Most US hotels could take a giant leap in the right direction by not charging a few for WiFi.
Or, wait; will they charging a fee for the privilege of being a coworker at the hotel, besides just a "guest"? And maybe then we call that a "guest worker"? [Sorry; couldn't resist that last bit of silliness.] Sabahat. On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > The temporary nature of hanging out in hotels is always interesting to me - > I love the interactions in the lounge, the bar, the lobby. I'm pretty > interested to see how this new twist on a "work friendly" bar and lounge > concept takes off. Strikes me as something that'll do really well, > considering the popularity of the Ace Hotel lobby in New York as the home > for a mostly (but not entirely) ad-hoc coworking community. > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391900,00.asp > > If you shorten the lifespan of an interaction with somebody to the > temporary-ness imposed by hotel living, coworking actually makes a bunch of > sense to help enrich the little bit of time you do have to share with > strangers. Your common context might not be that you're freelancers, or that > you work for yourself - but instead that you're travelers. I know I tend to > stay in "favorite" hotels when i visit certain cities. I'd return to a hotel > if I knew that there was a good chance of running into cool, savvy people in > the lobby. > > Neat thought exercise. > > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
