Comments on: One week of wifi: could you do it? http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-week-of-wifi-could-you-do-it/ Michael Grimes lives in Birmingham (UK). This is his blog about anything that he fancies. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:43:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Machell http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-week-of-wifi-could-you-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Matt Machell Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:38:10 +0000 http://citizensheep.com/blog/?p=1068#comment-2504 This sounds like the kind of thing <a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/" rel="nofollow">Web Worker Daily</a> might have some prior examples of. This sounds like the kind of thing Web Worker Daily might have some prior examples of.

]]> By: Tracey Todhunter http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-week-of-wifi-could-you-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 Tracey Todhunter Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:38:06 +0000 http://citizensheep.com/blog/?p=1068#comment-2487 I travel a lot  with my job and juggle work around being the family taxi service. I  would be lost without the "free" wifi in certain coffee chains, recently spent a few days in Northampton and had to go wifi "cold turkey" as hotel charges were a nightmare and I had forgotten the lead to connect my phone to my laptop. The only coffee shop with wifi (£2 an hour) didn't do fairtrade and closed early. Good luck with your challenge, I'll be interested to see how it works for you. Working in my favourite cafe is a pleasure - decent latte, free wifi and friendly staff who don't mind the odd meeting being conducted on their comfy sofas - it certainly beats my office! I travel a lot  with my job and juggle work around being the family taxi service. I  would be lost without the “free” wifi in certain coffee chains, recently spent a few days in Northampton and had to go wifi “cold turkey” as hotel charges were a nightmare and I had forgotten the lead to connect my phone to my laptop. The only coffee shop with wifi (£2 an hour) didn’t do fairtrade and closed early. Good luck with your challenge, I’ll be interested to see how it works for you. Working in my favourite cafe is a pleasure – decent latte, free wifi and friendly staff who don’t mind the odd meeting being conducted on their comfy sofas – it certainly beats my office!

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-week-of-wifi-could-you-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Paul Bradshaw Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:09:17 +0000 http://citizensheep.com/blog/?p=1068#comment-2485 Would be interested - need to know more free wifi spaces and this may prompt me.  Keep me informed! Would be interested – need to know more free wifi spaces and this may prompt me.  Keep me informed!

]]> By: Jon Hickman http://citizensheep.com/blog/2009/03/19/one-week-of-wifi-could-you-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Jon Hickman Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:03:13 +0000 http://citizensheep.com/blog/?p=1068#comment-2484 Funny I was talking yesterday with Paul Bradshaw about this: one of his ideas for the MA Online Journalism (and the Social Media one for that matter) is that we should be able to do classes out in the field. But you might be about to prove that that won't work. Obviously those who need to do it get a 3g stick, or hook up via their phone, or have friendly spaces that they head towards - I always gravitate towards the Coffee Lounge (aka We Share Stuff towers) when I'm in Brum for example. It's amazing that more places don't see the benefit of a cheap and cheerful Wi-Fi hot spot: I wonder how much business Coffee Lounge picks up from Brum's social media scene simply because of the wifi? Final point from me: when I was in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur you got the impression that no one did offices, they did coffee shops and this was because they're wifi was so good. Funny I was talking yesterday with Paul Bradshaw about this: one of his ideas for the MA Online Journalism (and the Social Media one for that matter) is that we should be able to do classes out in the field. But you might be about to prove that that won’t work.

Obviously those who need to do it get a 3g stick, or hook up via their phone, or have friendly spaces that they head towards – I always gravitate towards the Coffee Lounge (aka We Share Stuff towers) when I’m in Brum for example.

It’s amazing that more places don’t see the benefit of a cheap and cheerful Wi-Fi hot spot: I wonder how much business Coffee Lounge picks up from Brum’s social media scene simply because of the wifi?

Final point from me: when I was in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur you got the impression that no one did offices, they did coffee shops and this was because they’re wifi was so good.

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