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Some of those look absolutely dreadful. I need a place to work, not a staged photograph from an IKEA catalog.
by 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 agoWhat 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 agoI 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 agoThat 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 agoThat's a personal opinion that holds no judgment against people who prefer to have those “absolutely dreadful” workspaces.
- cercatrova 4y agoSorry, but if you ask anyone on the street if you are judging them after calling them or their possessions or their lifestyle "absolutely dreadful," they will absolutely say you are judging them and moreover are deliberately insulting them. Perhaps you don't see it yourself but it is absolutely how it comes across to others.
- assttoasstmgr 4y ago> who are you to judge them for how they like to work Generally speaking, publishing a deliberate, intricately staged (like a doll's tea party), museum exhibit-like workspace, which looks more like a Jony Ive wet dream rather than where actual humans produce, in a public venue, is a tacit invitation to criticism. This attitude is how we ended up with things like the MacBook butterfly keyboard.
- joshmanders 4y agoIt's interesting that you're assuming all these workspaces are staged and not how they actually work, with maybe a bit more cleanup like today's lunch bowl not on the desk, or water bottle / coffee cup and a few papers. I know many people who are neat freaks and these "staged" workspaces are exactly how their lives are daily.
- ryangilbert 4y agoEveryone works and is productive in different ways. Would love to include your ideal setup if you’re up for it.
- assttoasstmgr 4y agoI'm not such a narcissist to think that complete strangers would be wooed and amazed at what my desk looks like. It's a table. With stuff on it. And a monitor or three. When resting I use a device called a chair on which I place my bottom. Amazing I know. This was a curiosity when COVID hit and many people shifted to WFH en masse, some for the first time, but the novelty has worn off I'm afraid.
- ryangilbert 4y agoNewsletter is growing faster than ever!
- joshmanders 4y agoRyan I love your ways of just letting these people's words slide right off you. I don't know who hurt them but this guy is legitimately salty because people take pride in having a workspace that makes them happy... Weird flex if you ask me.
- ryangilbert 4y agoHaha I appreciate it! Weird flex indeed. Some (most) people are probably more productive in a clean and thought out workspace vs a laptop on a couch sort of deal. I think the spaces and the people behind them sort of proves that.