Hanselminutes on 9 - Tour of Fog Creek Software with Joel Spolsky

Posted By: Glucose | Apr 16th, 2009 @ 3:22 PM | 74,402 Views | 21 Comments
I was hanging out in New York yesterday, presenting at Devscovery and I took a few minutes to stop by Fog Creek, have lunch with Joel (did you know they always eat together as a team and have lunch catered every day?) and get a tour. Fog Creek is known for their snazzy offices and attention to detail. How can you be a great developer and make great software without a nice monitor, comfy chair and the world's most awesome desk. Joel takes me around, shows me their salt water fish tank, amazing view and how it IS possible to have a great office without breaking the bank.
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#Apr 16th, 2009 @ 4:13 PM
CRPietschmann
CRPietschmann
Chris Pietschmann
Looks cool. And, now we know how to get to the Heliport from Fog Creek. Smiley
#Apr 16th, 2009 @ 11:28 PM
pspidey512
pspidey512
Is there any chance you guys could re-enable options for downloading video?

I liked the previous ability to download videos and then watch later.  Particularly useful when your internet connection isn't good enough to provide a decent link for streaming video.

On my current connection, this video is unwatchable and I can't see any easy way of downloading.

Regards,
Phil

#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 12:10 AM
joechung
joechung
Try right-clicking the format to get a context menu to download or save the file instead of viewing it.
#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 1:15 AM
cycnus
cycnus
I've been wondering what the new Fog Creek Office looked like after hearing Joel talk about it on the Stack Overflow podcasts.
Pretty nice. I did not expect it to be so big.
These desks are awesome!
Now I want one so bad ;-(
#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 5:04 AM
pbruce
pbruce
see, think, meet
holy crap i want to go to there. beats the tar out of life as seen from my cubicle.

i am a technology consultant and 40hr/week college IT developer. joel, please save me! will work for fish. Smiley
#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 6:53 AM
aL_
aL_
Rx ftw
dude.....
thats just unfair Tongue Out
here im running on a 17" laptop monitor with crap resolution ( 1200*800 )and a hand me down 19" non-widescreen (1280*1024) vga connected monitor.. Tongue Out

@pbruce i dont even have a cubicle Wink
#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 10:54 AM
mbouck
mbouck
It's this type of stuff which is, in the scheme of things, a small expense for an established company that makes all the difference in the world as far as morale, etc.  It continues to befuddle me how short-sighted most pointy-haired management continues to be (or maybe it's just plain old selfish greed...)  Hopefully Darwin can save us and allow the Fog Creeks of the world to rise to the top!
#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 12:53 PM
pspidey512
pspidey512
That was the first thing I tried.  Thing is the protocol is set to 'mms' (streaming protocol for WMV?).

The browser therefore doesn't give an option for saving - it doesn't know how to.

Regards,
Phil

#Apr 17th, 2009 @ 2:16 PM
jmzl666
jmzl666
Diablo
Right click the format, not the video, below the video there is a label that says "Formats", and next to it a combo box with all the formats, right click the current one (WMV High in my case) and copy the link
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