Ask HN: Does anyone actually use clear glass as a “whiteboard” IRL?

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Post by jdhe » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 4:28 PM UTC

I know in pop culture you aren't a really cool coder/hacker/statistician/accountant? unless you do your brainstorming/calculating on a clear glass "whiteboard" but do people actually do this IRL?

http://www.fandango.com/movie-news/watch-ben-affleck-in-new-the-accountant-trailer-751147 (see pic in article)

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone actually use clear glass as a “whiteboard” IRL?

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Post by homarp » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

yes, on the window of the office.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone actually use clear glass as a “whiteboard” IRL?

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Post by daly » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 4:51 PM UTC

My office had a glass door. I used it as a whiteboard extension all the time. For those who don't know what a 'door' is, it is a thing to improve productivity. Think of it as an effective noise-cancelling device.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone actually use clear glass as a “whiteboard” IRL?

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Post by buildfocus » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:24 PM UTC

We've got coloured mostly opaque glass internal walls sprinkled around the office, which work great as whiteboards. The writing-on-a-wall-of-glass part works fine - can't speak for the transparency though.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone actually use clear glass as a “whiteboard” IRL?

#5

Post by camclay » Sat, Oct 29, 2016, 3:34 PM UTC

Yes, we have done two offices with paneled glass as whiteboards.

We have a fabrication studio run by the owner's brother, who made the wood paneling, and attached runners for holding dry erase markers, and erases.

http://i.imgur.com/sJkFhXp.jpg