<p>Call me a pioneer. Those who have followed my contributions of late will have noted that I'm somewhat of a post-PC fanatic. I've taken it upon myself to blaze a trail into an IT future that features virtually no Microsoft or Intel technologies. Along the way, I've managed to stitch together a fairly functional post-PC solution. However, my journey has not always been a smooth one, and I will forever carry the scars of slings and arrows gone by.</p><p>For example, as I write this I'm sitting in the nearly empty family room of the new waterfront condo my wife and I just bought near Manalapan, FL. And as is often the case with a new property, I have yet to set-up any sort of Internet access -- nor do I plan to do so since we'll only be staying in the property for a few days before returning to Mauritius.</p><p>All of which puts me in the difficult position of using a cloud-oriented device (Android tablet) in an entirely disconnected state. In fact, just yesterday I was caught flat-footed when my realtor called looking for the phone number of the tree removal guy who was supposed to grind a stump left near the pool at my old property. I knew I had his number somewhere in Gmail, however, the Android Gmail client simply would not cooperate. I couldn't search. I couldn't manually navigate my various folders/labels. Nothing.</p><p>Had I been working in my pre-post-PC "mobile" environment -- HP Mini 2140 running Windows 7 and Office Outlook 2010 with an offline .PST file -- this wouldn't have happened. Nor would I have found myself cursing at the keyboard this morning while trying to draft a quick article for BetaNews. That's because all of the wonderful auto-correct and auto-spell check features of the various Android "soft" keyboards mysteriously disappear the moment you connect an external keyboard. So as I peck away in QuickOffice, I have to pay special attention to my spelling/grammar lest I commit some embarrassing faux pas.</p><p><a href="http://betanews.com/2012/09/28/clouds-a-highway-but-i-hit-some-speed-bumps-on-the-post-pc-road/">Keep reading...</a></p>