Very nice approach to your office. One note though - in the last picture I noticed a smiling Xobniite with three monitors with his back to the window. I've found that the ideal is to face the windows for a couple reasons. The first one is that the glare from the windows on the monitor can be very annoying . Secondly, in having the back of the monitor along the window wall, and the user facing the windows, you can then look up and out the window when you're thinking about something. This helps you avoid destroying your eyes by exercising alternate focal lengths and for me, at least, it seems to help with creativity.

(I also found my office through Craig's List - $1 per sf believe it or not! :)

Gibson - yeah, that's Greg and his three monitors.

Good point about the windows, but he chose to face the door, not the window: I guess our cavemen instincts want us to face the entrance of the cave, in case any carnivores drop by.

I just moved into a new room and I can see both the window and the door. That's as good as it gets.

I've heard the proper feng shui setup is to have the desks face the door so you can see people as they enter.

feng shui is only useful to the extent that it makes sense, which would eliminate all the many mystical aspects of it.

For facing the door, if you are in a business where you get many visitors coming in the door to face, then that becomes an issue to deal with. In that case, you can slide your desk back to the door wall with monitor backs facing the window so that you can see people coming in on your side. For coders, I think being along the window wall makes the most sense as visitors are not a big part of coding (hopefully)

You're forgetting one thing that every software company office needs:

whiteboards

Don't bother with real whiteboards, they're expensive... just get 4' x 8' sheets of white tileboard from Home Depot for $13. Huge and cheap. I even got one for my room at home.

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Yup, absolutely. For some reason we got the more expensive magnetic kind at Xobni. We never use the magnets though. We should switch to something cheaper.

Justin.tv used to have a whiteboard wall - an entire wall of their apartment covered with the Home Depot stuff. I wonder what happened to it.

$13 is an unbeatable price for a 4x8 sheet of whiteboard... do you have any complaints with it so far? Does it write and erase OK?

It writes fine, and erases pretty well. It does leave a faint "ghosting", but an occasional wipe with some whiteboard cleaner makes it go away.

It's hard to complain for $13. I mean, we covered a whole wall for about $40.

The trick is to prep the surface before use.

That means a good solid cleaning with WIndex, and then go over it with that toxic Expo spray cleaner (DO THIS OUTDOORS!) until you dislocate a shoulder.

We've got 'em up all over the offices.

I think you guys chose the wrong space... PR/advertising can be can be a very interesting field to learn about :-)

I've always felt that having childcare nearby is important. Employees age. They have kids (yay!). And having something nearby can keep everyone motivated and employed longer.