Being greeted by a fellow employee about the lack of decoration at my desk, I would like to extend it to the community to describe some of the most useful items on your desk that you could not go a week without.
Ask HN: What's on your desk?
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#2My laptop, 22” monitor, keyboard, mouse, a pen and a notepad. And a cup of tea, of course.
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#3I have a calculator with giant buttons.
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#4I have a few printouts stuck to my wall with common snippets I use frequently but often have to look up....regexes, sublimetext shortcuts, db schemas, etc.
I also have one big notebook that serves as a day to day scratchpad for projects that I'm working on, and a smaller notepad that I use as my daily to do list. Every day, the first thing I do at work is pull out this smaller pad and jot down a quick task list, by hand. I've tried the online task lists (I'm basically addicted to trying them) but at the end of the day I still go back to the old school pen and paper approach. Whatever works for you.
Aside from the prinouts, notepads and obvious stuff like monitor/laptop, I have a coffee mug and nice pair of stereo headphones for when I need to tune out.
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#5These look pretty neat: http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Mobile-Phone-Holder-Iphone/dp...
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#6I have a few printouts stuck to my wall with common snippets I use frequently but often have to look up....regexes, sublimetext shortcuts, db schemas, etc. I also have one big notebook that serves as a day to day scratchpad for projects that I'm working on, and a smaller notepad that I use as my daily to do list. Every day, the first thing I do at work is pull out this smaller pad and jot down a quick task list, by h…
Same. Eclipse shortcuts.
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#7pen and paper! sometimes just drawing it out is way better than a mouse.
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#8My client moves me every few months within the same building. So I have the most boring desk just like you. I keep it simple. Pack stuff in 1 box and move when asked.
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#9My desk is so small I can barely fit my two 22" monitors along with the laptop dock on it. Besides the phone shoved in the corner (because, I mean, who calls a developer these days??) I have a small notebook for ideas and other inspiration and my smartphone.
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#104x2.5" monitor stands (dual monitors) that cater to the "ergonomic" set-up of my desk.