Douchy Tech Terms
During the time that Andrea was away the term “meeting” evolved into this term.
What is “huddle”?
A handful of this snack would send everyone on our team spinning out of control.
What are chocolate covered quinoa puffs?!
To celebrate the upcoming arrival of Jess Hoolko’s baby, we celebrated with sweet treats in this Art Deco corner spot.
What is The Gift Mart?
When first revealed, this popular logo was compared to both male and female genitalia.
What is Belo?
This young whipper snapper went behind the gram and managed to keep her tap dancing a secret til the end.
Who is Maddie?
This term— which in an ideal world should only be used to refer to the rate of data transfer—has been co-opted to signify how much work you can handle.
What is “bandwidth”?
On which day of the week could you be certain to find Andrea in 999 eating a glorious stack of warm pancakes?
What is Tuesday?
This room, modeled after The War Room in Stanley Kubrik’s Cold War era satire has zero windows, and is where decisions go to theoretically be made.
What is Strangelove?
When Brian Chesky was working as a movie ticket-checker and dreaming of his future as a bodybuilder, he claims to have eaten this meat-filled treat.
What are Pocket Steaks?
When not writing “hold my beer” in the margins, this broad can be found digging up dirt abroad.
Who is Vicky?
Instead of simply saying “make it better,” we use this term, which sounds more appropriate for a construction company.
What is “uplevel”?
This spot— which sounds like a martial arts blockbuster film—was known for serving up small bites of delicacies like uni, ribs, and strawberry shortcake.
What is the action station?
While this meeting room suggests elegance and opulence, IRL it only gave everyone flashbacks of the stench of urine in a Chuck E. Cheese.
What is the Ball Room?
This founder started Joie De Vivre, serves on the board of Burning Man, and has a name that sounds like a Ben and Jerry’s flavor.
Who is Chip Conley?
This organizing queen has lived in Spain twice, paints as a hobby, and loves cat-themed things but not actual cats!
Who is Jess Hoolko?
Also the name of a wine bar in the Castro, this term is for the semi-permanent state of endless meetings and periods of time in which nothing is accomplished.
What is swirl?
Opened right before we became pandemicked, this fifth floor dining area is where we all went to EAT EAT EAT.
What is ATE ATE ATE?
Back when we had a printed magazine and worked in 999, this room was where we schemed, dreamed, and pinned the pages to the wall.
What is Oud West Garage?
This is the number one filter people use when searching for an Airbnb.
What is pet-friendly?
This sorely missed creative director shares a name with the rapper behind the 1994 album Illmatic.
Who is Naz?
This three letter acronym—a goal setting tool used to measure results—shares its first two letters with a seminal 1997 Radiohead album.
What is OKR?
When the food team in 999 baked this “fruit” it caused a furious debate among the Airbnbeliebers.
What is avocado?
If Homer Simpson was an Airbnb employee, he would be permanently stationed in this room.
What is the Donut Room?
In 2015, Airbnb engineer Stephen Boyer, used his weekend hours to create and eventually sell this Chrome extension which synchronizes video playback across multiple computers, and became wildly popular during the pandemic.
What is Netflix Party?
You would think this person’s last name rhymes with the first name of the tenant of OJ Simpson’s guest house when Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered, but you’d be wrong.
Who is Joel Kato?