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I didn't know I wanted to know the answer to this question but having now looked at that picture I reeeeaaaally do. You touch on a more serious point though: o

I didn't know I wanted to know the answer to this question but having now looked at that picture I reeeeaaaally do. You touch on a more serious point though: one of the issues that's apparent, at least here in the UK, is how suboptimal a lot of peoples' home setups are. Even mine, which I consider to be otherwise decent, is in a tiny little room that imposes considerable constraints. Moreover, loads of people don't have a massive budget to create an awesome setup, so I think some sense of showing how to make the best of a small budget or very limited space (many - probably most - people don't have a dedicated room, for example) would be incredibly helpful.

ryangilbert 4y ago
I've highlighted many "minimal" spaces that are mostly just a Macbook. https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/032-teresa-man https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/032-teresa-man https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/172-pat-walls https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/172-pat-walls https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/168-samiur-rahman https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/168-samiur-rahman https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/048-leah-fessler https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/048-leah-fessler https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/036-mike-slaats https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/036-mike-slaats https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/workspaces-020-devin-bramhall https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/workspaces-020-devin-bramhall
- bilekas 4y ago
  I really like the articles overall and you've done some great work! I'm coming from a different approach to my workspace etc but it's funny, the first two just seem pretentious to me. And I know its a 'workspace' but seems more like 'look at these books I've read'.
- neves 4y ago
  I liked the booze present in some setups. I've never realized that you could drink and work from home at the same time :-)
- assttoasstmgr 4y ago
  Some of those look absolutely dreadful. I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.
  - cercatrova 4y ago
    What works for them may not work for you, that's why it's their workspaces, who are you to judge them for how they like to work? If you want to compare, submit your own workspace then.
    - laserlight 4y ago
      I didn’t read any judgement in the parent comment. It just states that those setups wouldn’t work for them.
      - ryangilbert 4y ago
        “I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.” Not sure how that isn’t judgement… but parent comment is more than welcome to share their space with the community so we can get a more diverse catalog of how people work. :)
        laserlight 4y ago
        That quote is a personal opinion of the commenter and holds no judgement against those people who prefer to have workspaces that look like “staged photograph from an IKEA catalog”.
      - saaaaaam 4y ago
        “Absolutely dreadful” is 100% a judgement.
        laserlight 4y ago
        That's a personal opinion that holds no judgment against people who prefer to have those “absolutely dreadful” workspaces.
- bradwood 4y ago
  These all look very on trend, with only one that looked remotely like an engineer's setup (a front-end dev, IIRC). It would be cool to see some tech professionals' setups. I'm looking for lots of hardware, server innards hanging about, NVMe drives on the desk, and arduino nano with some blinky LED display, a nest of cables on the desk, and a lot less macbooks to boot! Maybe some Dell or Framework machines running Sway or i3 or some such...
  - assttoasstmgr 4y ago
    The Linux Foundation made a series of videos a while back which has what you're looking for. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6rsb1bc3En9zaEor9S0gyIp https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6rsb1bc3En9... That playlist doesn't have them all but you can search their YouTube channel for more.
dlhavema 4y ago
Talk about constraints, i work in the back of my ( albeit long ) pantry, with very little ventilation, and an adhoc light setup for now. The desk and chair are nice, and the desk can raise for the very few times i want to stand for a while.

ryangilbert 4y ago

I've highlighted many "minimal" spaces that are mostly just a Macbook. https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/032-teresa-man https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/032-teresa-man https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/172-pat-walls https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/172-pat-walls https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/168-samiur-rahman https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/168-samiur-rahman https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/048-leah-fessler https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/048-leah-fessler https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/036-mike-slaats https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/036-mike-slaats https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/workspaces-020-devin-bramhall https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/workspaces-020-devin-bramhall

bilekas 4y ago
I really like the articles overall and you've done some great work! I'm coming from a different approach to my workspace etc but it's funny, the first two just seem pretentious to me. And I know its a 'workspace' but seems more like 'look at these books I've read'.
neves 4y ago
I liked the booze present in some setups. I've never realized that you could drink and work from home at the same time :-)
assttoasstmgr 4y ago
Some of those look absolutely dreadful. I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.
- cercatrova 4y ago
  What works for them may not work for you, that's why it's their workspaces, who are you to judge them for how they like to work? If you want to compare, submit your own workspace then.
  - laserlight 4y ago
    I didn’t read any judgement in the parent comment. It just states that those setups wouldn’t work for them.
    - ryangilbert 4y ago
      “I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.” Not sure how that isn’t judgement… but parent comment is more than welcome to share their space with the community so we can get a more diverse catalog of how people work. :)
      - laserlight 4y ago
        That quote is a personal opinion of the commenter and holds no judgement against those people who prefer to have workspaces that look like “staged photograph from an IKEA catalog”.
    - saaaaaam 4y ago
      “Absolutely dreadful” is 100% a judgement.
      - laserlight 4y ago
        That's a personal opinion that holds no judgment against people who prefer to have those “absolutely dreadful” workspaces.
bradwood 4y ago
These all look very on trend, with only one that looked remotely like an engineer's setup (a front-end dev, IIRC). It would be cool to see some tech professionals' setups. I'm looking for lots of hardware, server innards hanging about, NVMe drives on the desk, and arduino nano with some blinky LED display, a nest of cables on the desk, and a lot less macbooks to boot! Maybe some Dell or Framework machines running Sway or i3 or some such...
- assttoasstmgr 4y ago
  The Linux Foundation made a series of videos a while back which has what you're looking for. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6rsb1bc3En9zaEor9S0gyIp https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6rsb1bc3En9... That playlist doesn't have them all but you can search their YouTube channel for more.

dlhavema 4y ago

Talk about constraints, i work in the back of my ( albeit long ) pantry, with very little ventilation, and an adhoc light setup for now. The desk and chair are nice, and the desk can raise for the very few times i want to stand for a while.