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Peek into offices at LinkedIn, Flickr & Facebook

By Boris
February 15, 2008
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Just found this nice collection of Web2.0 offices. There are a few nice stories in between the photos so be sure to read those too.

As you may have noticed we often use these sort of photos as illustrations for our articles here at the Next Web Blog. We find them more interesting than a logo or screenshot. We all like to take a peek into the offices and are pleased to find out that there are real people (with messy desks) behind those shiny, polished and perfect websites. A few examples:

Twitter:
Twitter Offices

Netvibes:
Netvibes Offices

Facebook:
Facebook Offices

Digg:
Digg Offices

Want to peek into other offices too? Simply search for “Google office” at Flickr and you will surely find some snapshots. A few examples: Microsoft , Apple, Ask.com, Del.icio.us, TheNextWeb office or simply go to officesnapshots.com for more.


  • Is it the picture, or is it really dark at the office of Facebook? Don't think my eyes would like staring at a bright screen from a dark office, all day long...
  • Lippe
  • Thanks Lippe, I should have included that one right away! Updated the post...
  • ale
    Boris, if you search Flickr with the terms "microsoft office", as i supposed, it gives you a result that is very far from what you are talking about... ;)
  • Drivingsouth
    Is it just me or the eternal silicon valley Vs europe scene can be compared in a new way?

    Windows. Startups are not supposed to have goood offices, but European startups seem to have windows (?)
  • @ale: the first result actually is a real Microsoft office. But you are right, that one is harder...
  • Monique van Dusseldorp
    Driving South: that's no coincidence. Dutch law stipulates that all work spaces should have day light. ('Day light openings should have a surface that is at least 1/20 of the floor surface of the room', was the rule until recently). So there you go, windowless rooms not permitted by law!

    (I guess quite a few other European countries have norms for this as well, but judging by the truly atrocious offices in the UK, they do not)
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