The New York Times has a special report on Wi-Fi. I just love this stuff:
“Wi-Fi is also changing the way that people – at least some young, technologically adept people – go about their work. In Philadelphia, Yvonne Jones, a 33-year-old freelance copywriter, moved her base of operations to a Starbucks about a month ago and said she quickly became “a thousand times” more productive than she was when working at home. “It’s not your house, and you are there for a specific purpose, so the ‘distractions’ aren’t that distracting,” she said.”
I read this and realise for the nth time just how far behind we are here in the Britain. I’m young (well, youngish) and technologically adept – why can’t I have this stuff? Why can’t I sit in a nice caffee shop and surf? I seriously doubt whether the number of public wireless hotspots in this country is much above double figures yet. And most of those will be in London. Guaranteed.