Using an iPad would be fun. Using SQL Monitoring tool would be outstanding.

I am a DBA on the go. Motorcycling, dirtbiking, waterskiing, paintballing, racquetballing and so on. When on-call, I tend to grab my entire backpack of gear, cables, power cords, vpn key fobs, and so on. This group of geek gear lives in my car or truck when I am possibly needed. I am about to change jobs and will become the sole DBA for the new company, in which I will have the responsibility to monitor and maintain my new databases almost alone. Using SQL Monitoring tool would be outstanding. I hope to get licenses for this for my new job's DBs as soon as possible.

Having to bring all that gear with me everywhere I go is a hindrance, and having a smaller device will greatly improve my mobility and ability to 'attempt' to balance work with life. However, I am more excited about being able to catch a glimpse of the goings on inside my DB from the SQL Monitoring tool. I forsee a time when I can go out and ride my dirtbike during a Saturday, periodically peeking into the systems while sitting in the desert, instead of not going out, because i feel the need to stay closer to my office or home office. These moments of escape from our day to day jobs, the ability to perform needed tasks while out and about, become paramount to my sanity. Allowing me the chance to decompress whiule being empowered to peek at my systems, will bring a smile 😀 to my face, as well as my wife and children, who see dad get burdened with the constant vigiliance that is our day to day data protector careers.