Lab Notes

A few months ago, Glenn Fleishman examined the problem coffeehouse owners are seeing with logged-in-but-socially-disconnected Wi-Fi users. Since then, researchers have begun to look into the problem. They are beginning to work on ways to use free Wi-Fi access to involve users with each other rather than having it isolate individual users. I'm a dedicated Wi-Fi user, but I still think the best way to interact with others is simply to close the lid on the laptop.