Ours were tubes with the top having a small light. My friend hasn't replied yet, but I like yours. A cube is a lot easier to stack.

They also have an (a bit difficult to find) SDK [1] available, for those not using Skype or Lync. But then there are cheaper [2] or different [3] alternatives if you don't need the existing integrations.

[1] http://blynclight.proboards.com [2] http://blink1.thingm.com/buy/ [3] https://blinkinlabs.myshopify.com/products/blinkytape-basic

this is really cool - anything like this for HipChat/Slack/Gchat/other clients?

Thanks! Just what I was looking for!