I kind of know how your friend felt at the time as I had a mobile stolen a couple of years ago right from under my nose.

I know about you mean about the ambience of cafe’s giving rise to creative energies. I’m totally the same and frequent cafes often also.

I’m a bit more observent than I used to be but even the most observent of us still will fall prey to something of this nature at some point or another, it’s the nature of big cities.

Amit

Sorry to hear your friend losing his laptop.

The same thing happened to me a year ago in a central London pub. My friend and I were engrossed in a conversation for two hours and as we were about to leave, she discovered that her laptop had disappeared from between her legs!

Earlier in the evening, I recalled seeing a couple about six feet away who seemed totally engrossed in each other. When I first saw them, my sixth sense told me that they were not all that they were making out to be. Something didn’t quite resonate about them, but I thought no more of it at the time.

Anyway, my friend’s laptop was never found. She didn’t even end up with a scruffy bag!

But she looked at the positive side of this – overnight the universe had taken away her old life and its baggage / clutter and she started fresh a couple of weeks later, after getting over the shock and the inconvenience.

So the message is – yes, continue to frequent cafes and enjoying that space, but just watch out!

And of course make sure all your work is always backed up.

Arvind

http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog