Important office equipment
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been in our new offices for more than six months now. When we first moved in, we had no furniture. In fact, on the first day of our new office, the team spent the morning at IKEA buying furniture. That afternoon we set it all up. It’s interesting to look around the office and see some of the things that we bought that day that we still don’t use (desk organizers) and see some of the things we use alot (our coffee table in the lounge). I know IKEA is known for cheap home furniture, but every startup should head to IKEA when they are starting out. We outfitted our entire office for less than $1500. That’s about $250 per employee. Not too bad.
With all of that money we saved from our IKEA furniture, we wanted to spice up the office. We were inspired by some of the pictures we saw on a blog post from our friends over at Xobni. So a few months ago, we added our most important piece of office equipment. You see, we do a lot of design reviews and often have the need to gather around a large monitor. Our developers have nice large monitors, but it’s not really convenient to have a large group sit around their desks. We knew that we had to do something. And there was only one reasonable solution: head to Costco to pick up a useful piece of electronics to hang on the wall. Others may colloquially call it a “TV” but we’ve been instructed by our accountant to call it a “large display monitor” (that way it can be filed under “furniture and fixtures”). And of course, we never ever watch any TV on it…. really….
Here it is, in all of it’s glory (note the computer hookup that proves we really do use it for work purposes!):
Truth be told, we use it quite a bit for design review meetings and when we’re reviewing open development issues. It’s nice to be able to gather around the screen and comfortably sit back and have a discussion. After a few days of using our new 46 inch flat screen TV we officially declared that it was a worthwhile (and not just fun) purchase.
The hardest part about all of this for me is that our office TV is nicer than the one I have at home. Perhaps it’s time to upgrade my large display monitor at home? I bought my current TV in 2003, right after I finished school. In “TV years” that makes my TV about 45 years old by my calculation…. perhaps it really is time. After all, football season is coming…
If you ever get a chance to visit Punchbowl HQ, make sure to bring some popcorn and other movie snacks. We’ll sit you down in our comfortable IKEA chair, turn the lights down and let you enjoy our large display monitor. Trust me, everything looks better on the large screen.
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