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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 

For the last year or so I’ve been working almost exclusively from home in LA. There are massive differences between working in an office and working from home, but I’ve found I can be very productive once I get in the groove. 

In LA, I’ve found the most dependable cafes to work at are Coffee Beans. They’re commerical which is meh, but they’re less commercial than Starbucks at least. They always have good wifi and they usually have a good amount of outlets. 

Aside from cafes and creating a good space in your own home, I think one of the most overlooked spots to work from is the library. I spend a good chunk of time at the Los Feliz branch of the LA Library and at the Santa Monica Library.