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By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:32 +0000

@Keith Thank you. I’ll send you an email after I give it a read.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23:19 +0000

I like your idea. Since Twitter launched its "lists" function, I have noticed a few coffee shops (e.g. http://twitter.com/21streetcoffee/status/5370048658 asking their customers to send them a tweet or direct message so that they can be added to their list. It will be interesting to see how these are used.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:16 +0000

I see a lot of coffee shops using Twitter for promotions and special offers and I think the customers should reciprocate. Next time I’m at a coffee shop that follows me I’ll tweet them “if you guess which customer in store I am within the next 15 minutes I’ll buy another drink”.

By: Keith Hampton

Keith Hampton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:54:01 +0000

@Jason, it will be available as a PDF and HTML on the Pew Internet Website at around 2:00pm (ET) on Nov 4. http://www.pewinternet.org/

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:16:28 +0000

@Keith I am very interested in this report. Will it be readily available as a PDF?

By: Keith Hampton

Keith Hampton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:21:22 +0000

On Nov 4 I will be releasing a Pew Internet report that includes national stats on WiFi use in coffee shops and other public/semi-public spaces. Also includes information on the relationship between use of these spaces and social interaction. It is in the second half of the report, behind a larger section on social isolation and core networks.

By: Jason Simon

Jason Simon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:27:18 +0000

@Greg And its where WiFi got popular.

By: Jason Simon

Jason Simon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:22:41 +0000

@Joe I totally agree with your point about paper media being more public, making a person more approachable. I was trying to suggest that people can spend as much time reading as they can browsing the web, and hence occupying a table without making a purchase.