My office guest chair

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Travis Owens — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 19:45:40 GMT

You don't have to feel alone in your pride in owning such a mundane (to many) object.

At my last job I worked there 10yrs, it was actually a Casino in Upstate, NY. Being such a new company, the majority of original employees was very small (I wasn't original but I started about 2-3yrs since the company was created) and I took pride in the fact I had an ariel photograph of the casino which has since gone 4 massive renovations to the point that the building was totally recognizable.

I'd get a little kick when a coworker asked what it was and I would tell them it was the Casino when I strated to work there.

But then maybe instead of being nostolgic I was subconciously creating senority for myself among my peers. There's no way to tell without a shrink!

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Chang — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:07:46 GMT

OMG
this is turning into /.
DUPE!!!

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LarryOsterman — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:11:02 GMT

Not intentionally a dup - the blog server's been having hiccups recently, this was a symptom.

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Hasani — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:20:22 GMT

pics or ban!

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Rosyna — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:35:54 GMT

I don't think this is Fark, however....

Larry, can you get your manager to requisition you a beat?

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LarryOsterman — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:48:45 GMT

A beat?

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Paul — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:58:41 GMT

The beat he speaks of would most likely be the same as the one that Hermes requested on Futurama from the episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back."

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Drew — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:04:49 GMT

Is no one else thinking "Puzzles! Look at all of those puzzles!"?

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Mat Hall — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:26:31 GMT

"One or two hanging book shelves with THREE shelves (not 4)"

Forget the chair, what's with the highly specific shelving limit? What happens if -- *gasp* -- you need more shelf space? Presumably MSFT employees collect a lot of cruft over the years (hence your totally unauthorised round table, you rebel!), so do they have to just pile it up on the floor or what?

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LarryOsterman — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:47:44 GMT

I have absolutely no idea what happens if someone else needs a 4th shelf.

What I did was to requisition a new bookshelf, took one of the shelves (and the shelf pins) and told the furniture delivery guy to put it back into the warehouse.

It was a totally outrageous waste, but the facilities people were more than happy to give me a complete bookcase but not a single bookshelf. So I worked the system.

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Rosyna — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:41:38 GMT

Paul, correct, that is exactly what I was speaking of. I just realized that if you had thought I was a really bad speller or had really bad grammar, it could have been interpreted as "Larry needs a beating delivered unto him by his manager."

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ryanmy — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 06:06:40 GMT

I think the enforcement of office rules varies depending on your admin and building. Over here in B26, they don't really care what we do as long as we're not violating fire codes or breaking walls; it's not uncommon to see people just go buy a second whiteboard, or another hanging shelf, etc. and just put it up themselves.

Our team in particular was very cramped recently; our headcount nearly doubled in six months, and it was approaching the level of having 5- and 10-yearers doublebunked or even triplebunked during intern season. When space was finally freed up and everyone got their own office again, they pretty much sighed and let us do what we want, since they knew that anything else would result in explosions -- which has resulted in the occasional "photo out of the IKEA Catalogue" office.

But then, I rather miss being doublebunked, if only because I learned a ton on the side from the constant foot traffic. It's far too easy to just close the door and only interact by email, when everyone has their own office.

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Adam Barr — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:03:06 GMT

Microsoft is generally fine with allowing you to put whatever you want of your own in your office. People have couches, mini-fridges, etc. And the official moving policy is that the movers WILL move your personal items, although they have some restrictions...like they won't move plants (I have the handout from our last move at work, if anyone cares enough, it spells this all out).

- adam

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LarryOsterman — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:13:32 GMT

Emphasis on the word GENERALLY. The movers have refused to move my guest chair in the past, at least one time I was forced to bring it across campus manually.

They also once refused to move my main desk chair because it was non standard (it's one of the "ergo" chairs you get if you get an office ergonomics exam (due to carpal tunnel, etc). I raised a HUGE stink about that one and they came over with it the next day.

But you're right, in general, if it's tagged it moves.

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Hasani — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:31:42 GMT

nice item collection on the round. Did you take this pic using a cellphone? the resolution is very low for today's standards.
is it Possible we can get pics of the 'new' guest chairs?
=]

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Norman Diamond — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 03:19:21 GMT

Some of the puzzles in your photo look like you must have got them at an IPP. But I've never seen you at IPP. Though there was one in Seattle during some previous millennium. Did you go there?

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LarryOsterman — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:03:56 GMT

If I knew what an IPP was, maybe I'd have been to one.

Valorie gets them for me from her "secret places".

And I don't have a cellular phone (there's one in my car but it's an analog phone).

The pictures were taken with a philips digital camera. The MP3 player version of it is here: http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/catalog/catalog.jsp?activeCategory=PORTABLE_ENTERTAINMENT_GR_US_CONSUMER&fhquery=fh_location%3D%2F%2Fconsumer%2Fen_US%2Fcategories%3Ccatalog_us_consumer%2Fcategories%3Cportable_entertainment_gr_us_consumer%2Fcategories%3C%7Bmp3_players_ca_us_consumer%7D&clickEventData=fh_location%3D%2F%2Fconsumer%2Fen_US%2Fcategories%3Ccatalog_us_consumer%2Fcategories%3Cportable_entertainment_gr_us_consumer%2Fcategories%3C%7Bmp3_players_ca_us_consumer%7D&fredhopperpage=index.jsp&language=en&country=US&catalogType=CONSUMER&proxybuster=KOI31QJXVILZPJ0RMRCSHQFHKFSESI5P - the KEY006/17 is the MP3 version, I have the digital camera version.

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LarryOsterman — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:04:52 GMT

Better URL for the camera: http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/Philips007KR.shtml

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Peter Ibbotson — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:28:43 GMT

Just a quickie, Ped is short for "Pedestal"
The name comes from desks have two one at each side where they act as a pedestal keeping the top up.

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Norman Diamond — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:58:19 GMT

You haven't been to an IPP then. If you had, you'd know what it is.

I wonder if Valorie's secret source is Ebay ^_^ Some people sell their unwanted duplicates, or inherited items, or sometimes their own manufactures, on Ebay.

There's also a famous puzzle dealer in Seattle who used to come to IPPs and is well known in the community. I guess he can sell a lot of the same stuff you have on your table.

June 15, 2005

Shawn's Thoughts — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:14:06 GMT

Wow. Joel just *nails* this one. June 15, 2005: Recruiting To Gretchen: recruiting successfully isn't only up to recruiters. The best recruiting department in the world can't make people want to work at a company that's moribund, that can't...

Joel nails the recruiting issues

Shawn's Thoughts — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:14:43 GMT

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Gary — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:44:48 GMT

Are the rumors true? Microsofties get their own private office? I've got to apply to Microsoft. Most of the rest of the software development world would love to be able to complain about office furniture rules.

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LarryOsterman — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:26:21 GMT

Gary,
Your own office isn't guaranteed. Microsoft tries to give you your own office, but it doesn't always happen - if groups are tight on space, people get doubled up. Doubling up usually goes by seniority, so it's unlikely I'll be doubled up except by choice.

And contractors NEVER get their own office.

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Duq — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:40:14 GMT

Cool! You've got the Constellation in your office. 398 or 10021?

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LarryOsterman — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:48:03 GMT

Duq, it's the newer one (I think that's the 10021)

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LarryOsterman — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:26:37 GMT

Duq, it's the newer one (I think that's the 10021)

Microsoft and Recruiting

Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:44:58 GMT

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