I had a flight back to the east coast with my wife this week and was ready to catch up on some work and blog writing.  In the old days of travel, when you were fortunate to board a cross country flight that was piloting wifi and get some connection, it was an unexpected treat.  If you wanted to get work done, you likely had MS Word or MS PPT copies saved to your computer and would work offline. You would then transfer or upload the work when you hit the office. Well the old days are gone and technology is helping us be more effective. Or so I thought! I was getting used to taking Virgin to San Francisco with solid, reliable wifi. It’s always an enjoyable flight. It’s so reliable, I took it as a given that my flight to Toronto would follow suit. I was wrong. First, I learned a valuable lesson that my wife lovingly reminded me of (several times) as I got more and more frustrated (thanks, honey): If it was so important …