Today was the open house for those of us who will be moving into a remodeled floor at Intel’s Hawthorn Farm campus. I went, found my new cube, and took some pictures.¹And enjoyed some live blues and some food. :-)

It doesn’t look much like the Intel Conan O’Brien visited a while back.²“Can you say lifeless environment?” No gray walls, no gray cubicles, no blue-gray carpeting.

It’s part of Intel’s continuing effort to have attractive, functional workspaces. The walls are a little higher than Intel’s first attempts at this, and there are more small, unreservable conference rooms.³These are awesome. If you can find an empty conference room you don’t need to worry that you’ll get bumped by someone with a reservation. It will look and sound a lot different next week when it’s filled with people, computers, and activity.

I think I’ll like it.⁴At least, I hope I’ll like it. Change can be fun. I’ll have to add a picture once I get moved in.

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  And enjoyed some live blues and some food. :-)
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  “Can you say lifeless environment?”
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  These are awesome. If you can find an empty conference room you don’t need to worry that you’ll get bumped by someone with a reservation.
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  At least, I hope I’ll like it. Change can be fun. I’ll have to add a picture once I get moved in.