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I'm not sure how useful this would be. Do people willfully drive from work to a coffee shop in order to get work done, and not simply walk to their favorite coffee shop within walking distance? It seems like distance is more the contributing feature than anything else.
I don't think I could do work from a coffee shop. They make their money on churn and my camping out in a chair for hours kind of prevents that. I really have to wonder how the owners feel about all the other people doing exactly the same thing.
When I want to work outside the office, I prefer the public library for exactly this reason.
(There's an Enoch Pratt branch directly across from my favored coffee place in Roland Park, which would be just dandy if it didn't have the weirdest opening hours known to man. Closed on Thursdays and Sundays? Who does that?)
I don't think I could do work from a coffee shop. They make their money on churn and my camping out in a chair for hours kind of prevents that. I really have to wonder how the owners feel about all the other people doing exactly the same thing.
When I want to work outside the office, I prefer the public library for exactly this reason.
The problem with our library is that even though they have a 100mb internet connection, they filter everything. You can't use Git or SSH for example, so it does me no good as a place to work.
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When I want to work outside the office, I prefer the public library for exactly this reason.
Does the public library sell coffee? (There's an Enoch Pratt branch directly across from my favored coffee place in Roland Park, which would be just dandy if it didn't have the weirdest opening hours known to man. Closed on Thursdays and Sundays? Who does that?)
I find my workplace distracting enough when trying to concentrate (thank god for August, most people go away for a month where I am). Do people actually find it productive to work in a coffee shop? There will be even more distractions and noise than my office.
If they stand behind me I get the nagging feeling that they might want something even if they don't, and that's way more distracting than a cafe. Even if they're quiet.
Also, the lack of wifi helps aid concentration.
I don't think I could do work from a coffee shop. They make their money on churn and my camping out in a chair for hours kind of prevents that. I really have to wonder how the owners feel about all the other people doing exactly the same thing.
When I want to work outside the office, I prefer the public library for exactly this reason.
Adding new sites should be easier. I get that this is a tradeoff between rapid engagement and trust, but since the project is so new it's vastly more likely that a visitor will want to add something as opposed to successfully looking it up. Maybe the focus on cities, while great for the lookup scenario, should not play such a big role when adding data points. My suggestion: just open it up, have a form where any memb…
I don't think I could do work from a coffee shop. They make their money on churn and my camping out in a chair for hours kind of prevents that. I really have to wonder how the owners feel about all the other people doing exactly the same thing.
When I want to work outside the office, I prefer the public library for exactly this reason.
Nice job guys. I appreciate the optionality of having a password. I was also able to successfully use your site with only my phone, which some sites have issues with. One suggestion, although it's helpful to have Wi-Fi passwords listed, I think your team should confirm with the business before posting it. They might want to be picky about who they give it to. I feel like me asking a coffee shop person for the passwor…