mecloran

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   by mecloran 17y ago

   In your opinion, which functionality do you think we lost in making it into an enclosed house (shed)? The shingles are a little gimmicky, but the roofs are for a real purpose (sound dampening). Not trying to challenge, just genuinely curi
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   by mecloran 17y ago

   We take a combination of cash & equity for building startup technology to a 1.0. We then help a startup find a team and transition a stable platform to the new team. Not a model for a startup founded by hackers who can easily build it
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   by mecloran 17y ago

   Agreed that Joel has a great office. But you can't move your whole office with you when you need to collaborate closely with other people. In building some of the V2 houses we figured out that having a door (that you tend to leave open all
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   by mecloran 17y ago

   Every developer that's worked in a cubicle and sees the house in person says "I want one." We've had about 1 out of 40 who really didn't want one.
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   by mecloran 17y ago

   We are worried that the houses contribute to isolation almost too much. But they are designed to have teams roll them into circles so the windows line up, but not directly. So your line of site to the left and right is clear of distractio
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   by mecloran 17y ago

   Agreed that it is ugly. We never finished the first one because we felt that the nine new ones we are building are much better - they have trim, will be painted decently, use less whiteboard on the interiors (and exterior), have bigger win