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Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 04-03-2010 at 02:48 AM

Hello,

a while ago, I promised some pictures to illustrate our new work environment, here are some (it's not much but I'll take more when we've cleaned-up). Development of Messenger Plus! is being moved from my home office to an office tower in Montreal. A dozen people, including myself, will soon be working from that new location, on various Messenger Plus! projects. It took no less than three months to transform this vacant space into a fully furnished, fully cabled office. We have a sweet Windows 2008 R2 server to work with locally as well, everything is going smoothly although it's always taking more time that you wish it did.

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The office already has a new project manager, Jean-François, who's currently assembling the new team. The guy is bright, motivated, and has a solid experience in the field of software development. Meanwhile, I am working on what I was previously referring to "Project K", which is a special add-on we're creating for a special client. Nathalie will soon post more information about it, I'm currently holding her off until I have something nice to show.

By the way, I've not given the name of the Montreal division yet: Kimahri Software. Those of you who're gamers may see the link, those of you who're not can rest assured: we're not opening an Indian restaurant. So, from now on, when you hear about Kimahri, think of Yuna, they both mean the same thing, the difference is only structural.

That's it for the quick news. Have a Happy Easter everyone :).
Patch
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Nagamasa on 04-03-2010 at 02:56 AM

Pretty pretty!! :)

Well have fun working on "Project K" and setting up the Montreal office!

(And hope I can test Project K too!)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by roflmao456 on 04-03-2010 at 03:00 AM

I guess you guys like Final Fantasy X :tongue:.

that office looks (Y)

edit: bigger pics needed :happy:

RE: Development Office in Montreal by CookieRevised on 04-03-2010 at 03:05 AM

(y) nice info indeed.
but pics are rather small'ish, though :D

I hope Special K is going to be as tasty as it sounds :p

RE: Development Office in Montreal by John Anderton on 04-03-2010 at 04:14 AM

Thanks for the snaps.. could we get more when the office is fully furnished and work has begun (cause these pics are more pre-work

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
By the way, I've not given the name of the Montreal division yet: Kimahri Software. Those of you who're gamers may see the link, those of you who're not can rest assured: we're not opening an Indian restaurant.
Kimahri isn't a word in any Indian language I am aware of :P
You and your FF obsession. :P
* John Anderton stares at SonicSam and Chrono as well.. :tongue:
RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 04-03-2010 at 04:30 AM

You know, if you accidentally ordered an extra set of PC parts. I could always take it off your hands (a).

RE: Development Office in Montreal by roflmao456 on 04-03-2010 at 05:43 AM

[offtopic]

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
You know, if you accidentally ordered an extra set of PC parts. I could always take it off your hands (a).
i need them more than you really :P
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 04-03-2010 at 05:49 AM

I can always order an extra set of parts and organize a "who loves Patchou the most" contest.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 04-03-2010 at 06:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
I can always order an extra set of parts and organize a "who loves Patchou the most" contest.
Do it. NAO!
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Menthix on 04-03-2010 at 09:45 AM

It needs a Plus! arcade machine too :banana:.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by ahmetgns on 04-03-2010 at 09:57 AM

Good luck in your new work environment.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by djdannyp on 04-03-2010 at 10:34 AM

Looks like a nice setup you've got there (Y)

Still looking forward to hearing more details on Project K

RE: Development Office in Montreal by CookieRevised on 04-03-2010 at 10:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Menthix
It needs a Plus! arcade machine too :banana:.
...and two Cylon centurion guards near the entrance! :p

:banana: # :banana:


EDIT: and a fat lazy cat which comes scratching you when you fall asleep behind the pc :D
RE: Development Office in Montreal by blessedguy on 04-03-2010 at 01:22 PM

Looks nice =P

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
I can always order an extra set of parts and organize a "who loves Patchou the most" contest.
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
Do it. NAO!
Seconded
RE: Development Office in Montreal by absorbation on 04-03-2010 at 01:32 PM

Looking good Cyril. 12 employees should produce some good stuff for Messenger Plus! :)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Th3rmal on 04-03-2010 at 01:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
Meanwhile, I am working on what I was previously referring to "Project K",
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
Kimahri Software
connection? maybe?
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Chrissy on 04-03-2010 at 02:50 PM

So project K is not some Anti-Virus bind?

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 04-03-2010 at 04:06 PM

no it's not :).

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Guido on 04-03-2010 at 08:30 PM

Nice place! :)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by davidpolitis on 04-03-2010 at 09:49 PM

What heatsink is that on all of the boards? Thermaltake Contac 29?

RE: Development Office in Montreal by John Anderton on 04-04-2010 at 12:13 PM

Did I hear there's a "Who loves Patchou the most" contest? ;o I'd win that.. if Patchou would help me participate with flight tickets *cough*
Or at least flight tickets one way :sad:

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Rolando on 04-06-2010 at 04:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
I can always order an extra set of parts and organize a "who loves Patchou the most" contest.

