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Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by Gravityloss »

jameshart wrote: post #29
ipv6ipv4 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HR wall slogans are cringey when still drying on the wall. They are even cringier in a ruin.

Gives you another perspective on the hieroglyphs on walls in ancient Egypt though if you imagine them being put there by enthusiastic religious branding consultants, and inducing just as much eye rolling from the citizens of the day…

"The manager of a fruit-and-vegetable shop places in his window, among the onions and carrots, the slogan: "Workers of the world, unite!" Why does he do it? What is he trying to communicate to the world?"

Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless, 1978

https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/1979/...

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by porknubbins »

We are one and a half years into mass work from home and the idea that everyone in a company would need to jump in their cars and rush to appear on an office floor at 9:00am or something already (finally) seems completely ridiculous. Its like some Jetsons type bad sci-fi fantasy of how the future will work- as if the environment just becomes aesthetically more futuristic while the underlying social patterns are still set in the 1950s.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by porknubbins »

nimbius wrote: post #176

>it’s like the musings of an explorer who discovered a jungle city abandoned by a mysterious civilization Disclosure: I have worked in construction. I dont mean to get too off topic but please dont do this. Wandering abandoned buildings is very dangerous. Roofs and stairs can collapse seemingly for no reason, exposed floor tile can release asbestos, and dry bathrooms without water in the pipes can expose you to poten…

The possible danger is part of the appeal though isn't it? We let people go cave diving and mountain climbing. I mean I'm not advocating for just anyone to go in structurally unsound buildings, trespassing is illegal for a good reason, but part of me appreciates the human curiosity of wanting to see what is inside areas that have been abandoned. Whether its the Paris catacombs, the NY subway tunnels, or a factory in Detroit there is often a good story in the remains.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by petre »

jacquesm wrote: post #61
ipv6ipv4 wrote: post #26

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HR wall slogans are cringey when still drying on the wall. They are even cringier in a ruin.

The most cringey one to me is the Philips one "Let's make things better". Funny enough their slide down into relative obscurity started right after introducing that slogan. Up to that point they were one of the powerhouses of technology. Today they are still active in Medical, TVs and light, a faint shadow of what they used to be.

Sounds a bit like MAGA, only the latter is more ambitious (and dumb) by using superlatives.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by octetta »

joezydeco wrote: post #163
octetta wrote: post #161

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That's a pretty bold comment for such a large site... did you have any good experiences with other folks from Moto?

The hardware engineers, especially the RF guys, were stellar. I also worked with a group that spun out of Paging down in Florida and helped design XM Radio's transmission protocol. That was a neat design.

Just curious. I worked with two SWE's there, both top notch.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by gfiorav »

The thing I love most of these is how ridiculous the “company culture” looks on those abandoned walls. Like the awards and recognitions in the cabinets that no one bothered to take with them.

How utterly useless those are to company culture is made evident by how pathetic they look now, just left behind and meaningless.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by scns »

jacquesm wrote: post #166
LeonM wrote: post #126

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After 2004, they ditched that slogan and started using "Sense and Simplicity" as their new slogan. I remember after that their consumer electronics got really, really bad. Basically all their products were just... not finished. The firmware on most of their devices was just terribly buggy, and features advertised on the box where sometimes not even available. I remember having an MP3 player where selecting the FM rad…

Same here, every Philips device bought after the mid 90's was junk. At some point they even couldn't make vacuum cleaners that worked or fridges that didn't fail completely within the warranty. Which is also why plenty of the bigbox outlets stopped offering their stuff, the quality was just incredibly bad. And given how much goodwill that brand had it is very impressive how fast it was run into the ground. I still se…

Interesting, the vacuum cleaner of my parents is a Philips and itworks well. No smell in the air while running, the first time i don't hate using one.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by wojciii »

scns wrote: post #187
jacquesm wrote: post #166

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Same here, every Philips device bought after the mid 90's was junk. At some point they even couldn't make vacuum cleaners that worked or fridges that didn't fail completely within the warranty. Which is also why plenty of the bigbox outlets stopped offering their stuff, the quality was just incredibly bad. And given how much goodwill that brand had it is very impressive how fast it was run into the ground. I still se…

Interesting, the vacuum cleaner of my parents is a Philips and itworks well. No smell in the air while running, the first time i don't hate using one.

I still have a Phillips vacuum cleaner. It's 10 years or more. Impressive build quality.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by LQexplanation »

nsynet wrote: post #178

Motorola is now a brand of Lenovo ,which is a Chinese company, and Motorola smart phone is also developed in Beijing of China, and producted in Wuhan ,maybe any other city of China. Motorola is still alive, in another formal.

The radio and emergency services part of company never went anywhere and it's now Motorola Solutions.

Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)

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Post by noir_lord »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #131
chiph wrote: post #114

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Not just their patents, but also their cellphone division. My understanding was that the Motorola phones were going to be Google's flagship devices for Android. So I bought one, and I really liked it - I got regular OS updates (unlike many Android licensees), the phone had a gorgeous walnut veneer back, and it fit well in my hand. Nice.

Motorola phones are still the best Android phones. Way better that Samsungs / Xiaomi / Huawei phones with heavily tweaked (for the worse) devices.

I had a few and then switched last time to a Nokia 6.1 which is simply brilliant (the industrial design for a cheap end of mid-range is amazing - as is the build quality).

If anything Nokia cocked up, they made a phone so good I haven't seen the need to upgrade and since it's AndroidOne I'm still getting updates.

I had to laugh at the clear piss take of the Jonny Ive Apple videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmJitfThItk at the time it got my attention and they are that tough.

8000 miles on a motorcycle handlebar mount and it looks like it came out the box.

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