In this article in the NY Times, David Sax profiles a cafe in Brooklyn where laptops rule the tabletops and 5/6 of the overall space. I'm not wishing to move the cafe toward that particular business model - I believe we've achieved a careful balance within our small space. However, Sax was able to personalize the laptop drones who he originally believed "were just sitting around e-mailing other writers in other cafes around the world."
I've have met many writers, business people, moms, professors, students in Modern Times Coffeehouse; some of you have been calling this your "third-space" before that term was coined. I can't keep up with every one who comes through; so, inspired by this article, I'm asking you to introduce yourselves - here, on our Modern Times Coffeehouse blog.
What are you typing away for over there? What has been haunting your screen lately? The classic DC question: What do you do? Who are you?
I am applying to work under a cancer genomics researcher in Barcelona, and am reading up on his work so as to be conversant in it during my phone interview tomorrow. MTC fo' life WOOT!
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ReplyDeleteI'm Justin and I'm a Real Estate Specialist. I work from home and where my clients take me. As I need to do a lot of research it can get boring and I enjoy the energy, food and coffee of this wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteHome for the holidays, trying to get work done for sociology PhD, & always love coming back to P&P since I used to come here when we lived in DC. Typing away about gender income inequality, occasionally procrastinating...
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