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Affordance Malleability
Illustrative data
Physical aspects
“It's the laptop. Take out your laptop case. You have to get the charger, get the adapter. Find a power outlet because who knows where those are going to be depending on where you are, and then if you are in a confined space, you are not really going to want to take out all that and be comfortable with all of your stuff all over the place, so it's nice that coffee shops you have a big table to spread stuff out [...] I can plug in my adapter, and I won't get all tangled. I can just be at ease.” (Nero, workation organizer, #12)
They’re all [different locations of co-working space] the similar design. They can be anywhere in the world and it can kind of be where am I, I feel like I’m in the same building [...] I usually stay with the similar hotel chains so the environment is quite similar in all the different hotels around the world. I guess it’s that home feeling.” (Zane, writer and strategy consultant, #11)
“You can just open your laptop whenever you want to and say: Okay, now I’m going to work. You can also just close it and say: [...] it’s time to be off work and do something fun because I’m in this awesome location.” (Edith, blogger, #41)
Social aspects
“It [the place] has to have good internet. I need to feel welcome to work there; I don’t want to be frowned upon like ‘what’s that guy sitting here for five hours and now he ordered one coffee’. My ratio is one coffee per two hours, that’s reasonable.” (Taylor, social media marketeer, #6)
Digital tools
“In terms of tools we both use Slack. It’s a communication tool for groups. And then I mean Google Drive, of course. And Trello, for team productivity tools. Something we came to appreciate is also WhatsApp, even for business purposes. To record voice messages.” (Feli, startup coach, #2)
“There's apps out there that map out good coffee shops to work from. One is Work Hard Anywhere [...] I would look for the ratings of different coffee shops. They rate how strong is the Wi-Fi. [...] Simple things like do they have power plugs? Is there enough seating? Is there food? Is there coffee? [...] You want to find a place where you don't have to get up every four hours and go eat somewhere else and get coffee.” (Nero, workation organizer, #12)
Moving between places
Table 2.7 Illustrative data: Affordances in workplaces
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