[geeks] Using laptops in Cafes

Brian bri at sonicboom.org
Mon Feb 3 07:00:36 CST 2003


Some Starbucks Coffee and Borders Books locations, as well as a few
independent places are becoming popular for this.  There's a hotspot finder
at http://www.80211-planet.com/, not sure how accurate its results in Europe
are.

    Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "William S." <wstan at xs4all.nl>
To: "geeks-list" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:08 AM
Subject: [geeks] Using laptops in Cafes


> 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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