Work-from-home has it's benefits, however mixing it up in the office is important, particularly when developing something new.
The spring of 1983 was stressful period for the Mac group, as the decision to build the factory in Fremont rather than Texas put a huge additional load on us.
Finding a building, purchasing the equipment and staffing all became -our- responsibility rather than that of the manufacturing division. So, lots of meetings.
One day in March this showed up in all our in baskets-
Remember kids- no e-mail or text in those days, just phone and Xeroxed memos to pass info around. (yes, this is my original memo but since they were all copies the initials are not "real")
Not only were they no meeting days, but they quickly became let's hang out in the B3 inner lobby and have a beer or two afternoons. This invited some cross-pollinating among the staff which was actually quite productive.
Soon though it was decided we should have a bit of entertainment as well. Steve was hooked on the Windham Hill record label at the time, and one Friday he had scheduled Liz Story, one of their pianists, to come play for us. Oops, we needed a piano for the lobby.
IIRC, 2 days and over $30k later a shiny new Bosendorfer grand appeared, was tuned and ready. Wonder where it is now?
On another afternoon we were treated to a Q&A session on design by Maya Lin, the architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. There were more that I don't recall now -it was a very busy time.
The comment in his memo that mentions jeans and t-shirts is a bit gratuitous, as that was pretty much all anyone ever wore to work.
The spring of 1983 was stressful period for the Mac group, as the decision to build the factory in Fremont rather than Texas put a huge additional load on us.
Finding a building, purchasing the equipment and staffing all became -our- responsibility rather than that of the manufacturing division. So, lots of meetings.
One day in March this showed up in all our in baskets-
Remember kids- no e-mail or text in those days, just phone and Xeroxed memos to pass info around. (yes, this is my original memo but since they were all copies the initials are not "real")
Not only were they no meeting days, but they quickly became let's hang out in the B3 inner lobby and have a beer or two afternoons. This invited some cross-pollinating among the staff which was actually quite productive.
Soon though it was decided we should have a bit of entertainment as well. Steve was hooked on the Windham Hill record label at the time, and one Friday he had scheduled Liz Story, one of their pianists, to come play for us. Oops, we needed a piano for the lobby.
IIRC, 2 days and over $30k later a shiny new Bosendorfer grand appeared, was tuned and ready. Wonder where it is now?
On another afternoon we were treated to a Q&A session on design by Maya Lin, the architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. There were more that I don't recall now -it was a very busy time.
The comment in his memo that mentions jeans and t-shirts is a bit gratuitous, as that was pretty much all anyone ever wore to work.
