tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post1683712690286910557..comments2023-10-21T03:09:54.850-07:00Comments on Actual Blog: laptop-free weekends - the experimentactualcafehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08413721428077325736noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-86133141569791917752011-07-21T01:20:21.896-07:002011-07-21T01:20:21.896-07:00Visit my blog, kaka-pakistani.blogspot.com , For l...Visit my blog, kaka-pakistani.blogspot.com , For link exchange mail me at m.bilaliqbal2010@gmail.comwelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545654625131311553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-45958018945111745272010-07-31T21:52:16.977-07:002010-07-31T21:52:16.977-07:00is it LAPTOP free? or just WIFI free? thats an imp...is it LAPTOP free? or just WIFI free? thats an important distinction.laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11080745531563741348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-47540612595650352492010-07-13T04:05:33.881-07:002010-07-13T04:05:33.881-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.michaelvkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047819924694514805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-10313792613755983502010-03-01T05:08:10.351-08:002010-03-01T05:08:10.351-08:00wow! what a blog. highly impressed. web applicati...wow! what a blog. highly impressed. <a href="http://www.itsolusenz.com" rel="nofollow"> web application </a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02276955676101104266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-46552970942890364772010-02-26T19:34:44.183-08:002010-02-26T19:34:44.183-08:00I just drove by your groovy cafe tonite & am a...I just drove by your groovy cafe tonite & am about to make it my #1 favorite, just from looking at it, and now from your website. Wow! <br /><br />Just have to 2nd one of the earlier commentors though-- as someone who is a recent Wifi Cafe Hunter & has been Googling around the Interweb for Best Wifi in the East Bay, when I first saw the moniker on your window "Not just another Wifi Shack", my first thought was, "Excellent! A cafe who's primary clientele is Laptop Users! Plus amenities! Bingo!"<br /><br />Now that I've visited your website, I see that you're about something else-- which it turns out is great, and is something that I'm also about-- real, built-in, neighborly community vibes-- human contact-- people. I'm psyched!<br /><br />Just suggesting that your slogan may actually attract (& potentially mislead) the Gadgeteers...<br /><br />(Congrats on your new business! :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473966974008861759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-41796847757785181522010-02-08T08:35:49.751-08:002010-02-08T08:35:49.751-08:00FANTASTIC, Sal. I'm one of those very occasion...FANTASTIC, Sal. I'm one of those very occasional public laptop users, and it's only when I'm desperate to get something written up and sent out to a client or vendor. <br /><br />I too have seen the hippest coffee shop in town turn in to a money-losing wi-fi shack with no personality, the sound of a library at finals time and close altogether not too long after "the change". <br /><br />I hope this goes well for you, that your customers and community appreciate it for what it is and theyre-learn how to be a part of the moment.Thomas and Drake Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958151987702845255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-32151509689423419632010-02-01T12:25:45.534-08:002010-02-01T12:25:45.534-08:00You're making a great move. I wrote the first ...You're making a great move. I wrote the first "laptop-free cafe" story for The New York Times several years ago. I'd been following the growth of table squatters and the change in cafe culture, and a colleague pointed me to a local Seattle coffeeshop that was turning Wi-Fi off on weekends. There wasn't a movement then or now, but it made sense for them, and for other cafes I found.<br /><br />The original owners of the cafe sold out their roasting and shop business, and the new owners rescinded the policy and left Wi-Fi on all the time...for a while. After a year or so, they reinstituted Wi-Fi free weekends.<br /><br />This will totally work, because you will become known as the place where people go to talk. An ocean of laptops prevents conversation among those without them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-33728542786706832502010-01-28T13:01:20.954-08:002010-01-28T13:01:20.954-08:00I think that's a great compromise! Although th...I think that's a great compromise! Although there will be those awkward moments when you have to tap someone on the shoulder and tell them it's a no-no. Now if only you can teach some folks gadget etiquette you'd be set. I take my laptop to cafes occasionally to get some writing done, but I always buy stuff, tip the barista well, and make sure I'm not hogging space for someone new to sit down. (I also think it's rude for people to wear headphones in a cafe/rest/bar.) Honestly, I would be sad if you had a no laptop rule in place seven days a week, but I think this strikes a good balance. Good luck!Drinkapotamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228551122396645753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416887598379628401.post-1694448971377748122010-01-27T15:23:17.346-08:002010-01-27T15:23:17.346-08:00You do realize that the phrase "not just anot...You do realize that the phrase "not just another wifi shack" implies that you are, in fact, a wifi shack (albeit something else as well)?<br /><br />For what it's worth, though, I was talking to my friend while getting lunch at Actual this past weekend...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536422971032959942noreply@blogger.com