Bookmarked for the next time I'm traveling and looking for a place to spend a few hours with my laptop. I might add a few places in Seattle, though my regular place is already there.
Show HN: Workfrom – The best coffee shops and cafes to work from
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#72Seems like a cool idea and excellent UI. Would love to be able to contribute to a list about Barcelona though!
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#73Adding 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…
Yes, in addition to adding to any city, why can I only add a location when I'm there/I manage it.
I have a few spots in mind from when I was in Montreal but am currently in Nebraska.
Re: Show HN: Workfrom – The best coffee shops and cafes to work from
#74Adding 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 also was going to contribute to the site - adding locations to San Francisco, and also adding Minneapolis as a city (and adding locations for that).
But I am not creating yet another web login and set of credentials and blah blah blah ... and no, I am not "part of the tribe" (whatever that means).
You shouldn't charge people (in the form of time, energy and mindshare) to give you free content.
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#75This looks really useful! This isn't meant to be a criticism, but I was wondering how your website will overcome the issue of people not wanting to publicize their favorite work spot to prevent overcrowding? Also, from your experiences so far, are cafes happy to have people sit in their shop for extended periods? My impressions are that while some places (cough, nice people in Portland) encourage such behavior, other…
I've tried to work out of a coffee shops in my hood from time to time and find that, at least on weekends, you have to wake up really early to score a spot in any of the several within reasonable distance. If I ever find my "secret spot" it wouldn't make sense to tell everyone about it, but then again maybe this kind of system could help dissipate that kind of congestion?
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that its all about managing what you buy. My thoughts on the matter is that so long as I always have drink/food in front of me (and I'm not purposely taking my time) then I'm probably earning my keep. I've never been at a cafe that's run out of seats, either.
Where are you? I've been to many cafes that have run out of seats. In fact I've had to turn around and leave because there was no place for me to sit down. 2 examples off top of my head. Coffee Bar in SF and Bricks and Scones in LA. Both are larger than average as well but very very popular. I've seen most Starbucks in SF and Tokyo full as well. Some of the ones in Tokyo even have signs which effectively say "In cons…
I'm in Melbourne, Australia. We have heaps and heaps of cafes here. We are known for our cafe culture. I can actually think of some that fill up, but there are still plenty where you could always reasonably expect a spare seat.
I remember the Starbucks at Shibuya Crossing was mind-blowingly packed.
I think that my argument assumes that you've chosen a cafe with consideration for whether they tend to run out of seats or not.
(Incidentally, I am relocating to Tokyo from Melbourne in a month or twos time. Any tips for me? Any little-known treasures in Japan that I should check out?)
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#77How's that so different from Foursquare and stuffs anyways.