Sunday, January 11, 2004
the other thing before i forget is that culturally most people regard coffee shops like starbucks to be social meet spots, like a bar without the booze, the truth is lots of folks go there to actually work....am not sure whether its the customers that need to adapt culturally and treat this places like working places (no loud talking and other disruptive behavior) or this places that need to have different sections..... what i know is that i need a non office working location and there are thousands like me that need this kind of thing, is there going to be a wifibucks in the future with this things that i need, am not sure , but i know that its easier to do the community net thing since any establishment can share the net and provide whatever other facilities that would differentiate it from others and that costs a couple hundreds at the most.
Tony McCrae
has experiences with using hotspots in manhattan...I've been using the Cornercast public node on Union Square for email. ...
he blogs that "I don't think I've been more than 2 minutes from a wifi signal all week. .....
while it is true that there are a lot of nodes, the more important thing is that most of them are not located in locations that are convinent to work at ... when am working i typically have a tablet and notebook --- not a laptop(its big and heavy but has a high resolution display and maybe 15 inches of viewable screen space). I also often have notes and papers (haven't gone paper free, but am close). I need at least 6 feet squared desk space to work ok (maybe 3 by 2) i could do with a bit less but it wouldn't be the same. I typically settle for chairs and stuff. I also need a place where i can sit for at least 2 hours to get something done....thats why i believe the tablet with new ways of working combined with ubiquitous wifi makes sense.....pocket pcs are coming along but they are limited to tasks like browsing reading or email....so there are nodes all over but you still have to find a place with a table or whatever ... thats the trade off, a weak signal for a practical working space .........oh and its 14 degrees today in new york so you can't really go to bryant park .....
has experiences with using hotspots in manhattan...I've been using the Cornercast public node on Union Square for email. ...
he blogs that "I don't think I've been more than 2 minutes from a wifi signal all week. .....
while it is true that there are a lot of nodes, the more important thing is that most of them are not located in locations that are convinent to work at ... when am working i typically have a tablet and notebook --- not a laptop(its big and heavy but has a high resolution display and maybe 15 inches of viewable screen space). I also often have notes and papers (haven't gone paper free, but am close). I need at least 6 feet squared desk space to work ok (maybe 3 by 2) i could do with a bit less but it wouldn't be the same. I typically settle for chairs and stuff. I also need a place where i can sit for at least 2 hours to get something done....thats why i believe the tablet with new ways of working combined with ubiquitous wifi makes sense.....pocket pcs are coming along but they are limited to tasks like browsing reading or email....so there are nodes all over but you still have to find a place with a table or whatever ... thats the trade off, a weak signal for a practical working space .........oh and its 14 degrees today in new york so you can't really go to bryant park .....
1) 13,707 unique nodes within Manhattan2) 4,038 (29.46%) WEP enabled
3) 12,533 (91.44%) nodes below 96th street
4) 8,251 (60.20%) nodes below 59th street
5) 3,758 (27.42%) nodes below14th street
the most comprehensive survey on nodes in manhattan
Tony McCrae
has experiences with using hotspots in manhattan...I've been using the Cornercast public node on Union Square for email. ...
he blogs that "I don't think I've been more than 2 minutes from a wifi signal all week. .....
while it is true that there are a lot of nodes, the more important thing is that most of them are not located in locations that are convinent to work at ... when am working i typically have a tablet and notebook --- not a laptop(its big and heavy but has a high resolution display and maybe 15 inches of viewable screen space). I also often have notes and papers (haven't gone paper free, but am close). I need at least 6 feet squared desk space to work ok (maybe 3 by 2) i could do with a bit less but it wouldn't be the same. I typically settle for chairs and stuff. I also need a place where i can sit for at least 2 hours to get something done....thats why i believe the tablet with new ways of working combined with ubiquitous wifi makes sense.....pocket pcs are coming along but they are limited to tasks like browsing reading or email....so there are nodes all over but you still have to find a place with a table or whatever ... thats the trade off, a weak signal for a practical working space .........oh and its 14 degrees today in new york so you can't really go to bryant park .....
has experiences with using hotspots in manhattan...I've been using the Cornercast public node on Union Square for email. ...
he blogs that "I don't think I've been more than 2 minutes from a wifi signal all week. .....
