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Affordance
Malleability (continued)
Illustrative data
“I use it [social media], but not that much. I also have to use it more often. But for me sometimes the slow internet was a problem, which really was frustrating and one of the challenges in those undeveloped countries where I travel The internet can be so shit. And then I sometimes tried to upload something on YouTube and it was just impossible. Two days later, still nothing would be uploaded. And I was like okay, let’s just forget about it.” (Sanne, online retailer, #14)
“Bad Wi-Fi. I can pretty much make myself productive in a space [place], but if the Wi-Fi is bad, I’m being annoyed. I lost my temper over Wi- Fi.” (Kai, blogger, #43)
Physical aspects
“It depends on how serious the matter is. If I'm doing one-hour consulting and then that requires my full concentration, then I prefer to be in a really quiet place. I wouldn't go to a café. If I just need to update a client about, provide some feedback or something related to a project that's ongoing, then I will go in a café and that's fine. If I'm talking with my parents, it's also fine to talk. Also, my mother, but it would be fine to be in a café. It really depends.” (Vanessa, remote event planner, #9).
“I actually really like cafés where there are not that many people. And a lot of the big hotels have cafés where there are not many people, at least the better ones.” (Ben, business consultant, #44).
Physical aspects
“I noticed that in Bali especially, where it may be easy to get in a conversation with somebody just sitting next to you on the table and you start talking and within minutes you have a really deep conversation.” (Jacky, web designer, #4)
“The co-working space offers many events during the week that are promoted on the community board [...] A little bit later, two other people start talking standing in front of one as one of them has been asked to give a ‘talk’, which is either a workshop or a talk for (and by) members of the co-working space. ” (Sept 4, 2017, fn#13)
Social aspects
“I think in a café that’s just not going to work, is it? Literally would be talking to strangers, which I have no problem with most of the time. But everyone in the café would be a stranger, whereas in a co-working space you’re going to see the same faces every day, and those people you get to know fairly quickly.” (Kenni, product manager, #18)
Moving between places
Privacy
Instant sociality
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