Photo Courtesy of the login page when I was at the Ace Hotel.
Having an actual office space, I get spoiled by the constant wireless access. The office with a land line. A place I know I can always access my addictions to Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook. (I kid)
We had today off for the national holiday, but I still had some things I needed to get done. I ventured out to find a wireless spot and a space to sit and hack through some documents and do some personal work. (ie finally manage my budget from the New Year---heyo)
You think by now, it'd be easier to find a wireless spot, OR places that are less busy would advertise a bit more. Removing the normal Starbucks from the plan, I checked out the great list from Open Wifi NYC-it's a lifesaver and if you check it out on an iPhone, you get a pretty decent experience. I also used my handy Yelp iPhone app for wireless spots when I was walking.
First stop: Roast Bean Coffee. Wireless is free. Coffee is decent and they have power outlets. I only left because a crazy looking woman sat next to me with pink eye shadow all over her face and kept asking me why my shoes weren't heeled. Time to go!
Next stop: Ace Hotel. The darling of the NYC startup community now, a few people were here and it was around the corner. This place is like the library at college during finals. Stake your claim on your seat and you expect it's yours all day. That happened, and I had to get up. Ugh. I like you Ace Hotel but boy has your popularity affected the rise in the crowds. (I blame Charlie and his tweeting that he's always there.)
Last stop (and where I'm writing this now): Gregory's Coffee. It was a nice walk down Park Avenue anyway so I didn't even mind. The space is pretty big too and I may have found my spot for when I need to get out for a bit.
Mind you that I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee for the day, my search for wireless is finally over. I've enjoyed my coffee and the nice weather NY is having right now and I've gotten a ton of work done.
There's got to be more wireless places (that are fun and comfortable to sit in) than the list that's running now.
Where are your favorite wireless spots in the city? Has someone already aggregated a list I'm missing? Leave in the comments.
