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Show HN: 100 coffee shops to work from. 11 cities. Wi-Fi passwords included (pickcrew.com)
4 points by mikaelcho 4203 days ago
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My number 1 search when I'm in a new city is good coffee shops to work from with solid Wi-Fi and plugs.

I know there's a few sites that exist that help with this but my problem was making it easy to see while I was on the go. Oftentimes, I would just have my phone and needed to find the closest place around me.

So what I did with this project is connect each city to a Foursquare list that can be saved on your phone and seen when you open Foursquare's app.

If you don't have Foursquare, I added a Google Map that uses your location data to spot what's closest to you.

We made lists for 10 major cities in North America and London in the UK. 100 coffee shops total with Wi-Fi passwords for most and plug locations.

The goal was to find enough coffee shops so you could move from coffee shop to coffee shop on foot.

Hope this helps if you're traveling and looking to get some work done.

Turn it into app which would update wifi passwords as well.

Or someone already did that :-) http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/global-wifi-hotspot-...

Nice. Ya, updating the password would be great.

Avoids the awkward exchange at the register asking for a password.