The story of the ‘secret’ room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs • Hacker News Board

Re: The story of the ‘secret’ room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs

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Post by astrodust » Sun, May 20, 2012, 8:16 AM UTC

untog wrote: post #10

Call me cynical, but I wonder if this would have the same number of points if Steve Jobs not namechecked in the title. I imagine a bunch of startups knocking holes in their walls first thing tomorrow morning.

Panic Software already blogged about theirs and it's just as awesome: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldandersen/3272600774/

Re: The story of the ‘secret’ room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs

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Post by ryguytilidie » Tue, May 22, 2012, 7:58 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #5

pemulis wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know if anybody has pictures? That sounds interesting.

I remember seeing a photo of it once when they were about to launch a new product. I can't seem to find it but I think Robert Scoble took it so try his Flickr account. Edit: Here is the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/5179450270/ Scoble calls it the War Room but I presume it's the same place. More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/tags/facebook/

That is not the room I am talking about.

Re: The story of the ‘secret’ room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs

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Post by ryguytilidie » Tue, May 22, 2012, 8:05 PM UTC

pemulis wrote: post #4

ryguytilidie wrote: post #2

I'm always surprised I've never heard anything about the similar room at Facebook's old California ave. hq. There was a secret door in the basement to a small "situation room" type place.

Do you know if anybody has pictures? That sounds interesting.

I wish. The story with me was that I had already quit to go to another startup. I knew there was a rumor about a secret room so I decided to go look for it. I found it and it was pretty awesome. Maybe 10 Aeron chairs around a glass and metal table with 3-4 50" LED-TVs on the wall. Wish I had taken a picture but I was already pretty nervous I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be.