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In 2006, I founded ZapBoom Consulting, which specializes in the analysis of how digital
tools like cell phones and the Internet can be used in social change campaigns in developing countries. I have
researched and written reports on topics ranging from 
Recently I have been working in cafés. There are two near my home that I like, Café Espresso, which is a hip and vaguely Asian and is located of Pedro de Valdivia. The other is a Tavelli on Manuel Montt. A say "a" Tavelli because Tavelli is a chain whose restaurants are as ubiquitous in Santiago as Au Bon Pain is in New York (actually, ABP came to Chile a few years ago and failed, probably because of Tavelli).
A Tavelli in my neighborhood, though not the one I work at.
Even though I like Café Espresso the most I spend more time at Tavelli because it is open later (both have free wifi). The past couple of times I've seen the same people also working on their laptops and today I spoke with them. One group is building a network of local TV stations and putting them on the internet and another man, who always lets me plug into his surge protector, is a playwright who "does not, repeat, does not work for TV." These people - entrepreneurs and artists - are the kinds of people who work in cafés because they don't have offices. It's a nice community of outsiders to belong to.
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