> I notice that if you have the door to your office > closed, you get more work done today and tomorrow, > and you are more productive than most. But 10 yea

> I notice that if you have the door to your office > closed, you get more work done today and tomorrow, > and you are more productive than most. But 10 years > later somehow you don't know quite know what problems > are worth working on; all the hard work you do is > sort of tangential in importance. I think Joel's office will avoid this problem because they have scheduled interaction time each day. The daily all-company lunches prevent the employees from becoming isolated and out of touch. I don't think he intended for the free lunches to be a balance for the private offices, but that seems to be the function they serve. Edit: fixed a typo (I'm don't vs. I don't)