About Workmode
A simple way to find a good place to work from, with wifi you can count on.
What it is
Workmode helps you find the best place to work from, wherever you are. Search for a city or share your location, and you will see coffee shops, coworking spaces and other spots — rated by the people who have worked there.
Why I built it
Hi, I am Frizky. I built Workmode while travelling and working my way around Southeast Asia, and finding a good place to work was often harder than it should have been.
I would find a nice café, order a latte, open my laptop — and the first thing I did was test the internet. Too often the answer was 80 Kbps. Out of that frustration came a simple idea: measure the wifi of places to work all over the world, one speed test at a time, and share the results.
How it works
Speed tests
When you check in somewhere, you run a quick speed test from your table. It is saved, so the next person knows how fast the wifi really is.
Reviews
You can rate a place on its wifi, noise and comfort, so others know what it is like to actually work there.
Near you
All of it shows up when someone is nearby, or searches for the city the place is in.
Where the information comes from
The basics about each place — its name, address and opening hours — come from Google and Foursquare. Workmode combines that with the speed tests and reviews shared by its community, which is what tells you whether a place is actually good to work from.
Workmode is made and kept running by one person: me.