If you’re looking for a social network powered by caffeine and Wi-Fi, look no further than Salt Lake’s Coffee Connection. The spacious and chic coffee house has earned a “Best Of” nod previously for its inviting study area, but now, owner Jeremiah Kephart is charting new territory by using the coffee house's Wi-Fi to build an online social network. New users build a quick profile to access the Internet and then, if they so choose, “friend” fellow customers, post discussion threads and send private messages to fellow patrons. The community is new and still sinking down its roots, but if ever there were a hyperlocal version of Facebook in the works--a Coffeebook, if you will--the foundation has been laid at the Coffee Connection. Now you just need to get connected.
