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""Perhaps even more than adding an extra display, which is often said to be the cheapest way to improve productivity."" And which can also be a way to decrease
by dextorious 15y ago
""Perhaps even more than adding an extra display, which is often said to be the cheapest way to improve productivity.""
And which can also be a way to decrease productivity, with distractions etc. I am more productive on a smaller screen laptop than I am on a 2 screen set or even one larger (21, 27") screen. Mainly because it helps to focus on the task at hand.
We also didn't have 2 large monitors to each workstation back in the day, and somehow we did fine. Spoiled much?
- rapind 15y agoWe used to program with punch cards... so yeah we're spoiled and damn happy about it.
- dextorious 15y agoEvoking punch cards? As a programmer, you must know about diminishing returns, right?
- rapind 15y agoNevermind diminishing returns, how about full circle? Eventually all of this abstraction will become so hard (and buggy) to maintain that we'll go back to using punch cards.
- ceol 15y agoPersonally, I get more work done at the office where I have two screens. When I'm at home on my laptop, I notice a difference in productivity. It's not a huge difference, but it's noticeable enough for me to want to buy a nice 27" the next paycheck.
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoAs someone that's easily distracted I've found Lion's full-screen support is quite the blessing if you're trying to focus on getting things done.