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Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by measure2xcut1x »

3solarmasses wrote: post #68
measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

You guys both work at home and you are still married? Congrats. That usually strains a lot of relationships.

Thanks, we have been working together for 17 years now and it's great. We limit work hours to weekdays 9-5.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by moonlighter »

I work from home full time and live on a Pier in the Hudson River right across NYC. My home office has a large solid wood workbench and a Herman Miller Aeron chair. There’s an iPad mounted on the wall running Status Board app showing some vital stats.

All work is done on my 27” iMac, while watching the curious life of liveaboards in the marina outside and looking at the Manhattan skyline…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nhjki7bpcpfpemw/HomeOffice1.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0u7lbw9d1t0n7ek/HomeOffice2.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5uzavsek2dz80qf/HomeOffice3.jpg

(Sorry for the poor pics, had to shoot against the sunlight coming in)

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by measure2xcut1x »

malnourish wrote: post #119
measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

Does your monitor on the left ever rattle from music? Just that slight amount of difference in height would drive me up a wall. You both have nice setups though!

That desk speaker is technically 50 hz and higher. I have not seen the monitor ever move. I try to keep levels low at close proximity. I also use Bose noise cancelling headphones most of the day. The left monitor height diff did annoy me at first. I adjusted the Win 7 monitor position setting to account for it, as well as the Everest background that spans the three monitors.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by measure2xcut1x »

zura wrote: post #118
measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

Since this is HN, could you please share some info about your saas?

We prefer to keep a low profile, but can say that our core product is a vertically targeted CMS that evolved out of a few years of custom projects and consulting.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by measure2xcut1x »

jyothepro wrote: post #96
measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

pretty nice setup you both have

Thanks, it's a work in progress that I enjoy iterating on.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by bichiliad »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #115
bichiliad wrote: post #67

Student here, so I guess my office is less mission-critical than others. I took an old door, nailed an edge around it, and varnished it. Got two trusses from Ikea for pretty cheap (~$30 each), and two "night stands" that work really well as shelves. I have an absurd amount of desk space and I find it great for working. My desk is messy, but I'll get a picture up in a sec. Edit: Heres that photo http://i.imgur.com/eAY…

A need a dining room table for a new apartment, a door table would be perfect, but where does one go looking for abandoned old doors like that?

I was lucky enough to know someone with this particular door, but it isn't uncommon for there to be a construction materials recycling sort of place. The prices are usually very cheap. Good example here:

http://www.constructionjunction.org/

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by jskonhovd »

jeffbarr wrote: post #42

I use an Ikea Gallant desk. My main computer (home built Linux system running Windows via VirtualBox) sits underneath, and a large-screen Asus monitor is on top, as does my laptop. I try to keep the physical desktop devoid of non-essential stuff, but this is a losing battle. I also have a video projector directed at the wall in front of me. My office is full of books, plants, my LEGO projects, and other miscellaneous…

I thought I was the only person with the problem of buying to many books. I feel better now.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by mark_l_watson »

gdubs wrote: post #104
mark_l_watson wrote: post #13

We moved to the mountains in Central Arizona about 14 years ago and my wife helped setup my home office: large book cases, a huge teak desk, and an ergonomic chair. I have a view of the red rocks/mountains, which is nice. So, I have a nice home office but I don't much use it because I prefer working in different places around our house and outside, weather and available shade permitting. I use my office mainly when I…

Sounds beautiful. Love that area. How's the community? Is it totally isolated, or do you know some people nearby, etc?

We live in a small town, lots of friends and things to do. Flaggstaff and Cottonwood are in the area for major shopping. We moved from the beach in California and I substitute kayaking for the ocean. Shoot me an email if you are in the area.

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measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

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