Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
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Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
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Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#2I don’t know why, but there are few things I enjoy more than living vicariously through people who document raspberry pi projects and use cases.
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#3What about powering the information system ?
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#4When I see companies build bespoke solutions like this I can’t help but wonder which client paid for that.
Don’t get me wrong I would love to spend the time to build a system like that, as an engineer it sound fun!
No doubt this project came at the cost of someone paying the company for value that was not transferred
Sorry for being Daniel Downer here…
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#5I don’t know why, but there are few things I enjoy more than living vicariously through people who document raspberry pi projects and use cases.
I think it scratches the same itch for me as it does for my wife looking at Instagram recipes.
The end result clearly looks amazing. I'd really like to get into doing that, but every time I try, it ends up being way tougher than it looks and the net result is nowhere near as clean as it is in the pictures.
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#6When I see companies build bespoke solutions like this I can’t help but wonder which client paid for that. Don’t get me wrong I would love to spend the time to build a system like that, as an engineer it sound fun! No doubt this project came at the cost of someone paying the company for value that was not transferred Sorry for being Daniel Downer here…
Yes, it's called "profit". You can distribute it to shareholders, and you can also use some of it to improve the live of employees.
As a rule, every client contributes with something. Probably not at the same rate.
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#7When I see companies build bespoke solutions like this I can’t help but wonder which client paid for that. Don’t get me wrong I would love to spend the time to build a system like that, as an engineer it sound fun! No doubt this project came at the cost of someone paying the company for value that was not transferred Sorry for being Daniel Downer here…
Engineers who get dedicated time to work on fun projects are better, happier engineers. Everyone wins.
We implement “15% time” for this and other reasons (and we certainly didn’t invent the idea). Some great ideas came out of it that grew into products and features. But mostly it’s stuff that was fun or interesting but didn’t directly lead to any revenue. That’s not just ok- it’s an important part of getting better as an engineer.
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#8When I see companies build bespoke solutions like this I can’t help but wonder which client paid for that. Don’t get me wrong I would love to spend the time to build a system like that, as an engineer it sound fun! No doubt this project came at the cost of someone paying the company for value that was not transferred Sorry for being Daniel Downer here…
All their clients paid for it, does it really matter? Clients aren't concerned with what the consultants does with the money once the invoice is paid. Could you imagine your employer/client involved with your own life like that? "I don't think spending our money on a trip to Maldives is an effective use of our money. Maybe we are paying you too much." Like that would fly, literally, anywhere?
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#9We use a small drink kiosk touch pad powered by Rasperry Pi, using this simple software project: https://github.com/rwth-i6/drink-kiosk
Works great. Except the SD card seems to be dying now after 3 years of constant usage (well, less usage during the enforced home-office times).
Re: Nine Raspberry Pis powering an office (2016)
#10This is a really cool project and as a hacker of the Raspberry Pi since v1b I love to see it.
Clicking on the Monterail about page I really do appreciate when companies list their teams. It's that small bit of credit that I feel goes a long way. It appears more common in European companies. American companies will typically list the board and executives; ICs are treated as interchangeable cogs with no credit given except internally.