If you have one, work at your local public library instead of a coffee shop. Even though they're usually nice about it, coffee shops don't really want you there, unless they're not doing a lot of business; they're driven by turnover. Your library, on the other hand, needs you there; your usage of the library justifies their budget. I found our Oak Park library to be a better work space than the coffee shop anyways.
Definitely! When I still lived in NYC, I would make an effort to spend time working at the Rose Reading Room at the New York Public Library whenever I could.
on the contrary, i've had a coffee shop owner tell me to come and stay as long as i want for one simple reason. more people at a coffee shop is validation for the passers-by that have no context for the value of said coffee shop. lot of people being there is the only data point they'll get.
I do two things at coffee shops:
- go outside the busy times (ie morning and lunch trade peak times).
- Tell the owner that if they need the table then to let me know and I dont have any problem moving at all since i know I'm only going to be drinking a few coffees.
> Why would you want to work from the library or coffee shop instead of working from home?
Some people don't have an established work-space in their home. For many, trying to work in the same place you relax and/or play computer games usually results in an inability to focus.
Even if I did have an established work-space, I'd still have trouble concentrating.
I'm not a consultant, so I wouldn't know about 3G expectations. With that being said, in my state (MD), it's not difficult at all to find a library with WiFi.
My reply was offered as an explanation to: "Why would you want to work from the library or coffee shop instead of working from home?"
