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Please don't be offended, I'm a hacker/geek too but I've generally found designers to have much more aesthetically pleasing home offices. Not that they write better code, they're just prettier :D https://news.layervault.com/stories/8613-ask-dn-your-workspa...
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Edit: I do a few days a week from home, with a fair amount of video conferencing. White board is critical to get me out of my chair to draw out what's in my head.
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…
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…
I often work from a chair in the living room or the dining room table as well. Or I go out to libraries, a hackerspace, McDonalds, sports bar, Barnes and Noble, etc. to work.
I do have a low-power, mini server stack out in the family room, next to the big TV. A Raspberry Pi, two Pogoplugs, a DDWRT router, a pile of hard drives.
http://i.imgur.com/YlTn5cD.jpg That's my home office, I live on what used to be a working dock in the north of England but was filled in and used for housing so it has a nice feel, I love it because I'm 200ft from a massive river (great for thinking walks http://i.imgur.com/ibfcLn2.jpg , not so great when a massive storm surge nearly topped it in Dec heh - http://i.imgur.com/P2DRT0h.jpg ). I can't stand working in a…
Nice setup, the monitors in vertical position are 19" or 21" inch?
They are Dell 2412M's.
Question: How does your office look? Answer: It looks nice.
Question: What does your office look like? Answer: It uses XYZ colour scheme and has lots of tables and chairs.
Question: What does your [ideal] office look like? Answer: I wish it had....
[For background: I am not big into being pedantic about 'correct' grammar, but areas where small mistakes do create hours worth of confusion, sometimes magnitudes of effect more (particularly within global collaborative environments).]
Question: How does your office look like [Microsoft's] Answer: Because we [employed the same interior decorator]. Question: How does your office look? Answer: It looks nice. Question: What does your office look like? Answer: It uses XYZ colour scheme and has lots of tables and chairs. Question: What does your [ideal] office look like? Answer: I wish it had.... [For background: I am not big into being pedantic about '…