<![CDATA[Valleywag: 10 best workspaces]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/valleywag.com.png <![CDATA[Valleywag: 10 best workspaces]]> http://valleywag.com/tag/10 best workspaces http://valleywag.com/tag/10 best workspaces <![CDATA[ Tech's best workspace: Digg ]]> When we first listed tech's 10 best workspaces, we downplayed the importance of design and amenities. The crowd disagrees. It favors beer. Digg's beer, to be exact. 1,505 voted in our poll, and 28 percent chose the social news site's workspace and its fridge full of beverages as the best workspace in tech. Were the poll's results skewed because it hit the Digg front page? Possibly. But maybe second and third place finishers Pixar and Google should have thought about such consequences when they decided what businesses to get in. The full list, selected from Office Snapshots, ranked by readers:

  1. Digg
  2. Pixar
  3. Googleplex
  4. Tocquigny
  5. Google Zürich
  6. IAC
  7. Six Apart
  8. Netflix
  9. Etsy
  10. Gawker Media
]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 13:20:00 PDT Nicholas Carlson http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390952&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Last chance to vote for tech's best digs ]]> Be sure to vote for the best workspace in tech. The poll closes at noon Pacific, at which point we'll announce a winner, and then launch voting for the worst workspace in tech. Review the contenders now.

]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 07:40:00 PDT Owen Thomas http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390672&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Rank tech's 10 best workspaces ]]> After reviewing our post "Tech's top 10 workspaces" commenter Dweezil complained that our choices were full of "to much modernism bullshit." Commenter Web2PointOhShit tore at everybody:

Six Apart's offices seem pretty ordinary to me. Their meeting space is *tiny*. Googleplex's niceties are all about enticing their workers to stay at work longer — yeah, that's real HAWT!. Valleywag offices look like a dump to me.
So, OK, not everybody goes for our taste in brick, exposed ceilings and Googley amenities. Let's find out who's in the minority. Below, vote for your favorites and help us rank tech's 10 best workspaces.

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]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 PDT Nicholas Carlson http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389741&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Tech's top 10 workspaces ]]> What makes for an appealing workspace? The envelopes they leave in your mailbox every two weeks. But after that, it comes down to design and amenities. Also, we like windows and brick. Lots and lots of brick. After spending some time on Office Snapshots, we present the ten best-looking offices in tech, below.

]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT Nicholas Carlson http://valleywag.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387593&view=rss&microfeed=true