| 03.06.2009 by Zoltan |  |
Laptop Friendly Cafes
Craig Barber has just launched a new service titled Laptop Friendly Cafes, which is quite simply “a website that lists great local spots to set up shop with your laptop”.
A good idea for sure, kinda like SF-Bay culture for the rest of the planet :)
I am however a little underwhelmed by the content. Not the list of cafes themselves, but what is (not) said about them. As they stand, the reviews are very functional.
But if I am going to use this site repeatedly, I want to know things about the cafe:
- What is the coffee like?
- Whether or not I can sit all day like a major tight-arse on 1 one coffee?
- Or if they have a 1-drink-an-hour policy?
- What’s the music like?
- Are the staff surly and aggressive or tree-hugging hippies?
IMHO this is the type of content that will make the site a success and make me want to come back again and again.
Craig says:
Cheers for the post :) and I appreciate the constructive feedback. Ideally I would have a review for each of the cafes… I will look at getting this content/functionality in there… I’m getting a few submissions of cafes from people and some do write small reviews which is cool… for me the goal is global coverage with local reviews.
Cr@iG
Flow says:
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Howz RGA going man?
Flow
Flow says:
A laptop friendly cafe? Here’s another finding for you blog: A redneck friendly bank, and… it’s a real bank! Check it out: http://www.redneckbank.com/
Howz RGA going?
Flow
Flow says:
is this going to be submitted or what???
Boredom Is Your Fault » Blog Archive » Laptop Friendly Cafes says:
[...] Back in June we blogged about a (then-new) service called Laptop Friendly Cafes, which basically wants to formalise what the global creative nomads amongst us already know – that offices are soooooooooooo 20th Century. Well, they’ve just released an iPhone app which has saved me on more than one occasion during the past few weeks as i was waiting for broadband to be re-connected after moving. Using the inbuilt GPS, the app finds your location and within moment is pointing you towards the nearest free wifi via google maps. With an ever-expanding database of cities such as New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney, its USD$0.99 well spent IMHO. The only drawback is the lack of the ‘add new cafe’ functionality. It seems a no brainer that the fastest way to build this database is through on-the-spot UGC, sitting in a cafe and feeling inspired rather than having to go online and do it via the website. But i’m sure its coming soon… Get your local free wifi on with Laptop Friendly Cafes. Posted in: [...]