Varying opinions about working in cafes

general thoughts — Eric on February 22, 2007 at 6:47 pm

I found this post at Web Worker Daily that sparked a very interesting discussion about whether or not it’s appropriate to do your work at an internet cafe.

There are quite a range of opinions with the opposite ends of the spectrum represented on the one hand by this comment:

How hopeless! You go to the cafes to relax and chat. Not effing work and tap away on your damn laptop.

and on the other hand by this:

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.

That’s my idea of bliss also, if you throw in a full kitchen with table service! ;)

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