New Office

By Tobin Harris

Yesterday we moved into a slightly larger office space here at the Round Foundry.

The new Engine Room Apps office, at the Round Foundry Media Center

Despite a few concerns, we’re all really happy in our new home.

The wall at the front of the room is the only original red-brick still visible in the building. It looks cool with the sections of wood panelling scattered around the walls.

We’ve also got some epic windows with a direct view of the pub, hurrah.

There’s still tons of boxes and junk lying around (how do we collect so many cables!), but we hope to have it Zen-like within the week.

Last week we did a bit of 3D modelling in Sketchup to see how the layout might look, and to see where the light falls. Handy for planning.

Planning the office layout with a 3D model

The real thing is not quite as Zen, yet.

On a more geeky note, I’ve finally got my information radiator set up. It’s a 27” monitor showing team progress across all projects. The idea is to make important information highly visible to the team at all times, so we know when we’re faltering, or flying. I’ll be blogging about this soon.

The Round Foundry Media Center is a very flexible place for a growing business (or shrinking one!), and our thanks to Sharon and the team for continuing to be really helpful with our erratic office movements :)

P.S - Thanks to Lee, John, Chris, Richard and Thomas for doing most of the hard work :S