If you are gainfully employed, typically there is an office that goes along with your job. A place you show up and drink the coffee, and talk at the water cooler, check emails, and generally get a myriad of tasks done.

It’s a brave new world and some are choosing (either personally or their companies are asking them) to telecommute. With mobile tech and the beauty of Wi-Fi, almost any cafe can become a work space. Perhaps you set up shop in a nearby cafe and get work done there. You could even make a new public place your office each day. 

It gets us to thinking: Do you feel you get more done outside of your office? Do you prefer to work in public places like coffeehouses? Also, give us the good stuff: Where’s the best cafe to work in? Other public venue? Tell us about it on Tumblr or email us at go@latimes.com

Photo: Working outside the office. Laptop owner uses Wi-Fi at a cafe in Pasadena. Credit: Lori Kozlowski / Los Angeles Times