[geeks] Using laptops in Cafes

[Mike Hebel]

I use my iBook in my car often when I'm not working.  Most of the time 
it's because I want to work on some ideas - writing them down in 
Appleworks.  Sometimes just for mp3s or games.  I'll probably pick up a 
good inverter so I can run off the car battery eventually.

It's very rare that I'll take it into restaurants but that happens 
sometimes too although I do see a lot of them in bookstore cafes for 
some reason - maybe it's just a quiet enough "thinking" environment.  I 
don't know...

I never take it into work because I don't want my ideas anywhere near 
the IP laws of the corporation I work for. ;-)

Mike Hebel

On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 06:08 AM, William S. wrote:

> There was a cafe I used to go to in Boston
> where people would sit down for extended periods
> of time and sip coffee, read books and newspapers,
> take things slow.
>
> I recall on a few occasions people would sit
> down with their laptops and type away, maybe
> doing student stuff or writing a personal journal.
>
> I don't really take my laptop around with me very
> much here in Amsterdam and have only seen a few
> people open them up in a cafe and do things with it.
>
> I am wondering what your experiences are. How many
> of you take them with you and open the up and do work
> in a public place? I would assume this would be more
> common in the big cities like NYC and places on the west
> coast.
>
> --
> Bill
> Amsterdam, NL
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