What’s a typical day at the Pigmata Office?
We all live in Makati, our residences ranging from 2 to 15 minutes walk to our office.
8:30 AM
I unlock the office and turn on the hot water dispenser for some Nesvita cereal drink. Write my to-do list for the day.
9 AM
JP comes in. I check email and visit my favorite blogs. Some days, I listen to podcasts. I’m starting to get used to our iMac. Since I’m the in-house non-coder, I use the solitary HP notebook (Windows). Now, I promise, to discover and to make better use of Keynote and all the amazing powers of the Mac.
Feeds. I use Google Reader for entrepreneurship and personal finance and Bloglines or iGoogle for market research and startup news.
Email and IM. GMail all the way! I’m transitioning to using the Mail application on the Mac. For IM, I use Pidgin (XP) and Adium (Mac).
12 PM
Mau comes in, having already eaten lunch at home (lucky, lucky). JP and I feast on our lunch delivery.
1 PM
Group huddle! We align our tasks and timelines with the help of our big shiny whiteboard. JP and Mau take client calls and do their design or hard coding while I research, research, or write, write, write. So many projects, so little time!
We chat throughout the day, entertain ourselves with a Youtube video or listen to a podcast (e.g. Diggnation) every few hours to break the monotony and to stretch our legs. Good that we have a long black couch—which is (too) comfy for power naps.
8 PM
It’s been a long productive day. JP and I grab some dinner. I don’t know how he can stand it, but Mau waits till 10 PM to eat home-cooked dinner.
10:30 PM
It seems as if we’re always the last ones out of the office building. On some days, I go out to run errands but, most days (everyday?) we all pretty much live and breathe Pigmata.
