (openwrt) with a wireless adapter on the USB port. You never know when you need to hop a network. It's so small it does not really make a difference on the backpack.

I'm not sure I'm on the same page as someone who carries, among other things, two watches and several sets of headphones everywhere he goes.

My initial reaction was similar: "Wow, I must be a minimalist!"

This looks more like a travel kit than something you'd really carry every day. I mean, why carry the heart rate monitor and watch like this? It should be with his running clothes, unless he's always wearing them. He should have those in his EDC kit as well. And all the chargers, you don't need to carry those around every day unless your equipment dies frequently or you aren't going to your own home most nights.

Well, he says he carries it every day, so I'm going to take him at his word.

To answer your question, generally people with huge loadouts like this haven't really thought about it all that carefully.

> Well, he says he carries it every day, so I'm going to take him at his word.

Fair, I didn't mean to say I doubted him, but more what the kit appeared like to me (travel versus EDC). This is more than I'd take on a trip, but is along those lines. Or if I were leading a more nomadic life (no permanent address or rarely there, lots of couch surfing or staying in hotels for work).

However, I guess this would be EDC if that were a normal thing for me.

Smart phone plus credit card covers 99% of eventualities in the first world.

The slope gets a little slippery from there. Your phone needs a charger. If you really need to be productive then laptop or laptop replacing tablet, its charger, and a way to connect it to a cell network. But there's no denying Matt Mulligan is excessive here.

Not to be snarky, but that's incorrect if the power is out for a few hours. Not saying that is a normal case in the "first world" - but it happens occasionally.

You carry stuff with you everywhere everyday just in case the power goes out for a few hours? That's like carrying around a bathing suit in the dead of winter just in case it suddenly gets hot and you fancy a swim.

He carries all that crap but not a flashlight?

I think the smartphone light probably counts but I'm with you on carrying a compact CREE-powered flashlight. Also, he's missing a small folding knife.

It doesn't count. Everyone should carry a proper flashlight.

His phone has a flashlight built-in.

Probably not a good one. I'm always annoyed when I see people fumbling with their phones, attempting to illuminate instead of carrying a real flashlight.

> 5. Lockpick set.

While I personally don't have a problem with it, I'm pretty sure such would get you into a lot of trouble in some jurisdictions. Carrying a lockpick set everywhere with you everyday strikes me as risky.

There are seriously laws preventing you from carrying a lock picking set?

I work in England but a co-worker here mentioned that the law says he can't carry them unless he had a very good reason e.g. he is a locksmith.

"Going equipped"

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/25

(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, when not at his place of abode, he has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary or theft.

2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.

3) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section, proof that he had with him any article made or adapted for use in committing a burglary or theft shall be evidence that he had it with him for such use.

It varies from state to state.

Since the Theft act of 1968 the UK has had an offence of "Going equipped for stealing" [1]

It can cover any otherwise-legal item (bolt cutters or gloves for example) if it can be shown it was for use in a theft; and with items that are made specifically for burglary or theft (a lock-snapping bar or a foil-lined shoplifting bag for example) possession alone is illegal.

[1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/25

Lock pick laws vary from state to state. In the vast majority of states including CA, NY and my own CO possession of a set alone is not enough to prove criminal intent. Of course IANAL and some municipalities might have their own laws.

I usually carry a set in my bag and have not had any issues.

It's fine in most US states. Only one state (I forget which) has a general proscription on lockpicks. In many states, carrying lockpicks while committing a crime is illegal, but otherwise it's fine.

> In many states, carrying lockpicks while committing a crime is illegal, but otherwise it's fine.

Is it any crime, or does it have to be something for which the lockpicks could have been a tool? Otherwise, I can imagine the news now: "Local man gets jail time for jay walking with lockpicks. More at 11."

If there is a crime near you involving a break-in and you are found to be carrying lockpicks, you will instantly be considered the #1 suspect.

I mean, I suppose there's probably no law against walking around with a glass pipe either but I wouldn't recommend doing it for the hell of it.

I don't have an issue with picks, but why would one need them often enough to justify the weight/clutter of carrying them everywhere?

Maybe he has a hobby of picking locks (that he owns) for fun... except I don't see a lock in his bag.

Carrying it might not be illegal, but using it starts to get dicey. Unless you're using it on a lock to a room where you're entitled to access (your home, for example), you're setting yourself for a lot of hassles. More so in foreign countries. I see no possible upside of carrying this with him and many possible downsides.

You're right. Kevin Poulsen was stopped and searched by cops at least once, possibly several times IIRC, and found to be carrying a lockpick set. It definitely can make things a lot worse because typically when a cop sees that, it triggers a lot of presumptions.

I carry half of that when I travel, much less every day. I don't need to put Batman's tactical belt and the WHO's civilization bootstrap kit in my pockets and backpack.

Enjoyed Matt's appearance on Tim Ferriss's podcast earlier this week where he covered related things (most used apps, daily tips and tricks, etc.) - http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/02/09/matt-mullenweg/

Phone, keys, wallet. Keep it simple.

My father always taught me - keys and wallet every time you leave the house. And keep it in your pants pockets, since you never* leave those.

For my future children I will say the same, plus phone. But maybe it will be one physical thing at that time.

*Relative speaking, comparing to jacket let say.

If you are interested, there is an entire subreddit dedicated to this: http://www.reddit.com/r/edc

Wow I didn't know there was a website where people talk about all the things they carry around...

There's even a subreddit for it.

http://reddit.com/r/edc

And lots of videos on YouTube, a sub-reddit, etc. These folks tend to be a bit on the... Odd side I suppose, but hey; I used to fall asleep watching them show off all the crap they carry around, so what does that make me?

If you enjoyed watching, it might be an ASMR effect.

Not sure why you're being downvoted; that's exactly what it is.

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