I love Patchou <3
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Nathalie on 04-06-2010 at 07:53 AM

Congratulations and good luck settling in.  At least you won't have to shovel snow right now (or at least I hope not!)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Mike on 04-06-2010 at 09:32 AM

Why do you need such powerful computers with an aftermarket cooler (which means that you will probably overclock)? :P

How much time does it take to compile Plus! on your home computer?

RE: Development Office in Montreal by NanaFreak on 04-06-2010 at 10:00 AM

its so that they can have gaming friday... where its 6vs6 in CoD!!!

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Menthix on 04-06-2010 at 10:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
with an aftermarket cooler (which means that you will probably overclock)?
quote:
Originally posted by http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=93880
I spent most of my time deciding on the computer specs that will be used by our future developers, up to the fans specific model (Nexus Real DF1209SL-3). As I couldn't find any pre-built solution that satisfied me (I'm picky), the computers will have to be assembled one by one by hands (probably mine, except if you volunteer); this way, I'll be sure that each computer performs as expected (Intel Core i7-860 for those interested) and conforms to my needs (silence, lots of silence).

EDIT: Oh BTW Patchou: Three monitors is definitely the productivity sweet spot :p.
RE: Development Office in Montreal by riahc4 on 04-06-2010 at 04:25 PM

Im opening a thread so people can guess what Project K about

and while at it, Patchou can have some laughs or think "damn this guy got it right" :P

RE: RE: Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 04-06-2010 at 04:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by davidpolitis
What heatsink is that on all of the boards? Thermaltake Contac 29?
Yup :). Surprisingly good for the price.

quote:
Why do you need such powerful computers with an aftermarket cooler
Re-compiling Messenger Plus! takes several minutes. If you do that a hundred time during the day while developing something for it, a better CPU will save you hours. As for the aftermarket cooler, it's not for the overclock but for the silence it offers (stock fans are very noisy)

quote:
its so that they can have gaming friday
Yep, and the boss has a better video card, just in case... :p

quote:
Three monitors is definitely the productivity sweet spot
Jean-Francois and I will have "only" two but the ones I got are very wide (16:9) so I'm pretty sure it will be plenty.
RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 04-06-2010 at 08:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
Jean-Francois and I will have "only" two but the ones I got are very wide (16:9) so I'm pretty sure it will be plenty.
Psh, I have 4 and if I get a DisplayPort to DVI adapter I'll have 5 :zippy:, but 5 won't fit on my desk :sad:

AND YOU CALL YOURSELF FRENCH, TABARNOUCHE!
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Rolando on 04-07-2010 at 03:48 AM

PATCHOU PLEASE BUILD MY NEXT COMPUTER.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by blessedguy on 04-07-2010 at 01:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rolando
PATCHOU PLEASE BUILDGIVE ME MY NEXT COMPUTER.
There I fixed it :zippy:
RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 04-07-2010 at 01:50 PM

Patchy how about some HiRes versions of the photos?

RE: Development Office in Montreal by marissa on 04-16-2010 at 03:39 PM

pretty :) can i come visit??

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Chris4 on 04-16-2010 at 11:16 PM

Lookin' good! :grin:

RE: Development Office in Montreal by RaPLeX on 04-17-2010 at 12:01 PM

Looks cool :)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Lou on 04-18-2010 at 04:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by marissa
pretty :) can i come visit??
This definitely calls for a private tour :P.
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 04-18-2010 at 05:33 PM

For a tour, email me and come in Montreal ;).

High-res pictures to come later on. We're still adding some furnishure over there (just received the printer, took long enough).

RE: RE: Development Office in Montreal by brian on 05-01-2010 at 05:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
For a tour, email me and come in Montreal ;).

High-res pictures to come later on. We're still adding some furnishure over there (just received the printer, took long enough).

pm me the address, i'd love to drop by :)

i'm almost always at 1250 rene-levesque (ibm tower) as that's where i gots my servers :)
RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-04-2010 at 06:21 PM

I am sitting at a desk in the office. Things look good! Front door is quite nice love the frosted glass :)

If Patch gives me the okay to take some pictures I will show you all what I mean.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by ahmetgns on 10-04-2010 at 06:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matty
I am sitting at a desk in the office. Things look good! Front door is quite nice love the frosted glass :)

If Patch gives me the okay to take some pictures I will show you all what I mean.
Do you see something like Messenger Plus! Live 5 around there :P ?
RE: Development Office in Montreal by CookieRevised on 10-04-2010 at 06:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ahmetgns
quote:
Originally posted by matty
I am sitting at a desk in the office. Things look good! Front door is quite nice love the frosted glass :)

If Patch gives me the okay to take some pictures I will show you all what I mean.
Do you see something like Messenger Plus! Live 5 around there :P ?
yeah, he almost tripped over it, so he tossed it in the bin (stupid script kiddies leaving their stuff around on the floor... pfff) :P


EDIT @SonicSam, note I'm not there, it was a joke :P
RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 10-04-2010 at 11:54 PM

Is everyone getting hired but me :zippy:?

