Where We Do What We Do
February 8, 2009 10:06 AM Subscribe
Where We Do What We Do is a gallery of the places where we work.
Uh, is the person who posted this the same person whose workspace is pictured in the first picture on this site?
posted by horsemuth at 10:24 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by horsemuth at 10:24 AM on February 8, 2009
THAT's why I have no productivity! Missing that snazzy dual monitor + four laptop setup.
posted by puckish at 10:32 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by puckish at 10:32 AM on February 8, 2009
Uh, is the person who posted this the same person whose workspace is pictured in the first picture on this site?
You can submit your workspace. I don't think it's their site, they just submitted their space.
posted by cashman at 10:35 AM on February 8, 2009
You can submit your workspace. I don't think it's their site, they just submitted their space.
posted by cashman at 10:35 AM on February 8, 2009
I suspect that jon_hansen just submitted his workspace to the site before making the FPP, horsemuth.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:36 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:36 AM on February 8, 2009
*Shakes fist at cashman from the comfort of my workspace*
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:36 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:36 AM on February 8, 2009
I call bullshit. No one actually works in a space and keeps it as neat and tidy as most of those.
posted by Thorzdad at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Thorzdad at 10:41 AM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
horsemuth--Yes, that's my workspace that I submitted to the site. No ties to the site at all, just thought it was an interesting concept.
posted by jon_hansen at 10:42 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by jon_hansen at 10:42 AM on February 8, 2009
Not a lot of stables, steel mills, grease pits, or garages in there.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 10:52 AM on February 8, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 10:52 AM on February 8, 2009 [7 favorites]
Yeah- where's the normal workplaces?
I'm digging up the pictures of my coffee shop.
posted by dunkadunc at 11:31 AM on February 8, 2009
I'm digging up the pictures of my coffee shop.
posted by dunkadunc at 11:31 AM on February 8, 2009
I'm a big fan of the P.O.V. shots.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2009
Not a lot of stables, steel mills, grease pits, or garages in there.
One could use the raw data on this site to produce a complete phylogenetic taxonomy of the white male knowledge worker, though.
posted by killdevil at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
One could use the raw data on this site to produce a complete phylogenetic taxonomy of the white male knowledge worker, though.
posted by killdevil at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
Picture a grey box. Add some loud, cocktail party sort of chatter. Throw in a few ringing phones, a few speaker phones, and add some annoying cell phone ring tones. You have my work space.
posted by fixedgear at 12:07 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by fixedgear at 12:07 PM on February 8, 2009
Somebody please tell their webmaster that using the IMG tag attributes to resize an image is a terrible idea, since it results in crappy in-browser rescaling (usually using nearest-neighbor, as opposed to e.g. bicubic or Lanczos, resulting in jagged edges) and increased download time/bandwidth.
posted by Rhomboid at 12:23 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by Rhomboid at 12:23 PM on February 8, 2009
Ice. A big sheet of ice. Mold on the walls. 150 children, a random 20% falling down at any given moment, at least one screaming in either pain, anger, or terror, and a parent, standing in the door shouting at the top of his or her voice, "MARY. MARY. MARY-- WHY AREN'T YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TEACHER!.
A picture just doesn't tell enough of the story.
posted by nax at 12:59 PM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
A picture just doesn't tell enough of the story.
posted by nax at 12:59 PM on February 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
Hey, come on, it's Sunday. Monday comes soon enough.
posted by longsleeves at 1:06 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by longsleeves at 1:06 PM on February 8, 2009
My lab has a huge window which everyone always envies for the 3 seconds before they realize that it looks out into a ventilation shaft.
posted by dmd at 2:18 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by dmd at 2:18 PM on February 8, 2009
When did books stop being cool enough to be in people's offices?
posted by TwelveTwo at 3:01 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by TwelveTwo at 3:01 PM on February 8, 2009
At least for programmers/IT types: When most of the reference information we needed was more conveniently and accurately available online or otherwise digitally.
F1ing a class whose members I don't remember is a whole lot faster than finding an MSDN reference book that's probably out of date anyway...
The non-reference technical books generally stay at home for me, since it's not like I can sit and read effectively at the office.
posted by flaterik at 4:11 PM on February 8, 2009
F1ing a class whose members I don't remember is a whole lot faster than finding an MSDN reference book that's probably out of date anyway...
The non-reference technical books generally stay at home for me, since it's not like I can sit and read effectively at the office.
posted by flaterik at 4:11 PM on February 8, 2009
I think this is pretty rad, but I wish there was more detail as to what these people are doing.
"Teaching electrons to dance" is a pretty great job description though.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:25 PM on February 8, 2009
"Teaching electrons to dance" is a pretty great job description though.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:25 PM on February 8, 2009
Man, am I the only one that works in a plain old craptastic generic cube?
I sit in a room with four other people. I would kill for a cubicle.
posted by drjimmy11 at 4:44 PM on February 8, 2009
I sit in a room with four other people. I would kill for a cubicle.
posted by drjimmy11 at 4:44 PM on February 8, 2009
One day, I got to work, sat down, started to sip my morning tea, and catch up on the morning's email.
About 15 minutes later, I had a swarm of photographers descend upon my lab, taking pictures of anything and everything, including my desk.
About 5 hours after that, a coworker messaged me saying that a picture of my desk ended up on Engadget. I imagined thousands of geeks drooling over my Halo 3 Mountain Dew can, and it made me smile.
posted by spinifex23 at 4:46 PM on February 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
About 15 minutes later, I had a swarm of photographers descend upon my lab, taking pictures of anything and everything, including my desk.
About 5 hours after that, a coworker messaged me saying that a picture of my desk ended up on Engadget. I imagined thousands of geeks drooling over my Halo 3 Mountain Dew can, and it made me smile.
posted by spinifex23 at 4:46 PM on February 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
I do what I do here.
I have a desk, but I don't hang out there much.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:53 PM on February 8, 2009
I have a desk, but I don't hang out there much.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:53 PM on February 8, 2009
Too many ads. It' much less interesting to me when people clean up their desks and then post their website to promote themselves.
But I think I know the person who posted the KIRO tower photos (and I've never been to Seattle).
posted by recurve at 7:15 PM on February 8, 2009
But I think I know the person who posted the KIRO tower photos (and I've never been to Seattle).
posted by recurve at 7:15 PM on February 8, 2009
More money spent on technology ≠ more, better work done.
posted by christhelongtimelurker at 7:22 PM on February 8, 2009
posted by christhelongtimelurker at 7:22 PM on February 8, 2009
Maybe I'll submit a picture of the mailbox from which I collect my unemployment check.
posted by Roman Graves at 10:02 PM on February 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Roman Graves at 10:02 PM on February 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
My unemployment gets paid via direct deposit so I don't even have a mailbox to picture.
Actually, I finally start a new job next week which will be my first time in a cubicle in a dozen years. I've been spoiled by having jobs with private window offices for a very long time. I probably shouldn't complain.
posted by octothorpe at 5:44 AM on February 9, 2009
Actually, I finally start a new job next week which will be my first time in a cubicle in a dozen years. I've been spoiled by having jobs with private window offices for a very long time. I probably shouldn't complain.
posted by octothorpe at 5:44 AM on February 9, 2009
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