Well, it's impressive to me that JS appreciates the impact that environment (including commons time/space) can have on productivity. The flexibility to accommo

Well, it's impressive to me that JS appreciates the impact that environment (including commons time/space) can have on productivity. The flexibility to accommodate varied programmer work styles - likewise. I could only wish that the Times articles had included personal comments from the staff about how they experience. I have to be a little concerned that office-design can run the same risk as software-design... when it springs solely from the resident boy-genius and we don't get feedback from the end users.