Comments on: Geniuses at Work http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11 Home of "Jobs I've Known" a book in progress Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:40:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mike http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11/comment-page-1#comment-1019 Mike Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:15:07 +0000 http://writersblocklive.com/?p=59#comment-1019 The door tag just has the office number and the name of the resident, or the name of the room if it's a meeting room. The 'd' is just the first letter of the office number; it doesn't have any other significance. It's perhaps worth noting that in contrast to many other organisations, almost everyone at Apple has an office with a door. It doesn't lead to the public-service style office lordship so much as it makes it possible to have the full range of interaction with others; from loud, social corridor or doorway conversations all the way through to intense, secretive conversations on the spur of the moment. As Mike alludes, it is quite possible as a visitor at Apple to walk within feet of the Next Big Thing without having the slightest suspicion that it's there. The door tag just has the office number and the name of the resident, or the name of the room if it’s a meeting room. The ‘d’ is just the first letter of the office number; it doesn’t have any other significance.

It’s perhaps worth noting that in contrast to many other organisations, almost everyone at Apple has an office with a door. It doesn’t lead to the public-service style office lordship so much as it makes it possible to have the full range of interaction with others; from loud, social corridor or doorway conversations all the way through to intense, secretive conversations on the spur of the moment.

As Mike alludes, it is quite possible as a visitor at Apple to walk within feet of the Next Big Thing without having the slightest suspicion that it’s there.

]]> By: Diggory Laycock http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11/comment-page-1#comment-564 Diggory Laycock Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:23:57 +0000 http://writersblocklive.com/?p=59#comment-564 Loving the site - amazed you're allowed to do this kind of thing. Surely the birth-place of iTunes (strictly speaking) was outside Apple, when it was SoundJam. Loving the site – amazed you’re allowed to do this kind of thing.

Surely the birth-place of iTunes (strictly speaking) was outside Apple, when it was SoundJam.

]]> By: Ivo http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11/comment-page-1#comment-433 Ivo Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:49:26 +0000 http://writersblocklive.com/?p=59#comment-433 Hi Mike, thanks for sharing with us these great images and insights. Been following your site since the early days and looking forward to your THICK BOOK ;-) Could you decode for us shortly what kind of information and or function has the door tag been holding? You know, the black plate on the glass door section with big "d" letter on it? Thanks. Hi Mike,

thanks for sharing with us these great images and insights. Been following your site since the early days and looking forward to your THICK BOOK ;-)

Could you decode for us shortly what kind of information and or function has the door tag been holding? You know, the black plate on the glass door section with big “d” letter on it? Thanks.

]]> By: adam jackson http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11/comment-page-1#comment-423 adam jackson Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:20:20 +0000 http://writersblocklive.com/?p=59#comment-423 awesome mike. awesome mike.

]]> By: Oliver http://writersblocklive.com/geniuses-at-work-2005-11/comment-page-1#comment-420 Oliver Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:03:24 +0000 http://writersblocklive.com/?p=59#comment-420 like the area where OS X86 was being developed? :-p great blog. like the area where OS X86 was being developed? :-p

great blog.

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