Comments on: One Laptop per Table http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:43:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cafeCommuter » Varying opinions about working in cafes http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-25943 cafeCommuter » Varying opinions about working in cafes Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:20:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-25943 [...] found this post at Web Worker Daily that sparked a very interesting discussion about whether or not it’s appropriate to do your [...] [...] found this post at Web Worker Daily that sparked a very interesting discussion about whether or not it’s appropriate to do your [...]

]]> By: cafeCommuter http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-25190 cafeCommuter Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:47:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-25190 <strong>Interesting discussion</strong> I found this post at Web Worker Daily that sparked a very interesting discussion about how appropriate it is or not to do your work at an internet cafe: There is quite a range of opinions with the opposite ends of the spectrum represented by these 2 co... Interesting discussion

I found this post at Web Worker Daily that sparked a very interesting discussion about how appropriate it is or not to do your work at an internet cafe:
There is quite a range of opinions with the opposite ends of the spectrum represented by these 2 co…

]]> By: Pam http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-801 Pam Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:42:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-801 This is a ilttle old, but you might find it interesting: Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005325.html True story from my Seattle 'hood. And I have to say this to their policy: Hallelujah. While I am a "Web Worker" whole heartedly, I hated it when I'd go get coffee - to GET COFFEE, not to WORK - and I couldn't find a place to sit because of the laptops. If you're going to sit and not interact, double up! This is a ilttle old, but you might find it interesting:

Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005325.html

True story from my Seattle ‘hood. And I have to say this to their policy: Hallelujah. While I am a “Web Worker” whole heartedly, I hated it when I’d go get coffee – to GET COFFEE, not to WORK – and I couldn’t find a place to sit because of the laptops. If you’re going to sit and not interact, double up!

]]> By: The Pigeon Poo http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-798 The Pigeon Poo Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:27:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-798 Do Americans even know what good coffee is? I think not. Else, they wouldn't spend time playing with their laptops. Do Americans even know what good coffee is? I think not. Else, they wouldn’t spend time playing with their laptops.

]]> By: Naik’s News » What’s On WebWorkerDaily http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-795 Naik’s News » What’s On WebWorkerDaily Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:49:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-795 [...] PhotoMeme: One Laptop per table and your virtual locations [...] [...] PhotoMeme: One Laptop per table and your virtual locations [...]

]]> By: Rob Evans http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-785 Rob Evans Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:43:51 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-785 I hope you passed out your Web Worker Daily Moo/Flickr cards to them..if you didn't you missed a trick and some subscribers. I hope you passed out your Web Worker Daily Moo/Flickr cards to them..if you didn’t you missed a trick and some subscribers.

]]> By: enoon http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-779 enoon Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:38:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-779 Disagreeing with most comments on this -- cafes like this are a "third space" for many of us. Not work, not home, but public yet available for working/surfing. One is "alone together", which is often a very productive position indeed. Many people feel more able to work with the background noise that comes from being in a public place, yet none of the folks around you are cow-orkers who will interrupt. Plus there is coffee. Bliss. Disagreeing with most comments on this — cafes like this are a “third space” for many of us. Not work, not home, but public yet available for working/surfing. One is “alone together”, which is often a very productive position indeed.
Many people feel more able to work with the background noise that comes from being in a public place, yet none of the folks around you are cow-orkers who will interrupt. Plus there is coffee. Bliss.

]]> By: William Beem http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-777 William Beem Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:35:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-777 Honestly, this is one of my pet peeves. If it's an off time and there are a bunch of laptops hogging a table for four, that's not a big deal. Sadly, I find my local cafe filled with these goobers during prime lunch time. People who paid for lunch are walking around waiting to find a table while these hogs sit there and nurse a cheap coffee or soda just so they can use the free wi-fi. It's rare that I see actual work done. Most of them just seem to want to get out of their dismal homes. Web Workers - don't hog tables during the lunch hour! Honestly, this is one of my pet peeves. If it’s an off time and there are a bunch of laptops hogging a table for four, that’s not a big deal. Sadly, I find my local cafe filled with these goobers during prime lunch time. People who paid for lunch are walking around waiting to find a table while these hogs sit there and nurse a cheap coffee or soda just so they can use the free wi-fi. It’s rare that I see actual work done. Most of them just seem to want to get out of their dismal homes.

