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Off Topic - Pimp My Office

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


Posted 11-24-2004 1:05 PM by Brendan Tompkins

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Mitchell wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-24-2004 8:51 AM
You gotta get some kind of fountain soda machine. You could have it dispense Jolt, but I prefer Dr. Pepper and Diet Coke. No, wait, forget about Diet Coke from a fountain. It's terrible.

A top-of-the-line coffee maker complete with Barista (http://www.mcphee.com/bigindex/current/10975.html)
Darrell wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-24-2004 8:55 AM
Are you going to have Xzibit pimp your office? :)
Darrell wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-24-2004 9:00 AM
Oh, don't forget the necessary motivational calendar and posters:

http://www.despair.com/
Brendan Tompkins wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-24-2004 9:06 AM
Mitchell, that's a great idea. I've just recently weaned myslef from a wicked Diet Coke habit, but possibly an iced tea fountain would be cool.

D Man, right now my office looks like ODB pimped it. I'd love an XZibit pimped office. MTV should do a spinoff, don't you think?
Darrell wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-24-2004 9:55 AM
Hell yeah! I'm in line for episode #2.
Richard Dudley wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-26-2004 1:45 AM
If you can get an LCD monitor, try and get one that a Smart Overlay will fit (http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/Overlays/). I've used Smart Boards in the past, and they are awesome, the software we used 3 years ago was like One Note--you can literally create notebooks, save audio and video, and all the drawings and slides can be exported to PDF for immediate distributiuon right after a collaboration session.
Brendan Tompkins wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-26-2004 1:51 AM
Richard.. That's an awesome Idea!
Richard Dudley wrote re: Off Topic - Pimp My Office
on 11-26-2004 11:54 AM
Smart has a list of compatible monitors on their site. Gives you an option to pitch for a bigger/cooler monitor also.

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