{"id":174,"date":"2012-05-05T10:13:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T10:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/?p=174"},"modified":"2013-02-28T11:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:02:24","slug":"our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Our office &#8211; A place where we enjoy each other&#8217;s company."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I\u2019ll write about where we are based and a bit about our neighbourhood. We are in a place called HSR Layout, a leafy suburb south of Bangalore, about 20kms from the city centre. We spend our time here designing and developing our products, finding and learning new technologies, cracking problems, figuring out how to run a business and above all enjoying each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-202\" title=\"HSR Office Google Map\" src=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1.jpg 903w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><code><small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.in\/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;q=HSR+Layout&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=HSR+Layout,+Bangalore,+Bengaluru+Rural,+Karnataka&amp;gl=in&amp;t=m&amp;ll=12.91029,77.645016&amp;spn=0.033464,0.077248&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Our office, nestled among a series of residential blocks, is a three storey building. We used to be on the third floor of the building but have since moved to the ground floor as it\u2019s a bit bigger (850 Sq Ft to be precise). The office is pretty modest with an open plan workspace, a meeting room, a discussion area and a rest room. We sit facing each other in little islands of desks and we love the free flow of energy and interaction that open offices offer. We do have a shared terrace to hang out for small treats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The entrance to our office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0238_edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0238_edited\" src=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0238_edited.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to our office\" width=\"446\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0238_edited.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0238_edited-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The welcoming Buddha.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0242_edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0242_edited\" src=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0242_edited.jpg\" alt=\"The welcoming Buddha\" width=\"446\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0242_edited.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0242_edited-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0242_edited-800x1024.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Discussion area where we track our development activities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0245_edited1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-191 aligncenter\" title=\"DSC_0245_edited\" src=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0245_edited1-1003x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Discussion area\" width=\"439\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0245_edited1-1003x1024.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0245_edited1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kannan, Ravi, Krishnan and Suresh sit here. \u00a0Mohamed and I sit just a few feet away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0247_edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-193\" title=\"DSC_0247_edited\" src=\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0247_edited-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Islands of Desks\" width=\"439\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0247_edited-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSC_0247_edited-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our neighbourhood is dotted with several local shops; bakeries and fast food serving affordable local food; and a temple to protect us from <em>evil competition<\/em> and <em>bad engineering<\/em>. Well, it\u2019s not a bad place for a start-up. If you are around, please do drop by.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re always welcome here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I\u2019ll write about where we are based and a bit about our neighbourhood. We are in a place called HSR Layout, a leafy suburb south of Bangalore, about 20kms from the city centre. We spend our time here designing and developing our products, finding and learning new technologies, cracking problems, figuring out how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,17],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our office - A place where we enjoy each other&#039;s company. - FRS Labs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shankar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/\",\"name\":\"FRS Labs\",\"description\":\"Manage Privacy | Verify Users | Prevent Fraud\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/frslabs.com\/frsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HSR-Office-Google-Map1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/\",\"name\":\"Our office - A place where we enjoy each other's company. - FRS Labs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-05T10:13:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-28T11:02:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/#\/schema\/person\/44aa0b93c2b856fcc15543185e8dbf3d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/2012\/05\/05\/our-office-a-place-where-we-enjoy-each-others-company\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.frslabs.com\/frsblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our office &#8211; 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