Re:Why Joel Spolsky's Crazy Schemes Never Paid Off
by Goladus on Tuesday May 29, 2007 @05:48PM
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The funny thing is that standard cubicles are well-suited to making it difficult for you to do that.
Cubicles are neither private, nor collaborative. Cubicles create social barriers between you and your neighbors, yet do little to block the flow of noise in the environment. There's no real privacy, yet no sense that collaboration is encouraged.
Re:Why Joel Spolsky's Crazy Schemes Never Paid Off
by kingnothing on Tuesday May 29, 2007 @03:36PM
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Agreed. I'm not a big fan of laptops, but having various work areas that one can move between would be ideal.
I really like both. When doing work that is highly collaborative it's nice to have everyone in spitting distance. When I have have no need for discussion with others I love my solitary hackathons. The most productive times I've had were moving back and forth between the two environments freely.