Comments on: Is The Bedouin Worker Killing The Third Place? http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:43:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: My life without Latitude « Can I make you some bucks? http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-97959 My life without Latitude « Can I make you some bucks? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:39:23 +0000 #comment-97959 [...] calls them Digital Nomads. But they go by many other names: Bedouin workers , Digital Bohemians. Call it what you will, these are IT workers, generally, who make a living [...] [...] calls them Digital Nomads. But they go by many other names: Bedouin workers , Digital Bohemians. Call it what you will, these are IT workers, generally, who make a living [...]

]]> By: Thoughts On Dell’s Digital Nomad Campaign | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-85973 Thoughts On Dell’s Digital Nomad Campaign | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:59:56 +0000 #comment-85973 [...] Bedouin Workers, Digital Bohemians and Digital Nomads are all terms more or less widely used to describe the same phenomenon. People all over the world tend to work less in a fixed-contract and fixed-workspace environment. Instead, they explore new ways, networks and spaces to work in. How we work, especially in the creative sector, has changed radically within a few decades. [...] [...] Bedouin Workers, Digital Bohemians and Digital Nomads are all terms more or less widely used to describe the same phenomenon. People all over the world tend to work less in a fixed-contract and fixed-workspace environment. Instead, they explore new ways, networks and spaces to work in. How we work, especially in the creative sector, has changed radically within a few decades. [...]

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]]> By: John Voelcker http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-163 John Voelcker Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163 <p>To me, this just speaks to the power of our hard-wired impulse as humans to want to be near other humans--even if we're not directly communicating with them. We're pack animals, and feel more comfortable with warm bodies nearby.</p> <p>But you're entirely right. I only rarely hit the local cafes to work now for precisely the reason that I can never get a table. Plus, I was recently shushed when I was talking to another laptopper! In a *cafe* ! ! !</p> <p>Something'll come along, though.</p> To me, this just speaks to the power of our hard-wired impulse as humans to want to be near other humans–even if we’re not directly communicating with them. We’re pack animals, and feel more comfortable with warm bodies nearby.

But you’re entirely right. I only rarely hit the local cafes to work now for precisely the reason that I can never get a table. Plus, I was recently shushed when I was talking to another laptopper! In a *cafe* ! ! !

Something’ll come along, though.

]]> By: Schnitzspahn http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-164 Schnitzspahn Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-164 <p>Exactly. Instead of trying to make something happen that is not happening naturally (the evolution of the Third Space). take advantage of what you have. Make the place more bedouin friendly and encourage interaction between bedouins (leads groups, IT courses, printers). In other words, make a Third Space out of the second space.</p> Exactly. Instead of trying to make something happen that is not happening naturally (the evolution of the Third Space). take advantage of what you have. Make the place more bedouin friendly and encourage interaction between bedouins (leads groups, IT courses, printers). In other words, make a Third Space out of the second space.

]]> By: Michael Matejcek http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 Michael Matejcek Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-165 <p>You're right that Starbucks' Third Space utopia risks takeover by laptoppers and phone-talkers ... Probably a good explanation for why Starbucks charges (via T-Mobile) a pretty penny for Wi-Fi access. </p> You’re right that Starbucks’ Third Space utopia risks takeover by laptoppers and phone-talkers … Probably a good explanation for why Starbucks charges (via T-Mobile) a pretty penny for Wi-Fi access.

]]> By: Neil Goldberg http://www.psfk.com/2007/04/is_the_bedouin_.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Neil Goldberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-166 <p>There are a growing number of ventures that are setting out precisely to create the "modern version of the second place" which in my opinion should be very third place like. In fact I called my first attempt at it Gate 3 WorkClub, as a reference to this hybrid phenomenon. I simply call my current effort WorkClub. </p> There are a growing number of ventures that are setting out precisely to create the “modern version of the second place” which in my opinion should be very third place like. In fact I called my first attempt at it Gate 3 WorkClub, as a reference to this hybrid phenomenon. I simply call my current effort WorkClub.

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