while it is true that there are a lot of nodes, the more important thing is that most of them are not located in locations that are convinent to work at ... when am working i typically have a tablet and notebook --- not a laptop(its big and heavy but has a high resolution display and maybe 15 inches of viewable screen space). I also often have notes and papers (haven't gone paper free, but am close). I need at least 6 feet squared desk space to work ok (maybe 3 by 2) i could do with a bit less but it wouldn't be the same. I typically settle for chairs and stuff. I also need a place where i can sit for at least 2 hours to get something done....thats why i believe the tablet with new ways of working combined with ubiquitous wifi makes sense.....pocket pcs are coming along but they are limited to tasks like browsing reading or email....so there are nodes all over but you still have to find a place with a table or whatever ... thats the trade off, a weak signal for a practical working space .........oh and its 14 degrees today in new york so you can't really go to bryant park .....
slashdot covered this 
"Microsoft has acceded to the Finance Ministry's demand that it be allowed to purchase individual components of Microsoft Office, rather than having to purchase the entire package, the ministry said yesterday.
Since this was the heart of the dispute between the ministry and Microsoft - a dispute that recently led the ministry to threaten that it would stop using Microsoft products and switch to open-code software - this concession would presumably clear the way for the ministry to sign a new deal with Microsoft.
But Microsoft Israel insisted yesterday that it had always offered the government the option of buying certain programs individually, though not all, just as it does for other large clients. "There is nothing new in the [most recent] proposal that was sent to the government," the company said in a statement.
The government, with some 40,000 computers, currently accounts for about 3 percent of Microsoft Israel's annual revenues. However, it is trying to reduce the amount it spends on software, and since many of its computers do not need the full Microsoft Office package, the treasury decided that one way to cut back on software outlays was to buy only the programs that each computer needs." from haaretz
"Microsoft has acceded to the Finance Ministry's demand that it be allowed to purchase individual components of Microsoft Office, rather than having to purchase the entire package, the ministry said yesterday. Since this was the heart of the dispute between the ministry and Microsoft - a dispute that recently led the ministry to threaten that it would stop using Microsoft products and switch to open-code software - this concession would presumably clear the way for the ministry to sign a new deal with Microsoft.
But Microsoft Israel insisted yesterday that it had always offered the government the option of buying certain programs individually, though not all, just as it does for other large clients. "There is nothing new in the [most recent] proposal that was sent to the government," the company said in a statement.
The government, with some 40,000 computers, currently accounts for about 3 percent of Microsoft Israel's annual revenues. However, it is trying to reduce the amount it spends on software, and since many of its computers do not need the full Microsoft Office package, the treasury decided that one way to cut back on software outlays was to buy only the programs that each computer needs." from haaretz
i know i should be developing the framework, this was the coldest weekend in nyc, went to borders on 32nd st to use their hotspot since my previous room was a dead zone. My current room has access to a couple of networks even a nypc.hotspot. So am hoping that i don't have to go all over the place looking for wifi hotspots. Borders is almost always full. I think lots of the folks use Borders as a social meetspot, which is maybe unfair for the folks that come in to read. Oh well, it really is Borders problem since i used to drink lots of their tea and smoothies but don't any more since there is no place to sit. Book stores are optimal telecommute offices with all the books, the quiet and the cafe, however i doubt lots of this organizations will figure this out fast enough. Even Starbucks doesn't sem to have a clue.
Community networks offer the most promise since more smaller business will be part of the community nets while the bigger and dumber organizations will do the for-pay access type thing. What would be the ideal hostpot for telecommuting?
Community networks offer the most promise since more smaller business will be part of the community nets while the bigger and dumber organizations will do the for-pay access type thing. What would be the ideal hostpot for telecommuting?
i know i should be developing the framework, this was the coldest weekend in nyc, went to borders on 32nd st to use their hotspot since my previous room was a dead zone. My current room has access to a couple of networks even a nypc.hotspot. So am hoping that i don't have to go all over the place looking for wifi hotspots. Borders is almost always full. I think lots of the folks use Borders as a social meetspot, which is maybe unfair for the folks that come in to read. Oh well, it really is Borders problem since i used to drink lots of their tea and smoothies but don't any more since there is no place to sit. Book stores are optimal telecommute offices with all the books, the quiet and the cafe, however i doubt lots of this organizations will figure this out fast enough. Even Starbucks doesn't sem to have a clue.
Community networks offer the most promise since more smaller business will be part of the community nets while the bigger and dumber organizations will do the for-pay access type thing. What would be the ideal hostpot for telecommuting?
Community networks offer the most promise since more smaller business will be part of the community nets while the bigger and dumber organizations will do the for-pay access type thing. What would be the ideal hostpot for telecommuting?
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