And I thought hacking around Cambridge on my road bike with my laptop looking for 'open' WiFi spots was the way forward. (Aside: you would think Cambridge would be 'connected' but that's not the case. So far). These knowledge workers take the idea a bit further, combining it with somewhere to live during the week. Now that I'm without motorized transport (or soon will be when David gets back from NZ and reclaims the Landy), maybe I should look into something similar? Any suggestions?
>> Crash pad
My new gaff sees my journey time to work down to about 3 mins (on foot) that's about 10 by bike (well I keep finding excuses to go round the block a few times) so maybe I'll just assign a tag to the above link and visit it in a few months time when the lease runs out. In the future, there will no doubt be less 'road warrior time'. As Peter Cochrane says:
Of course, if we do not solve the growing energy crisis, we will ultimately see physical travel curtailed and a return to the static life of 50 years ago. The good news is that if that were to happen, IT could fill the gap. We have the technology, we just have to want or need to do it.
Trouble is, us humans (I include myself in that term in the broadest possible sense) need physical interaction if we are to be productive at work and at home, At a most basic level we all need to see what other people are up to out there – whether they're doing similar stuff or bashing the crap of established ideas. And what do I want? Something way, way out of reach.
