Earlier this week, my office mate and I were lamenting the fact that our office is kind of this communal space, with file cabinets, and other stuff that people come in to look through throughout the day. We decided to ask our boss if we could move the common stuff out into our lab, and get a small conference table, chairs and a large whiteboard. He said sure, and immediately everything is cleared out, and he's having someone come in next week for us to order furniture.
Now, we're super excited for this, but we need ideas for stuff that you have and make your office a more productive place. Other than the obvious (table, chairs, whiteboards), and excluding the fun stuff (fooseball wouldn't fly here, and no one wants to hear us playing guitar) , what extra things should we look into for getting in here? We talked about a small couch, but then people may come park and not leave. One idea we have is to wire an LCD monitor and hang it with some real time web traffic instrumentation on the display so that people could see live sessions, etc. So, what's in your office? Has anyone pimped their office?
-Brendan