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Cubicle Culture: Tech's top 10 workspaces

valleywag.com — What makes for an appealing workspace? The envelopes they leave in your mailbox every two weeks. But after that, it comes down to design and amenities. Also, we like windows and brick. Lots and lots of brick. After spending some time on Office Snapshots, we present the ten best-looking offices in tech, below.

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  • califloridan, on 05/07/2008, -0/+24Dugg for the Digg office making the top ten.
    • doshindude, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Shameless plug: you gotta love it.
    • fabio1, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2screw making to top ten, they have beer in the fridge!!
  • bawpcwpn, on 05/07/2008, -3/+9Dugg for Pixar. Not only are the cubicles awesome, the entire building is fantastic. Steve Jobs practically designed it, putting the bathrooms in the middle so you see pretty much everyone instead of being holed up in your department.
    • doshindude, on 05/07/2008, -3/+5ugh...steve jobs......
    • Daniel591992, on 05/07/2008, -2/+6Since when is Steve Jobs an interior designer? ...
    • inverselogic, on 05/07/2008, -3/+0Hey! I have a pic of Steve Jobs' *****!
      -Fanboy
  • KonstantinLevin, on 05/07/2008, -0/+8"Digg's headquarters are in an unremarkable corner of San Francisco — but dugg for the office signs that look like Digg badges. And the beer."
  • bobdobolena, on 05/07/2008, -0/+8Google's Zürich offices also have a fireman's pole.
    s/fireman/stripper/
    • tj111, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Dugg for a comment only uber-nerds would get. /sigh
  • chrisinsocalif, on 05/07/2008, -0/+13The best workplace is at my home with a nice cold beer.
    • diothar, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I do like the beer bashes my office hosts, though.
  • ZenElements, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Quite liking the aesthetics of the glass cubical but it raises the quesiton... how are we going to get away with playing solitaire now?
  • FREETHINKER2008, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5I wish more employers were able to think outside the box, like these.
    • supermose, on 05/07/2008, -0/+0Man, work environment can make a huge difference I second your thought sir.
  • olliolli, on 05/07/2008, -2/+2If you like those, there is another site dedicated to this sort of thing:
    http://www.aintnodisco.com/
  • mprice177, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1..and in this exhibit, you have the 20th century working man....
  • mprice177, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3..and in this exhibit, you have the 21st century working man...
  • amdforever, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Bull crap. If the MIT Stata Center is not on the list, this list is not very good.

    Those who've been to the Stata Center would immediate agree that IT IS the best tech work space. The whole freaking thing is like a playground with really comfortable spaces. MIT Stata is a dedicated building for Computer Science. It's also home to W3C.
  • pofecks, on 05/07/2008, -8/+1Lightweight shoes rock, dunno what I'd do without them here. http://CarmiKayak.com
    • thoughtudied999, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2What a blatant misuse of the comment system.
  • thoughtudied999, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Looks like we have some Red Stripe fans at the Digg HQ. Nice.
  • lalindsey, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1The Sleaze E. VC check hanging in the digg office is just priceless! Love the beer fridge too. Awesome stuff.
  • MAGZine, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I haven't been, but the Googleplex seems to be a lot more creative and colorful than they give credit for.
    http://www.officesnapshots.com/2008/02/19/google-m ...
  • dildoolielly, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5"We don't have a lot of time on this earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements."

    -Peter Gibbons
  • seovice, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Here's a look at modu's office space: http://blog.modumobile.com/2008/03/06/modus-new-of ...
    I took this set as we were just settling in, I think It's time I update it, there's a LOT more to see now!
  • insonh, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Sure they're great
    till "The Bob's" show up
    next thing you know your desk is in a storage room and contemplating arson because your stapler is missing
  • Skelly11, on 05/07/2008, -3/+1BURIED for MrBabyman
  • flessa, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Could someone please tell me what the beer is with the green label in between fat tire and becks in the digg offices?
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