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The Bionic Office
hondo77 writes "Joel Spolsky has finally moved Fog Creek Software into their new digs. Read about what went into the design of "the ultimate software development environment" from your (my) cube and drool."
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Now I see why they could not afford a 17" PB (or even a 12" PB). That's gotta suck programming around all day on a tangerine iBook.
Or just drop acid. Cheaper long term. And the walls will also smile at you and occasionally dance.
It's so padded with carpetting even Jamie can't ear anything, and I keep bumping on furniture when I run over 60mph around the cubicles. Oscar told me it was all hype ...
-- Steve
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Just wish I had windows...
Blasphemer! Windows is the devil, and Linux is your salvation! Repent to all that is GNU and good, before thy mortal soul is consumed by the Devil Gates!
#define DRM chmod 000
And before you mod me flamebait, try asking yourself what is so great, exciting or thought-provoking about the article.
.. there wasn't a single coffee machine ... do they really expect a programmer to work without coffee ?
What I found thought-provoking
I got your low ID right here, pal!
8) Trap door so as to easily get rid of people knocking at door.
Holy shit.
Ethernet jacks built right into the wall, AND chairs that swivel?
History may remember you as a madman, but in my eyes, you sir, are a visionary.
What wouldn't I give to have a window and a door! I sometimes hang awake at nights dreaming of having a window and a door.
I live ze unknown. I love ze unknown. I am ze unknown.
1) Big window overlooking moutain range or lake ....
7) Glass window to see who is knocking at the door
8) Toothless but hot hooker under desk.
Becuase, hey, for some of us, playing first-person-shooter games over the LAN just isn't the tension-releaser it's claimed to be.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
Ok, but after balancing our lives, we find the jobs have balanced themselves right over to India.
- Front door. How do people get in? Not very productive.
- Bathroom. Seriously, not one commode in any of those photos. Less of a problem if there's no coffee machine, I guess.
- Air. I didn't see any air molecules in the photographs, either. Coding without breathing is hard! (Although sometimes necessary; see pair programming.)
</smartass>If you don't have the crocs, the people just lollygag down in the pit, moaning and yelling for help.
It's animal and environmentally friendly. The croc droppings can be used to fertilize your organic garden. And as they age: shoes.
Natural light is good
you would be suprised how many people perfer Bud Light over Natural Light,,, I've always liked both, but Natty is cheaper.
What is slashdot?
He is bound to end up with at least one of those no shoes, pizza-skittles burping, mosquito-attracting types, who's last shower was a hour before the interview.
You gotta have the honkin' air conditioning unit to tame that stench, the kind with the HEPA, charcoal and whatever else you can use to keep breathable air for the rest of the staff, right?
...we'll be able to buy all this stuff on E-Bay in a year!
The only thing you need to make your office better are hot babes. Hopefully scantily clad.
Being openly Lesbian, this led to incessant jokes about being in and out of the closet. Not that she minded (I wouldn't be surprised if she actualy initiated it) .. In fact, in the telling of it, I'd say that she seemed downright proud of it.
Free Software: Like love, it grows best when given away.
Yeah, I can type i++; pretty fast too
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
It's easier to get a programmer today than a non-programming paper pusher. Lower salary, too.
My very first Microsoft office was outside with a view.
I think having your office outside is a little extreme, even if the view is better. What if it rains? Did they at least give you a tent or something?