Meta, Unbagging: Joshua Topolsky
By Engadget staff 
posted August 7th 2009 4:54PM
posted August 7th 2009 4:54PM
Unbagging is a new feature inspired by one of our favorite Flickr groups: what's in your bag? The premise is simple -- empty out your bag, arrange what's inside, and snap a photo. Engadget will be taking a look inside the bags of some of the people we know and love in the tech world, combining our two favorite pastimes of gadgetry and voyeurism. Want to be included? Send an email to unbagging [at] engadget [dot] com with your submissions!
Who better to kick off Unbagging with, right? In the picture above you'll note Josh's Leatherman, dual EV-DO cards, heart pills, vast array of phones (all active, mind you), and totally awesome Ray-Ban Wayfarer IIs. Before you ask: yes, he does carry all this stuff around. Take a look at the full rundown of assets after the break.
In the bag:
In the bag:
- Steven Harrington sleeve
- Jack Spade laptop bag
- Wayfarer II sunglasses
- Eyeglass case
- "Businessman" cards
- Mini USB cable
- Apple in-ear headphones
- MacBook Pro (with laser-etched logo)
- iPhone 3GS
- Palm Pre
- BlackBerry 8830
- G1
- Logitech V550 mouse
- Canon SD790 IS
- Moleskine notebooks (ruled and datebook)
- Parker pen
- Extra battery
- Leatherman Wave
- Sprint EV-DO card
- Verizon EV-DO card
- Tea tree oil toothpicks
- Chapstick
- Prescription medication
- Aliph Jawbone (inside gray case)
- Adapter
- Sony voice recorder
- Various plugs / backup SD card
- Elgato turbo.264 HD
I actually think this feature article bit is great. I'm anxious to see more in the future.
As an aside, Josh, you should consider getting a keychain pill fob in place of carting your meds around in your bag. I prefer to always have them on me for the added security.
PS - Fuck the haters.
Hey Josh, maybe you could ditch the heart pills if you didn't have all that massive tech-poo?
Live less-attached dude!
i have the same canon camera, except mine is messed up after dropping it more than 10 times and i had it for less than a year. :(
They have eyes, for straps, you might be the person they included those for I'm guessing.
I love this idea. Any hints on who's next on the 'reveal all' list?
Did anyone take note that that's a $400 laptop bag? For that much, I want the bag to carry me :)
It's really disappointing how many commenters in this post come off as close-minded drooling morons. Seriously, because the laptop sleeve has a freakin' pattern on it, people start saying he's gay? And, aren't tech geeks supposed to be modern and open-minded, therefore that shouldn't even matter? Unbelievable.
I just hope that the comments are the vocal few, and that most people read the post, enjoy and appreciate it, and ignore the moronic commenters and don't even post. How can you call yourself a gadget nerd if you don't find it interesting what the editor-in-chief of a gadget blog that you frequent carries around on a daily basis? Especially when it's chock full of awesome devices?
Sad. Just sad.
uhh....this was taken off of lifehacker
Coolest feature evr. the bags (plural) are awesome, and the laptop etching is very awesome.
I'll take the Wayfarers and MBP.
And throw in the Pre just for good measure.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but where are all the chargers and cables? My man-purse (a small Timbuk2) is full of chargers, USB cables, batteries and the like.
The word "unbagging" has a sort of painful connotation. I thought "Poor Josh!" when I saw the headline in my RSS reader
Well, I guess Josh's gdgt profile totally annihilates mine. But considering his job, it would be news if it didn't.
You actually carry all that stuff with you? All the time? That seems a bit excessive, even for someone in your position. I guess it could be worse. Could be like those posers over at lifehack(er).org(com) why show off the stuff they "always" have with them, and they take pictures of what could easily be a portable workbench full of crap.
Am I the only one who only carries a phone, keys and and some creditcards and cash? Why does everybody feel the need to carry their damn office around with them all the time?
Some of us like to do our office work away from the office.
A man who hauls his office to the park to work is wiser than the man who lurks in a fluorescent cubicle maze to work.
Or at least he's probably a bit happier.
So when will you 'unbag' Borat. I am dying to see that big rubber fist again. lol.
Cool, Mr. Topolsky what kind of JawBone headset do you have? I just got the JawBone Prime in silver. Nice gadgets, and you are my favorite Engadget writer.
Your fan,
JT
awesome, you should do more of these