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I actually prefer to work in libraries. Sometimes coffee shops are just too loud and the facilities at libraries are better. For example, the NY SIBL has Aeron
by jakarta 16y ago
I actually prefer to work in libraries. Sometimes coffee shops are just too loud and the facilities at libraries are better.
For example, the NY SIBL has Aeron chairs and free wifi! Plus there is a starbucks next door for you to buy coffee from. What's not to love about that?
- NathanKP 16y agoI also find libraries to have some of the best internet bandwidth, although a few have had an arbitrarily low bandwidth limit. I also like the quiet atmosphere, perfect for working on code.
- tengkahwee 16y agoThis reminds me, I stay in Singapore and there's this policy in all libraries (we only have state libraries) that you have to read something when in the library to sit at a table. I've been chased out for doing work there for that reason.
- elai 16y agoSo if you have an open book beside your laptop that you don't look at that much or even are working on math homework you'll be chased out?
- imajes 16y agowhere is that?
- jakarta 16y ago34th & Madison Ave http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=new+york+sibl&fb=1&gl=us&hq=sibl&hnear=New+York,+NY&cid=0,0,9090110806305455606&ei=qGpfTKHIMIG88ga--Ny0DQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCIQnwIwAQ http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=new+york...
- fmora 16y agoIf they added coffee shops in libraries and made it a more social place I would be so there. I go to coffee shops or Barnes & Noble for the atmosphere. People humming around me, having their conversations, laughing with their friends, really helps me to concentrate on my work. Right now libraries are just plain depressing. They should probably stake out a section just for people to sit down to read their books along with their coffee and another section for those that want/need 100% quiet. Right now you would have to put a gun on my head for me to even come close to one. No offense to you or anybody who likes libraries but in my mind going to a library is equal to being old and decrepit and devoid of any passion. It kind of makes me glad that libraries are dying.
- nostromo 16y agoWow, where do you live? I have spent a ton of time in Seattle's, San Francisco's, and New York's public libraries, and all are fantastic. Seattle's is by far the best though. Free, fast WiFi, good coffee stand in the library, helpful librarians, outlets galore, amazing architecture and an enforced no-sleeping policy (this helps keep it a place of work and learning, and not a homeless shelter, of which Seattle has plenty for those in need). You can get great DVDs and books for free, and reserve them online if they're unavailable. It's basically Netflix for free. The Business Library on 34th in NYC and the main library in SF at Civic Center are also pretty good. In general, I think you have an outdated view of modern libraries. However, it could just be that you live in a city where all of what you said is true, in which case, talk to your local government and get it fixed!
- davidmurphy 16y agoIn SoCal, the Santa Monica & Beverly Hills main libraries have cafes. The Santa Monica one is especially nice. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ZSbyIsZYiKLjTpHZqub61Q?select=lohwXKq-3WuMOHKPunz_lg http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ZSbyIsZYiKLjTpHZqub61Q?select...