New 'bedouins' transform a laptop, cell phone and coffeehouse into their office

A new breed of worker, fueled by caffeine and using the tools of modern technology, is flourishing in the coffeehouses of San Francisco. Roaming from cafe to cafe and borrowing a name from the nomadic Arabs who wandered freely in the desert, they've come to be known as "bedouins."

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カフェを渡り歩いて仕事をする人を「ベドウィン族」にたとえた話題。
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