MetaFilter posts tagged with office

The Gervais Principle

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:47:36 -0800

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”. Warning: link may evoke baleful despair!

One more for the stationary fetishists

tylerfulltilt — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:27:10 -0800

One more for the stationery fetishists: Office Supply Geek

Yes, Sir, this Is War!

Muddler — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:00:48 -0800

Microsoft Office 2010 - for free, on the web. Yeah, you heard me right. "The company also announced that Office Web applications will be available in three ways: through Windows Live, where more than 400 million consumers will have access to Office Web applications at no cost; on-premises for all Office volume licensing customers including more than 90 million Office annuity customers; and via Microsoft Online Services, where customers will be able to purchase a subscription as part of a hosted offering." Not to be outdone by Google, who recently announced it was trying to take a bite out of Windows not to mention Office, Microsoft has decided to offer a web version of Office 2010 for free - and it will even support non-IE browsers.

Analog Art (mostly)

Miko — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:33:25 -0800

The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies

A Muppet and a fat guy

hifiparasol — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:27:42 -0800

An interview with Elmo and Ricky Gervais. (SLYT)

Mitch Haile's Office

odinsdream — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:37:11 -0800

Mitch Haile's office requires some explanation.

Buying a scalpel set doesn't make you a surgeon, but...

cthuljew — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:03:33 -0800

Not all of us need, or want, $10,000 worth of Adobe and Microsoft software to be creative. So, here's some alternatives, each available on every major platform:

GIMP, for all your drawing and photo-editing needs. (Windows and OSX.)
Inkscape, for vector graphics creation.
Scribus, for incredibly powerful document creation.
FontForge, if you want to make your own fonts.
OpenOffice, the old standby for word processing, spreadsheets, and all those other office needs. I'm a personal fan of Inkscape for its wonderfully intuitive interface, as well as Scribus for its stylesheet-based power. I hope these links improve your productivity, instead of ruining it for the day.

Two great tastes that taste weird together

Navelgazer — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:45:11 -0800

Hey! You got your Office in my Battlestar! You got your Battlestar in my Office! Wait a minute...

Insert Office Space Jokes here. Or don't.

loquacious — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:22:32 -0800

Video of a man going totally beserk in a Russian office. Cellphone video here, w/ audio.

At least it's a roomy place to work.

miss lynnster — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:32:15 -0800

Talk about a sexually uncomfortable working environment. Oh my.

A³ + B³ = C³

yoyoceramic — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:14:09 -0800

I recently posed the following statement to my fellow, walled-off employees:
"True or False: Cubicles reduce office sociability by 100%"
I received no answer.
How do you cope?

Ballpits as office furniture

nthdegx — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:09:47 -0800

The Last.fm guys really wanted a ballpit, inspired by the xkcd blog. Pictures.

Gamers' Cribs! But less exciting.

phyrewerx — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:02:04 -0800

Pictures of offices and desks of video game designers, journalists and celebrities. Includes Dan Hsu, the guys from Penny Arcade, the guy who made Ultima Online and Boing Boing?

Defending the Constitution

augustweed — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:31:07 -0800

Never in History Have Generals Revolted Against a War Like They are About IRAQ. "I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the U.S. Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God." Unlike the enlisted folks, officers only swear an allegiance to the Constitution.

You are boring the $#!* out of me!

JBennett — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:19:34 -0800

A new video by Jed Davis' Hanslick Rebellion. A meanspirited, though easy to identify with, piece about office small-talk. A feel good summer song for those of us tied to desks. Warning: Loud swearing.

Office Space; Now with extra violence!

Second Account For Making Jokey Comments — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:51:06 -0800

An office worker loses it one day, jumps over the table and mercilessly beats his co-worker. The action is spectacular, but is it real or staged? You decide.

how much would michael scott cost in legal fees?

tylerfulltilt — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:42:12 -0800

Steve Carell may be hilarious in the office, but how much would his jackass behavior cost in real-life? clips (youtube)

Cover your ass.

Meatbomb — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:35:33 -0800

Avoid office party lawsuits: buy insurance and distribute the rules in advance; don't let them drink; no flirting; bring a recording device; no religious stuff; don't dance with staff members.

Have a safe holiday.

Big day for Microsoft

bobbyelliott — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:10:12 -0800

Today is a big day for Microsoft with the launch of three key products - Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. User groups are already up-and-running. Vista and Office have been available for some time. But maybe this is just clever viral marketing? In spite of lots of new and improved features, Vista has not been well received by reviewers. But this has been true of every Windows version since Windows 95. One thing is certain, these versions will be the last releases that focus on the desktop rather than the Internet.

"We are committed to personal service" vs. "I would prefer not to"

lalochezia — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:03:30 -0800

Surviving office work: 2006. Surviving office work: 1853. The more things change......

Tacoholic- MS Paint Gallery

AVandalay — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:33:53 -0800

Beauty in bitmaps- Some artists work in watercolors, some oils, and some with clay. The 'artists' at tacoholic express themselves in the universally accessible medium of really bad MS Paint drawings. Its public so you can submit your own masterworks.

You want an office? You got an office.

FlamingBore — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:55:57 -0800

Payback is a B**** Someone played one too many practical jokes and/or pranks on some IT guys who had too much time on their hands. Impressive results ensue.

SERIOUSLY SERIOUS

loquacious — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:16:00 -0800

LOOK AT ME BEING SERIOUS (nsfw: language, video)

You know you want to

pyramid termite — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:17:13 -0800

Feeling frustrated at work? This little flash game lets you be Joe IT, avenger of the oppressed in offices everywhere. Best of all, you can't lose ... unless you actually try this at work.

Royal Flush

Smart Dalek — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:59:19 -0800

Fired by New York's Mayor for playing a game of solitaire, former $29,000 a year clerk Edward Greenwood IX is sure to become the new parton saint of office politics. Whether one views Greenwood as a hapless Everyman or another poster boy for workplace diversions, the question still remains: what would Ricky Gervais do?