<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, 10 best workspaces]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, 10 best workspaces]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/10bestworkspaces http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/10bestworkspaces <![CDATA[Tech's best workspace: Digg]]> Digg02.jpgWhen 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
]]> http://gawker.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.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390672&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rank tech's 10 best workspaces]]> tocquigny04.jpgAfter 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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]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389741&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tech's top 10 workspaces]]> tocquigny02.jpgWhat 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.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387593&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Etsy]]> Etsy founder Rob Kalin's BFF Martha Stewart would never approve of this workplace. It's much too unkempt. But we do, for its handmade feel and the huge window onto Brooklyn. Photos by Amit Gupta and mmmfiber

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389651&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[IAC]]> Frank Gehry designed IAC's New York offices for Barry Diller. He went for the classic so-ugly-it-looks-like-you-did-it-on-purpose look. And we think it works.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389649&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Digg]]> Digg's headquarters are in an unremarkable corner of San Francisco — but dugg for the office signs that look like Digg badges. And the beer.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389650&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gawker Media]]> Nick Denton's new steampunk sweat shop on Elizabeth Street is the nicest in Nolita. (Full disclosure: I get to work there, and you don't.) Photos by Nick McGlynn

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389652&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Google Zürich]]> Google's Zürich offices also have a fireman's pole.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389653&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Googleplex]]> Most of the Googleplex is ugly — gray and corporate. But then there's the gym, swimming pools and vollyball courts. Photos by jyri, spanaut, FrameSniper and kikidonk

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389655&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Netflix]]> There's a movie theater at Netflix HQ. That and movie quotes from Dr. Strangelove will put you n this list every time. Photos by HackingNetflix

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389656&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pixar]]> Pixar's Emeryville headquarters look like a set from one of their movies, except the humans look real. Photos by Moriarty at Ain't it Cool News

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389657&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Six Apart]]> With high ceilings, lots of brick and a bicycle garage, Six Apart's offices never remind engineers that they're contributing to global warming by helping General Motors sell cars. (Photos by Stephen)

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=389658&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tocquigny]]> They like right angles and clean surfaces at Austin-based interactive agency Tocquigny's offices. We do too. Photos by pierpont.communications

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