Business travel can be hard on a dad (or any parent) and being away from your kids can add stress to an already hectic travel schedule. Â That said, traveling dads who are also closet geeks often find ways to leverage technology to keep in touch with the kids at home. Â Thanks to the kismet of Twitter (“Twismet”), fellow Dad-O-Matic dad Chris Brogan and I discovered we were both in San Francisco earlier this week to speak at the same conference (DMA2010). Â We were able to get together to make a short video and share some of the ways we handle our kids when we are on the road.
How do you stay in touch with your kids when you travel? Please add your suggestions and tips in the comments.
Jeff Sass is the proud dad of ZEO (Zach, 22, Ethan, 20 and Olivia, 19).  He is also a seasoned entertainment and technology exec and active social media enthusiast.  You can see more of Jeff’s writing at Sassholes! and Social Networking Rehab and you can listen to Jeff on the Cast of Dads podcast.?
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Interesting video Jeff and Chris. I’ve just started to travel more frequently, and as a parent to three younger girls (9, 6, 3), this is a topic that resonates with me these days. On a recent trip to Vegas, I had the opportunity to talk with my family via Skype who were back in the Philadelphia Region. The experience was a bit more personal than say a phone call. We were able to see eachother’s faces and expressions. It was particularly fun explaining the time difference. My kids couldn’t understand that I was just about to eat dinner when they had already done so 3 hours earlier and that now (during the time of the Skype session) it was their bedtime. My wife explained later that my youngest was kind of freaked out about the whole Skype session and was looking for her Daddy. Using this technology may help bridge that time away ftrom my family. Good stuff guys
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Thanks Drew! Interesting that your youngest was a little spooked by Skype. You might try doing it with him at home from one computer to another so he gets a sense of how it works, and that you can do it wherever the computer is… just a thought. Thanks for sharing!
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 A1 City Flowers
This one is my childhood flower. I love Hibiscus Red. Great
camera work Sal. All the other flower shots are beautiful as well