Archive for June, 2005

a coffee related post

Monday, June 20th, 2005

There has been some discussion in the insular world of pro coffee nerds about the issue of consistency in espresso roasting and blending. Some people feel its important to always deliver to the customer precisely the experience of a blend they have come to expect, typically associated with some opaque brand identity. The […]

Wifi saga aftermath

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

A couple of newspaper articles and an appearance by David on NPR’s All Things Considered and the whole overblown story seems to have run its course.
The New York Times piece, by the original wifi-backlash-as-global-news instigator Glenn Fleishman (who is a really nice guy) focused primarily on the “business” angle of this story. The caption […]

Would you like some coffee with that wifi?

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Since the “story” of Victrola’s wifi free weekends broke, we have been inundated with people offering “solutions” to our “problem”. Putting aside for a moment that the issue of wi-fi squatters might be overblown, most of the solutions presented (and we’ve heard them all) ignore some fundamental realities of Victrola’s business.

a little plastic box […]