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As soon as Tom becomes President he gets a Secret Service detail with dark sunglasses! That animated gif is hilarious.
by spikels 13y ago
As soon as Tom becomes President he gets a Secret Service detail with dark sunglasses! That animated gif is hilarious.
- nulagrithom 13y agoAs someone who wasn't following GitHub as a company, I have to say I quite appreciated the gif. Sums it up in all of 2 seconds. Bravo.
- spikels 13y agoYou're absolutely right. They say a picture is worth a thousand words - animated gifs even more so. I could almost imagine a world where animated gifs replace all kinds of communication. Press releases seem particularly ripe for change as they are usually wordsmithed to the point that any impression given is likely false.
- davidw 13y ago> I could almost imagine a world where animated gifs replace all kinds of communication. I can envision it too. Looks something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
- brucehubbard 13y agoJust pictured in my head a modern day "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" moment where Picard instead has to learn to speak in animated gifs.
- quaunaut 13y agoIt would've been a bit funnier if suddenly his half of the gif was transported to the Github Oval Office replica[1]. 1. http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/09/07/githubs-new-office-includes-a-replica-of-the-oval-office/#!sOEwr http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/09/07/githubs-new-offi...
- spikels 13y agoThat is insane. How can you not love these guys?
- joshschreuder 13y agoIs there one person that gets to work in there, or do they rotate it?
- holman 13y agoTypically that's where Haley sits, who is typically the person you'll first meet when you're visiting or if you're dealing with some logistics with the SF office. (As an aside, the idea behind the Oval Office as a visitor's reception is to turn the notion on its head a little bit. We've all been to companies where the reception area is just an afterthought, and you're stuck awkwardly standing in the middle of an open floor, not knowing what to do next. Our Oval is a tongue-in-cheek jab at that, and an attempt to make things a little more, well, interesting while you're waiting for a GitHubber to meet you.)
- haacked 13y agoTo add to what Holman said, at most companies the receptionist is considered unimportant, and is treated as such. GitHub turns that on its head. Haley sits at the president's desk and is entrusted with people's first experience with GitHub's HQ. She's an important part of our culture. It's an big responsibility and a position deserving respect (as all positions are).