Details Mag

Details Mag, Style section,  December 1991

New on the Menu!

New on the Menu Introducing computer-talk cafés. SF Net, a computerized networking company, is installing tabletop hard- ware in cafés along the West Coast. Here's how it works: you purchase tickets for talk time, sit at a table equipped with a keyboard and screen, and choose one of various subjects, including music, books, the environ- ment, politics, current events, movies, and travel. There's even a love-connection selection on the menu. While you sip your double- decaf espresso, you can interface with other café-goers or home subscribers. SF Net's Wayne Gregori hopes to expand to cafés in New York and Chicago next year. Call 415-695-9824 to subscribe at five dollars a month. Or if you live in the San Francisco area, go netting: roam from café to café and meet the people you've networked with. And maybe buy them dessert.