Digital Nomad Lobbies: Portland Harbor Hotel
There has been a lot of talk recently about the lifestyle of digital nomads -- folks who work from wherever they might roam. HotelChatter has been covering hotel wifi since the beginning, but as we cited in our 2009 annual hotel wifi report times they are a changin'.
The biggest change on the tech side is the growing popularity of the usb broadband card. As more and more people buy into these cards (and more and more GMs pray to the hotel gods they do) there are a growing number of digital nomads that no longer tap into a hotel WiFi network. Instead, these nomads are in search of killer hotel lobbies to comfortably work in. That's right, digital nomads have no problem coming in, kicking back on hotel lobby couches and doing an hours worth of work. So once again hotels have a choice -- welcome these folks, pay no mind to them, or actively try to kick them out.
With this in mind, we figured it was time for us to start rating hotel lobbies on their digital nomad quotient. First up, the Portland Harbor Hotel.
Hotel: Portland Harbor Hotel
Location Layout: Lobby. You have to go up a staircase to get to the main lobby, which is small and contains a full service restaurant and bar.
Outlets: Sparse.
Furniture: Uncomfortable leather chairs facing each other. A semi comfortable leather love seat with a table in front of it for propping up your laptop
Digital Nomad Tolerance: They will tolerate you, but you will get more smiles if you order a drink or two.
Phone Calls: Not really possible unless you want to annoy breakfast go'ers -- not recommended.
Overall Mood: Classical music, baby boomers on vacation clientele. Feels very Revolutionary Road.
Digital Nomad Grade: C+
Lack of outlets and lack of space means you will be hitting up another location after 60 minutes.
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