Gadgets, gizmos, and tools to help make you more productive in business

I gave the opening primer together with a colleage for an Internet Cafe conference this morning. The event spans three days and is sponsored by Intel as well as some other prominent names in the online gaming scene such as Level-Up! The objective was to showcase different Internet Cafe models and show (potential) shop owners how to make this business lucrative.

At the event were three actual working Net cafe models - since the best way to get your message across is to demonstrate.

The first model was the Business Center Hub, composed mostly of executive chairs, a boardroom table and three smaller hubs for VoIP, prepaid phones to call abroad, and a few networked computers for office solutions.

One thing I noticed was how aesthetics play a major role in developing a Business Center model. There really wasn't anything impressive with the hardware, but the way things were laid out - from office furnitire to 'power desks' to the lighting made this model's corporate look stand out, as compared to how other shops have a 'Mom and Pop' appeal.