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For me, a bigger problem is having movement in my field of vision (I can't read text next to animated ads either). And having to stare at another person is espe

by dunham 9y ago

For me, a bigger problem is having movement in my field of vision (I can't read text next to animated ads either). And having to stare at another person is especially annoying. We had this at the university computer labs (users facing each other), and it looks like it's the same situation in the lead photo of the linked article. I'm working from home, so I'm spared this, but my employer is also moving to a new building with an open office design. I'm guessing this is just case of architects/designers designing what they would want to use, rather than considering the needs of software engineers.

CydeWeys 9y ago
For whatever reason, things in my field of vision don't distract me nearly as much. So long as they're in front of me and I can see them with my peripheral vision, it's all good. Also, my monitor is big enough that when I'm looking at it I'm not seeing too much else anyway. How do you end up staring at another person? My monitor would completely block the view of anyone else if they happened to be sitting across from me. Are you using laptops only?
- dunham 9y ago
  This was the 90's. They were 21" Sun CRT monitors, but spaced far enough apart (and staggered on either side of the table, if I remember right), that you could see enough of the person across from you to be distracting to me. There were 4 workstations on each side of the table. They were close enough together, however, that the power-on degaussing coil would induct into the neighboring monitor, causing a chain reaction down the entire table.
SmirkingRevenge 9y ago
Its just the new silicon valley trend, I think. Somewhere, someone decided, this is what cool, hip, successful tech companies do, and now it seems to be popping up all over the place. But yea, to me they tend to feel a bit like a college computer lab, or working in a loud library. Its nice sometimes, but not all the time, IMHO.

by dunham 9y ago

CydeWeys 9y ago

For whatever reason, things in my field of vision don't distract me nearly as much. So long as they're in front of me and I can see them with my peripheral vision, it's all good. Also, my monitor is big enough that when I'm looking at it I'm not seeing too much else anyway. How do you end up staring at another person? My monitor would completely block the view of anyone else if they happened to be sitting across from me. Are you using laptops only?

dunham 9y ago
This was the 90's. They were 21" Sun CRT monitors, but spaced far enough apart (and staggered on either side of the table, if I remember right), that you could see enough of the person across from you to be distracting to me. There were 4 workstations on each side of the table. They were close enough together, however, that the power-on degaussing coil would induct into the neighboring monitor, causing a chain reaction down the entire table.

SmirkingRevenge 9y ago

Its just the new silicon valley trend, I think. Somewhere, someone decided, this is what cool, hip, successful tech companies do, and now it seems to be popping up all over the place. But yea, to me they tend to feel a bit like a college computer lab, or working in a loud library. Its nice sometimes, but not all the time, IMHO.