Paul_Morgan
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Comment · 12 years ago
I'd accept both singular and plural. At least redirect one to the other.
Comment · 12 years ago
What? No Sound?
Comment · 12 years ago
Read Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval. Its a history of office layouts. I like the Cave and Commons described in the book.
Comment · 12 years ago
Any website that throws up a subscribe dialog box like this I'm going to avoid. (DR)
Comment · 12 years ago
I'm getting a 404 on the github link.
Comment · 12 years ago
I was looking at the http://masschallenge.org/ office space where they use ideapaint. They paint is very glossy with a bad glare from over head lighting. I couldn't see what was written on the ideapaint from the glare. It would probably be great with some softer overhead lighting.
Comment · 12 years ago
I was going to call it bathroom paneling but they sell it under a different name now so your "Showerboard" is accurate.
Comment · 12 years ago
Danger of Listening to Michele Bachmann
Comment · 13 years ago
Isn't this just random noise? Just because your portfolio is doing better doesn't mean you know how to pick winners. It just means you're better at rolling dice.
Comment · 13 years ago
When it breaks the back button I'm not going anywhere near this web page again.
Comment · 13 years ago
You may be surprised at how open the local Costco warehouse manager would be to someone running a Satay stand outside the warehouse. They are always looking for stuff like this that will surprise and delight their customers.
Comment · 14 years ago
I couldn't say. But it's implemented at the company headquarters and they are experimenting with it in the stores. They haven't gone back on their commitment to it. It's also been implemented at The Gap:
http://www.gorowe.com/2009/09/14/gap-goes-rowe/
FYI, this is just my opinion and doesn't represent the views of my employer.
Comment · 14 years ago
Best Buy has something similar called ROWE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROWE
The business measures performance instead of hours. At Valve the performance appears to be measured as 'shipped'.
I'd also guess that Gabe is practicing his own version of servant leadership:
Harcourt Assement, Phibro Refinery, WilTel, NyNex DPI, Geco-Prakla, Riviana Foods & CVS/Caremark as a Contract Programmer.
Most of my work has been in IBM minicomputer land on S34, S36, S38 and AS400/iSeries/i5/IBM i. I started my career after college supporting and enhancing a query language package on the S34. That also included PC programming for file transfers.
I'm fascinated by usability and what makes a great software user interface.