Solution to the Laptop “Problem”

1. Laptop-free coffee shop. Like a smoke-free zone.

2. A space that caters to “laptop army,” and specificallly the 10 million freelancers in the neighborhood who are looking to get away from their home offices/get some work done outside of the client office. Coffee, workstations, free secure wireless internet, maybe some music at a very low background level. A spot like the Microchip Cafe would be perfect, but (with all respect to the extremely nice people who own it and work there…) in its current form, that place not only has zero atmosphere, it has negative atmosphere. I’ve been in a few times and couldn’t wait to leave.

Discuss: Tea Lounge (aka The North Slope Internet Cafe (Park Slope Message Boards)