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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Live webcams at Plaid

Bored at your own office? Watch ours. Check in on the Plaid Bathroom cam, and monitor Plaid employees as they enter and exit the bathroom.

Or visit one of the Plaid brainstorm areas, and see if anything's going on.

If you see anyone in the bathroom area for TOO long, please notify Plaid management. They like to keep an eye on things like that.

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

New addition nearly complete!

If everything goes to plan, we'll be moving internet workers into our new addition next week. They installed our custom paneled wall, and it looks beautious. Better than we ever expected. Some staining (and some more painting) will take place on Monday. Wednesday (fingers crossed) will bring carpet, and then we're in. Once it's all done, we'll share pics of the entire Plaid space, for all to see.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

And the plastic wall is down.

The addition to our space has been separated from our current space with a huge wall of plastic. To protect us from the evils of sheetrock dust. Today, the plastic wall came down. Kind of cool, because the new space now flows into our existing space.

They've finished painting, and the custom wood paneling gets installed on Thursday. And the paneling will need to be stained. Then it's carpet, and lights - and we're in!

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Justus brings down the house.

They knocked down the wall separating our current space from the new space! Actually...they let us do it.

That is, they took out all of the nails, cut all of the boards, and prepared the wall in just the right manner so that a designer-type person might be physically capable of pulling down the wall. Even someone that works in front of a computer all day, and makes pretty things. Even someone that has never picked up a hammer. You get the picture.

Anyway, you can watch David in the clip above get the satisfaction of his lifetime as he busts through the wall like a fireman. And then Justus brings the house down. Almost literally. Power, internet and all. Oooh boy.

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New furniture is arriving!

Deliveries are arriving on a regular basis here, and have us more stoked than ever. Yesterday, our egg chairs arrived. Our place is going to be awesome, once the construction is done.

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posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:22 AM 0 comments

The wall is coming down!

Today they remove the wall that's separating our current space from the new addition. Kind of exciting. That is, if you consider wall knocking demolition exciting. And really, who doesn't??

(And why do video processors always choose the most unflattering time to pick the thumbnail?)

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Hammer time.

Here's what the construction dudes were up to, while they should have been working on our new addition. That's Joe, showing us a little hammer time.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Construction continues. The shell is done!

They've completed what is essentially the shell to our new addition. The roof is up, and walls complete. Windows have been ordered, and should be here by next week. We've met with the electrician to discuss ethernet drops, power outlets and phones.

So far, it looks like we're on schedule to be complete by end of January/early February. We're getting excited - and our existing space is getting tight. We now have one desk that's shared by THREE part-timers, and we'll have a new hire starting in the next few months, too. We need this space, bad.

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Friday, December 7, 2007

Construction begins on Plaid addition

They delivered lumber for the first stage of our addition. Because our space is located on the roof of our building, they had to bring everything up on a crane. Kind of exciting for a bunch of creative people. I'm sure we didn't get in the way or annoy the construction dudes at all. They're probably used to people dancing around, with digital and video cameras.

They moved our patio to the other side of our space, and it's going to look great. The framers began laying out the floor joists, and next week (snow permitting), they'll frame out what will become our new account services area!

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

New front door installed.