Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

HN Members' Workspaces

pathdependent.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

81–90 of 206 posts

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#82

Post by chime »

revorad wrote: post #79
chime wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really. I sit back about 3 feet and my chair's pretty comfortable.

I find it hard to imagine how you can comfortably type on the left-most screen with the keyboard in the center. To keep your arms parallel to your head you must have to move the keyboard and mouse according to the screen you are looking at. It doesn't sound like the most ergonomic setup, but it must work for you since you say you're twice as productive!

> To keep your arms parallel to your head

I don't do that. My arms/mouse/keyboard face the center LCD and I type/click without looking down. I turn my head slightly if needed but mostly it's enough to just turn my eyes. Like I said, sitting back helps.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#84

Post by stanley »

Pic: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/102228/desktop.jpg

Had to switch back to Windows 7 after Ubuntu 10.4 decided it no longer wants to work with my video cards. I guess that's what I get for buying new hardware.

* Monitors: 30" Dell, 21" Samsung and a 20.1" Dell vertical

* Keyboard: Kinesis Advantage Pro

* Chair: Herman Miller Embody

Not featured is the Dell Latitude e4300, which was the perfect buy for mobile productivity.

PS: Moving to an apt with a view at the end of the month. The painting just doesn't cut it.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#85

Post by crocowhile »

kylec wrote: post #42

Wow, nearly everyone works on a Mac. Any Linux/BSD users out there?

I used to have a MBP. After a few months of testing it out I gave it to my wife and gladly got her $200 netbook instead, on which I immediately installed Arch and felt like I could do something again. Ah, the freedom of customizing my OS!

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#86

Post by chime »

nkh wrote: post #78
chime wrote: post #46

I'm definitely in the minority running Windows (x64). Here's a video of my rig: http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 Picture: http://chir.ag/stuff/5lcd.jpg * LCD1: Communication (chat/im, email) * LCD2: Test browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Safari), Photo Editor * LCD3: Main browser (Chrome) * LCD4: Text Editor (EmEditor), SFTP * LCD5: Media (music, video, audio controls) I'm about twice as more productive on this setup than on my l…

What monitor stand/stands are you using for this?

Samsung 22" (2243). No stands. The monitors can pivot. I got them from newegg for about $189 each. It's a pretty good deal for under $1k in cost. The resolution isn't bad, though if I had $2k to spare, I'd have bought 5 of 2443s (24") at 2560x1600.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#87

Post by e1ven »

stanley wrote: post #84

Pic: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/102228/desktop.jpg Had to switch back to Windows 7 after Ubuntu 10.4 decided it no longer wants to work with my video cards. I guess that's what I get for buying new hardware. * Monitors: 30" Dell, 21" Samsung and a 20.1" Dell vertical * Keyboard: Kinesis Advantage Pro * Chair: Herman Miller Embody Not featured is the Dell Latitude e4300, which was the perfect buy for mobile productivity.…

Very nice monitor setup. The 30" Dells are wonderful.

Re: HN Members' Workspaces

#90

Post by chasingsparks »

mdolon wrote: post #47
chasingsparks wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually amazingly comfortable. Moreover, balancing requires you to sit erect, helping fight the second scourge of computer dorks -- bad posture. (The first being Carpal tunnel.)

That's interesting. I might buy one just to try it out then, I hurt my lower back a couple of years ago and it never fully healed, and slouching on a leather chair all day doesn't seem to be helping.. (thanks for the inspiration)

Let me know how it works out. I did it initially for similar reasons. A surgery I had years ago leads disk degeneration. Mine is not bad, but my back did hurt at the end of the day sometimes. Now it does not.
Post reply on HN