Web Workers – don’t hog tables during the lunch hour!

]]> By: shannonclark http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-773 shannonclark Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:44:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-773 I have a very simple (perhaps too simple) rule for judging cafes. Great cafes have tables that are TOO large for one person - i.e. they inherently encourage sharing. I suspect from your photo that these tables are just a bit too small - i.e. they fit one person with a laptop well, but do not encourage two people with two laptops. In contrast, Ritual Coffee Roasters has multiple tables that are designed for people to share them (large tables with four chairs as well as an oversized table with 8 chairs. The best cafe I frequented, many many years ago, unfortunately now long gone (replaced believe it or not by the MTV Real World Chicago apartment and then a health club) was a cafe that had a nearly 30' curved bar as well as huge, oversized tables. Combined this created an atmosphere where sharing tables and casual social interactions were definitely encouraged - like the best bars but without the booze. Shannon I have a very simple (perhaps too simple) rule for judging cafes.

Great cafes have tables that are TOO large for one person – i.e. they inherently encourage sharing.

I suspect from your photo that these tables are just a bit too small – i.e. they fit one person with a laptop well, but do not encourage two people with two laptops.

In contrast, Ritual Coffee Roasters has multiple tables that are designed for people to share them (large tables with four chairs as well as an oversized table with 8 chairs.

The best cafe I frequented, many many years ago, unfortunately now long gone (replaced believe it or not by the MTV Real World Chicago apartment and then a health club) was a cafe that had a nearly 30′ curved bar as well as huge, oversized tables. Combined this created an atmosphere where sharing tables and casual social interactions were definitely encouraged – like the best bars but without the booze.

Shannon

]]> By: IPv6, Google $1.65 Billion Return, Web Workers Picture « Technically Speaking http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-770 IPv6, Google $1.65 Billion Return, Web Workers Picture « Technically Speaking Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:24:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-770 [...] This is a nice picture of how allot of Web Workers at work or working. If you snap one, definately send it in via the address in this article. Now on to the real burning news; Technically Speaking that is - ie.. read the above blog post! [...] [...] This is a nice picture of how allot of Web Workers at work or working. If you snap one, definately send it in via the address in this article. Now on to the real burning news; Technically Speaking that is – ie.. read the above blog post! [...]

]]> By: The Pigeon Poo http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-769 The Pigeon Poo Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-769 How hopeless! You go to the cafes to relax and chat. Not effing work and tap away on your damn laptop. How hopeless! You go to the cafes to relax and chat. Not effing work and tap away on your damn laptop.

]]> By: Tris Hussey http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-768 Tris Hussey Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:45:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-768 Eeek! It's the the 21st century cube farm! We all sit in coffee shops with laptops embibing caffeine and facing the same way! What a great commentary, though, on how pervasive technology has become in our lives. Eeek! It’s the the 21st century cube farm! We all sit in coffee shops with laptops embibing caffeine and facing the same way!

What a great commentary, though, on how pervasive technology has become in our lives.

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-766 Andrew Flusche Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:46:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/one-laptop-per-table/#comment-766 Hahaha. This reminds me of our law school's library. No coffee (darn!), but there is a "protocol" for selecting your table. You cannot double up at a table until EVERY table has at least one person at it. Likewise, you can't be the third wheel until every table has at least two people. And so on. I guess it's like the "even building" rule in <em>Monopoly</em>. Maybe this coffee shop has a similar, unspoken rule of etiquette. Hahaha. This reminds me of our law school’s library. No coffee (darn!), but there is a “protocol” for selecting your table. You cannot double up at a table until EVERY table has at least one person at it. Likewise, you can’t be the third wheel until every table has at least two people. And so on. I guess it’s like the “even building” rule in Monopoly. Maybe this coffee shop has a similar, unspoken rule of etiquette.

]]>