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October 15, 2004
wireless space
Well, my life has spent every summer on an island in greece. there are two primary towns Chora and Scala. Scala is the port. there where the small fishing boats prepare to leave for the day is a coffee shop called the Arion. this coffee shop is the center for activity before leaving for the beach. it is a place for meeting and deciding where to go, having breakfast or just a plain old coffee. it is a great place because everything happen there in front of your eye the local activities and characters to their things, the traffic passes you by, people need want and must pass by at some point. this makes it a social gathering and people watching place. my favorite activity in a public space. As of four years ago wireless access has been added in the area. One would think, "boy, greek island, who needs the internet." i can agree but could you agree that if that coffee shop became your offices space where you read and answered your mail, which would be better?
I think there are many ways to look at this new phenomena of wireless space and office anywhere. yes it is horrible to listen to people yelling as they walk down the street shouting "NO, THAT WRONG RE DO ALL THE WORK BEFORE I GET BACK..." what does the world care... well take the silent work like email and bring it into the street and who knows its happening... what is is horrible to sit in a coffee shop with a laptop computer out? well I see how it is not worst then a newspaper... and that is expected to happen. Todays world is getting smaller and small and more stuffy, why not take advantage of the world around us, and wireless spaces are there to help.
Posted by dimitri at 10:18 AM | Comments (0)