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Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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This is a rather nice website. Very interesting read!

One observation I definitely can't help but make is that everyone seems to be leaning on to a rather large/high-res single monitor than juggle around 2 WQHD/FHD displays :) I definitely had more trouble focusing when I had 2 equi-resolution screens rather than 1 large and 1 small screen OR rather 1 large screen in clamshell mode.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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post #11

I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

I travel with a portable monitor (Dell 14" usb-c) -- it's lightweight but so helpful for what I do

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These desks are very nice, but they are not for me. I don't so much have a computer, as the computer has me, I just happen to occupy the same room as the computer at times. Once, my workstation sat in a different room from me, but I have since put it inside a custom built arcade cabinet that sits on the other side of the room from where I sit. I have a long desk, with many monitors of varying sizes and orientations elevated on suspsension arms along wiht multiple laptops sat on dedicated holders. I have a second desk for guests/visitors/different work, and a desk for electronics work that is currently in the process of being rebuilt. Lots of storage in the form of cabinets with thousands of carefully labelled drawers of varying dimensions - generally the dimensions of an individual drawer remains the same, but the dimensions between drawers varies, though these rules don't always apply as I subscribe to the idea of D Space which is a lower, more fundamental level of existence than L Space that the Librarian occupies. Cable management is more of a suggestion. The amount of cabling all together is thicker than two obsolete Java technical books and wrapped up in velcro straps tighter than your bum knee after leg day. I go on tidying up sprees when I need to step away from the code, unfortunately that can sometimes mean my room looks like a hyperactive six year old brought his pet tornado into the electronics supply closet for a day.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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post #11

I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a blanket, head nested in pillows.

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post #24
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a b…

This sounds great. Do you just put your keyboard on your lap? I try a similar setup but always end up with a sore neck (I use a laptop though, not a TV, which would be higher up).

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I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

Mine is clean and perfect at the start of the day, then it gets destroyed over a day or two then I clean up and and clean it and start over.

It's a good way to work tbh, resetting the environment is an effective way of getting into a productive headspace easily.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

#28

These desks are very nice, but they are not for me. I don't so much have a computer, as the computer has me, I just happen to occupy the same room as the computer at times. Once, my workstation sat in a different room from me, but I have since put it inside a custom built arcade cabinet that sits on the other side of the room from where I sit. I have a long desk, with many monitors of varying sizes and orientations e…

Photos, please.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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post #26

I find when I start worrying about what my desk looks like that I’m just procrastinating. I have noticed no correlation between my desk being messy or stylish with actual focus and productivity.

Yeah, I remember seeing a picture of Einstein sitting at his rather messy desk years ago. Haven’t tidied up my desk since.

Re: Hacker Stations – Tech workspace setups to get inspiration from

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post #28

These desks are very nice, but they are not for me. I don't so much have a computer, as the computer has me, I just happen to occupy the same room as the computer at times. Once, my workstation sat in a different room from me, but I have since put it inside a custom built arcade cabinet that sits on the other side of the room from where I sit. I have a long desk, with many monitors of varying sizes and orientations e…

Photos, please.

I think he just described the workstation of the Operator on the Nebuchadnezzar from the Matrix.
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