<story><title>Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.</title><url>http://www.livenomadic.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>xal</author><text>I think this is a brilliant idea. One of the most frustrating things for me when I travel is that my requirements are different from what the traditional Hotel industry caters to. All I need are a desk, chair and low latency / reasonable bandwidth internet. I tend to stay at the Marriott because they have their act better together then all the other chains, especially in SF. But that still means I pay up to $200 a night for the room ( with internet + car ) and pay for a lot of stuff that I absolutely don&apos;t need.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;d much rather meet some nice people and stay in a cozy place with a single pillow and good internet.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.</title><url>http://www.livenomadic.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hugh3</author><text>It took me a while to parse the title: consider &quot;People who need nothing except the internet in order to work&quot; vs &quot;People who only need the internet in order to work&quot; vs &quot;People who need nothing except that the internet should work&quot;. I assume the second is intended.&lt;p&gt;Also, how is this different to a hotel? I guess it&apos;s cheaper. So how is this different to a really cheap hostel with shared rooms? I suppose you can only let trustworthy people in.&lt;p&gt;So yes, I can see it working if they (you?) can get the economics right. Keeping the apartments clean could also be a major challenge.</text></comment>