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I used to work at Meta while they were located in Portola Valley. Meta "applications" are highly customized Unity 3D scenes with a generous amount of custom GU

I used to work at Meta while they were located in Portola Valley. Meta "applications" are highly customized Unity 3D scenes with a generous amount of custom GUI elements. I would take everything in this video with a grain of salt. Also, Meta has a terrible habit of copying logos. Their old logo was a blatant copy of MIT's "M" and their latest is eerily similar to Mazda's "M" series logo http://www.miata.net/faq/mfield_files/image004.jpg http://www.miata.net/faq/mfield_files/image004.jpg

obsurveyor 11y ago
> Also, Meta has a terrible habit of copying logos. Their old logo was a blatant copy of MIT's "M" and their latest is eerily similar to Mazda's "M" series logo Not really disagreeing since you have more experience with them than I do but if you asked me to write a cursive M, it would probably come out pretty much the same as both. It's like the laziest logo.
Negative1 11y ago
Indeed about the logo. Is this by direction or just uncreative logo artist? Saw the 'cribs' thing about them a while ago and I thought the setup it was interesting but my Wife commented on the 'cult' vibe. What was it like living and working there?
- trsohmers 11y ago
  Here's the video that he is referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNgRzHzKUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNgRzHzKUA I visited Meta (they were trying to recruit me) about 2 weeks after they moved in there... I won't comment on what I saw there, or my thoughts on Meta, but I will say I take all augmented reality claims with a huge grain of salt. I would say that Meron purposefully is trying to form a cult of personality, and while it may be respected as a Steve Jobs-esque thing in the Valley, it is personally a turn off for me. Funny thing is that the Portola Valley property is now rented out to a friend of mine, which is subleasing it out to tenants... The TechCrunch video really doesn't do it justice in terms of size, and sadly all but one of the tanks are gone. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/roo/5464646558.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/roo/5464646558.html
- eps 11y ago
  Oh, so I remembered correctly that it was Meta whose CEO did that creepy tour of their shared villa, explaining how they all work all the time, because the location was too remote to do anything else. There was a very strong cult-like vibe there for sure.
gohrt 11y ago
There are far more companies per common letter than there are unique ways to generally style a letter.
- bchjam 11y ago
  suggesting that single letter logos are maybe a bad idea

obsurveyor 11y ago

> Also, Meta has a terrible habit of copying logos. Their old logo was a blatant copy of MIT's "M" and their latest is eerily similar to Mazda's "M" series logo Not really disagreeing since you have more experience with them than I do but if you asked me to write a cursive M, it would probably come out pretty much the same as both. It's like the laziest logo.

Negative1 11y ago

Indeed about the logo. Is this by direction or just uncreative logo artist? Saw the 'cribs' thing about them a while ago and I thought the setup it was interesting but my Wife commented on the 'cult' vibe. What was it like living and working there?

trsohmers 11y ago
Here's the video that he is referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNgRzHzKUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNgRzHzKUA I visited Meta (they were trying to recruit me) about 2 weeks after they moved in there... I won't comment on what I saw there, or my thoughts on Meta, but I will say I take all augmented reality claims with a huge grain of salt. I would say that Meron purposefully is trying to form a cult of personality, and while it may be respected as a Steve Jobs-esque thing in the Valley, it is personally a turn off for me. Funny thing is that the Portola Valley property is now rented out to a friend of mine, which is subleasing it out to tenants... The TechCrunch video really doesn't do it justice in terms of size, and sadly all but one of the tanks are gone. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/roo/5464646558.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/roo/5464646558.html
eps 11y ago
Oh, so I remembered correctly that it was Meta whose CEO did that creepy tour of their shared villa, explaining how they all work all the time, because the location was too remote to do anything else. There was a very strong cult-like vibe there for sure.

gohrt 11y ago

There are far more companies per common letter than there are unique ways to generally style a letter.

bchjam 11y ago
suggesting that single letter logos are maybe a bad idea