The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
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#2Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read.
In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.
What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monitors?
I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office -- just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight. Sometimes, I will go out at night, come home from the bar at 2 or 3 a.m., and then go to work.
This has to take a toll, right?
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#3Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read. In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monito…
It probably means he's using http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - I've used it for similar things (typing on a Mac laptop, with a second monitor hooked up to a Linux desktop) and it's a brilliant solution.
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#4Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read. In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monito…
It probably means he's using http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - I've used it for similar things (typing on a Mac laptop, with a second monitor hooked up to a Linux desktop) and it's a brilliant solution.
He definitely means Synergy -- that's the setup I have at work too. (except 24")
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#5Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read. In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monito…
You'd think so -- but I was the same when I was a PhD student. I'd get my best work done from 10pm-5am, and a bit during the middle of the day. I'd take naps in the afternoon and evening whenever I felt like it. I actually felt great and wish I could work like that all the time (having a wife makes it difficult to sustain).
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
It probably means he's using http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - I've used it for similar things (typing on a Mac laptop, with a second monitor hooked up to a Linux desktop) and it's a brilliant solution.
He definitely means Synergy -- that's the setup I have at work too. (except 24")
Me too, except with Linux on one and Windows on the other. synergy works fine, although the fact that the last release seems to be from 2006 worries me a bit.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
He definitely means Synergy -- that's the setup I have at work too. (except 24")
Me too, except with Linux on one and Windows on the other. synergy works fine, although the fact that the last release seems to be from 2006 worries me a bit.
that worried me too - but Im hooked :D the fact I can hook my mac, PC, dev machine and laptop (OSX,Vista,Fedora10,XP) to one KB/Mouse is so great!
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#8Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read. In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monito…
It probably means he's using http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - I've used it for similar things (typing on a Mac laptop, with a second monitor hooked up to a Linux desktop) and it's a brilliant solution.
Ah, thank you.
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#9Some aspects of the bubble lifestyle irritate me, but this was an interesting read. In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors -- a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC. What does this actually mean? A Mac with a virtualized Windows instance on one of the monito…
You'd think so -- but I was the same when I was a PhD student. I'd get my best work done from 10pm-5am, and a bit during the middle of the day. I'd take naps in the afternoon and evening whenever I felt like it. I actually felt great and wish I could work like that all the time (having a wife makes it difficult to sustain).
Yeah, but I wonder if it affects your health in the long term?
Re: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You'd think so -- but I was the same when I was a PhD student. I'd get my best work done from 10pm-5am, and a bit during the middle of the day. I'd take naps in the afternoon and evening whenever I felt like it. I actually felt great and wish I could work like that all the time (having a wife makes it difficult to sustain).
Yeah, but I wonder if it affects your health in the long term?
I think what matters most in that respect is probably whether you get enough sleep, rather than when you get that sleep.
I slept at very normal times, but nowhere near enough, while launching my first start-up on the side of a full time job, and that definitely took its toll.