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This is slightly OT, but I thought those of you who love The IT Crowd as much as I do might get a kick out of it: they want people in the IT industry to help dress their set! They are just about to start filming series three (YES!!) and want the office to look like a "a geek's Shangri-La". Here is a link to Graham Linehan's blog (the writer, who also wrote Black Books and Father Ted) with full details: http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/be-my-hive-brain/
So what would you suggest they have in the office? I think a Guy Fawkes mask and Rick Astley poster are essential myself...
(and if you don't know what The IT Crowd is, have a look here)
So what would you suggest they have in the office? I think a Guy Fawkes mask and Rick Astley poster are essential myself...
(and if you don't know what The IT Crowd is, have a look here)
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Date: 2008-08-15 10:48 am (UTC)I am concerned about what you think my colleagues do...
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Date: 2008-08-15 11:01 am (UTC)That is just what I need.
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Date: 2008-08-15 10:50 am (UTC)http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/06/1959255
To be honest, though, it's really going to depend on the personalities of the characters. A desk or other work area is generally going to reflect the person who uses it all the time. If there are shared areas, they will be affected not according to who uses them and how often, but also the culture of the organisation itself. A garage startup is going to have a lot more personalisation than a megacorp with strict cleanliness and ornamentation policies. And then there's the issue of how much money is floating around for such things, whether any of them are paid for by work, etc.
If I were them, I'd be trawling the internet for "geek[y]"+"on my desk/cubicle wall", or even "i'm a $jobtitle"+"on my desk/wall".
Even so, there's not a standard one-size-fits-all assortment of geek junk.
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Date: 2008-08-15 10:59 am (UTC)I could definitely see a story line that involves the USB missile launcher mentioned above!
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Date: 2008-08-15 11:25 am (UTC)I think you definitely need a Red Robot (http://www.explodingdog.com/redrobot.html) in there somewhere. If made out of legos, even better.
Some reference to C'thulu or flying spaghetti monster wouldn't hurt either.
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Date: 2008-08-15 11:58 am (UTC)Small diecast of a B-17 Stratofortress?
MUST: One or two lolcats printed and taped to cabinets. Only the most ironic self-referential ones of course.
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Date: 2008-08-15 12:06 pm (UTC)That is all I can think of off the top of my head, but I am sure there will be more.
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"Memento Mori Ergo Carpe Diem"
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Date: 2008-08-15 12:59 pm (UTC)Oh, amd at least one troublesome but kind of interesting box that lies disembowelled on the desk because nobody can bring themselves to throw it away or admit they can't fix it.
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Date: 2008-08-15 01:42 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, what is this IT crowd of which you speaketh?
;-)
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