For the last two years, Barton Springs Software has been in close quarters with another company, sharing conference rooms, bathrooms, and occasionally offices with our neighbors. While it’s nice to split the rent with kindred spirits – they’re all Mac users – eventually one company grows too large for such close quarters. In this case, we both did.

We’ve been squeezed into 3 offices totaling 600 square feet, nearly half of which is the aforementioned shared conference room, and Heroic Efforts has the other 600 square feet in the suite for their lab and reception. They have their own space concerns, but ours are rather critical: we have 4 full time employees, 2 of which are in the office full time, and a smattering of contractors working on art, iconography, documentation, and coding. While there’s never more than a few of us here at any one time, it’s a little cramped for all the traffic. It’s come time to say goodbye to our traditional birthing grounds and find something more suitable for our growing head count. Luckily, we didn’t have to look far. The building next door had 1700 square feet, divided into five offices, with a kitchen and a file room. It’d been on the market for a while, so the owner was willing to let it go for a song.

We officially move in on January 1.

Of course, that begs other questions. Our office equipment is pretty sparse: a couple of desks, a conference table, some chairs, a few Macs, and then some generic office supplies.

New Todo Items:

• More desks
• More chairs
• More Macs

• Thankfully, less toilet paper…

…that’s building management’s job.