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The Ultimate Cubicle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-keep-within-a-fortress dept.

kimba writes "Scott Adams of Dilbert fame has developed the ultimate cubicle with design company IDEO (the same guys that made the Palm V and the new sexy Cisco IP phones). Lying in a hammock watching boss-cam... shweeeet." Still, nothing beats a wireless laptop on a shaded porch, beverage in hand.

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  1. No offense by FortKnox · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No offense to you slashdot editors, but you guys have no idea what life in a cube farm is like. It isn't all that bad...

    Add some desktop items and toys from a good place (like thinkgeek), maybe a nice Aeron chair, and everything is peachy for your day to day work.

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  2. If only I had a cubicle... by doctor_oktagon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Instead I've got a Hot Desk.

    While this can mean free & easy living, it also means you have to pack the entire contents of your working life into your laptop-bag every evening, and set it all up again the next morning, and you don't have a monitor to stick post-it notes on.

    I yearn for a desk (or even a cube!) where I could actually feel at home, and not like some sort of transient drifting soul through the sea of employment.

  3. Scott Adams, out of touch by Laplace · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Gosh, when I go to work I like to get things done. I like to write my programs; I like to run my tests; I like to read research papers. Scott Adams seems to think that the best kind of work is no work. If you hate what you're doing, this is true. If you like your job, it's not. I want a quiet, well lit cube with lots of desk space. Yes, an office would be better, but you make the best of what you have. The article was kind of funny, but not in the way it was intended to be funny. Scott Adams is out of touch with the white collar working community, and it shows both in the article and in his comic strip.

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  4. Re:The Ultimate Cubicle by Foss · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been told (by one of the workers) that games companies often work like this when getting close to a deadline. People bring in sleeping bags and crash on the floor of their office!

    A certain Derby based games company have showers, games rooms etc. too to help their workers relax when a 16 hour work day is necessary.

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