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Nathalie on 10-05-2010 at 08:01 AM

Enjoy!  And send some rain over here quickly...!   

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-05-2010 at 11:20 AM

Sammeh you are still too young :P

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Chrissy on 10-05-2010 at 11:45 AM

Here's a group photo of Yuna, outside, the private company.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-05-2010 at 02:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chrissy
Here's a group photo of Yuna, outside, the private company.
Nah the dev team is all pretty chill :)
RE: Development Office in Montreal by MeEtc on 10-06-2010 at 01:40 AM

A BMP? Please, get real. No, I haven't viewed it

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-06-2010 at 02:23 AM

Here are a couple photos from apple picking today! There are a few more however I don't know how the dev team would feel about their photos being posted.

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RE: Development Office in Montreal by Zet on 10-06-2010 at 03:41 AM

Gotta love apples, eh? :P

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-07-2010 at 06:00 PM

SkyVenture fun :)

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Patchou flying
matty flying
SkyVenture Instructor David flying

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Lou on 10-07-2010 at 10:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matty
SkyVenture Instructor David flying
That's awesome :P. I wanna go now haha
RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 10-07-2010 at 11:01 PM

The instructor raped the galaxy, I felt a part of my childhood revive itself when I saw him LAUNCH. :cry: So beautiful.

quote:
Originally posted by matty
Sammeh you are still too young :P
Co-op at Yuna :cheesy:?!
RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-07-2010 at 11:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
The instructor raped the galaxy, I felt a part of my childhood revive itself when I saw him LAUNCH. :cry: So beautiful.

quote:
Originally posted by matty
Sammeh you are still too young :P
Co-op at Yuna :cheesy:?!
I don't think they have a position where you can browse the forums and make an ass of yourself day after day...
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Chrissy on 10-08-2010 at 12:19 AM

I cant view the videos :(

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Sunshine on 10-08-2010 at 09:28 AM

Chrissy,

If you can't view the videos try a different browser. It's good to have at least two browsers on your computer for such cases (compare if it's site or browser issue, if you are a web dev to see if your site looks same in all browsers). For example i'm testing IE9 beta and use that mainly, but I can also not see the videos (404), however in fireFox they load fine.

;)

RE: Development Office in Montreal by CookieRevised on 10-08-2010 at 10:13 AM

To view the vids you need to have QuicktTime installed in your browser (as a browser plugin), or as a standalone app (in that case download the vids and open them up in QuickTime). Any video player which supports MP4 might do also of course...

quote:
Originally posted by matty
SkyVenture fun :)
Whaaaa, that's so cool!!

bw, what were you thinking when that instructor (show-off :P) grabbed you and started to fly up with you like that?:D

Patchou seems to have done it before....
RE: Development Office in Montreal by prashker on 10-08-2010 at 06:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matty
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
The instructor raped the galaxy, I felt a part of my childhood revive itself when I saw him LAUNCH. :cry: So beautiful.

quote:
Originally posted by matty
Sammeh you are still too young :P
Co-op at Yuna :cheesy:?!
I don't think they have a position where you can browse the forums and make an ass of yourself day after day...

That hurt.
RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-08-2010 at 07:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
bw, what were you thinking when that instructor (show-off :P) grabbed you and started to fly up with you like that?:D
It was great! He says at the beginning that he will ask you if you want to go up. I thought it was great it was an awesome feeling! Except coming down the second time the window is really strong in your face!

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Patchou seems to have done it before....
Yeah it wasn't his first time :)
RE: Development Office in Montreal by John Anderton on 10-10-2010 at 04:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by matty
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Patchou seems to have done it before....
Yeah it wasn't his first time :)
*cough*
(A) :D
RE: Development Office in Montreal by Patchou on 10-12-2010 at 04:04 AM

... and I do plan to go back again. My ultimate goal: fly over the buildings of Montreal while singing the superman song. They told me that with a lot of practice, it's achievable.

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matmat07 on 10-16-2010 at 03:14 AM

Long time we had no news of you! What happened :O

RE: Development Office in Montreal by Lou on 10-16-2010 at 10:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matmat07
Long time we had no news of you! What happened :O
You realize that this was posted back in April right?:P
RE: Development Office in Montreal by matmat07 on 10-18-2010 at 01:32 PM

last post was october 12 -_-

RE: Development Office in Montreal by matty on 10-18-2010 at 01:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matmat07
last post was october 12 -_-
Lou was referring to the original post date. Not when Patchou last posted in the thread.