Back on my feet, and enjoying a quiet coffee & croissant and a beautiful morning from a window seat in my favourite coffee shop. And feeling old. But happy.…
coffee shops
A collection of 12 posts
Office of the day: Tom Foolery
My lovely local coffee shop, Tom Foolery, was my morning office. Fab coffee, lovely staff. I wrote about it on my local blog (for local people) a couple of weeks ago.…
How the design of a Starbucks store sells
Fascinating: Design is such a vital part of retail experiences.…
The hideaway office
I have a “dirty secret” office. And it’s a Starbucks. Up at the top end of Shoreham by Sea, there’s an out of town retail area with an M&S, a Tesco’s – and a Next. And…
My morning office
This morning, I got a bunch of writing in the ever-wonderful Toast by the Coast. I want to get in the habit of recording my variety of working places these days……
Third Place Thinking
I’ve long been fascinated by the concept of the [Third Place (or Space)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) – the liminal space between home and work. It’s a lingering obsession from my days as a commercial property…
Free Starbucks WiFi = Local News Opportunity?
Yesterday, the news broke that Starbucks will start offering free WiFi in the UK. They’re not the first – you can get free WiFi in Caffe Nero already, for example – but the content partnership model they’ve followed in the…
Saved by Starbucks
The problem with having a job where you help other people blog, is that is leaves you too little time to blog yourself… However. I’m enjoying a quiet little catch-up with my RSS feeds in a Starbucks located, in…