Also note, Murakami-san has the only pencil eraser worth even considering using: the Staedtler Mars® plastic 526 50.
Amazed by your attention to detail...and in need of a good eraser. Thanks for the tip.
The Desk of Haruki Murakami
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#52Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text? I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really ac…
This kind of gets at what you're asking. It's more for people who might be better known in their sphere of interest. http://lifehacker.com/tag/how-i-work
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't even need to see the chair. Just the mere positioning of the screen makes me cringe. The article mentions vinyl records, a coffe mug, a baseball figurine... That's hardly the kind of equipment that comes to my mind when I think of an office. How does it make it a dream office when the only relevant material mentioned are a bunch of pencils? This is just some guy showing off his music collection.
How are the albums, coffee mug, and baseball figurines not relevant material to a creative worker?
Or even to non-creative workers that have to spend 1/3 their life in that space. You want it to be comfortable. Either by literal ergonomic comfort, or by the creature comforts of the familiar and pleasing.
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#54Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text? I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really ac…
Closely related is https://usesthis.com/ , which focuses more on text description of people's working tools and habits than screenshots. Joey Hess' interview [1] was particularly memorable.
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#55I really like Murakami's work- my favourite is 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'. But I've just finished reading 'Kafka on the Shore' and came away thinking it was too much fantasy and a bit shallow. Because of his masterful style he sometimes gets away with unresolved plots and mysteries but this was just too much. I like magical realism though. Any recommendations for other writers?
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is possibly my favourite magical realism book. I found that some of David Mitchell's writing is similar to Murakami, specifically number9dream, Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas. Through reading Murakami I've gotten into Kobo Abe, he shares that weirdness with him and are very Kafkaesque, I loved The Woman in the Dunes and The Box Man.
The Master and Margarita and Wind Up Bird Chronicle are two of my favorite books at the moment, so this seems like a good bet. The way both authors blend physically/spatially/temporally distinct characters and settings into one narrative is very similar, and incredibly satisfying.
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#56Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text? I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really ac…
http://thesweetsetup.com/category/sweet-setup-interview/ though it's for Mac/iPhone
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#57Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text? I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really ac…
It's not exactly what you described, but you may like reddit.com/r/battlestations
Or /r/workspaces.
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#58pretty much my dream office
How come? That's hardly an office but a living room with sub-par ergonomics when it comes to getting work done.
You could probably say similar for Hans Zimmer's "office"[0].
[0] http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2010/01/29/the-secret-lair-of-...
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#59Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text? I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really ac…
Then you will love https://reddit.com/r/PrivateStudyRooms
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#60I really like Murakami's work- my favourite is 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'. But I've just finished reading 'Kafka on the Shore' and came away thinking it was too much fantasy and a bit shallow. Because of his masterful style he sometimes gets away with unresolved plots and mysteries but this was just too much. I like magical realism though. Any recommendations for other writers?
As other have said, read Mikhail Bulgakov, including his "Heart of a Dog".
Also try Italo Calvino, his short stories are especially good. Calvino writes in many different literary styles, and magical realism is often at the core of his stories. "The Baron In The Trees" was one of the first books I read by him.
For when you have the mental space, a rather interesting / meta Calvino book: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler