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I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess

I don’t know…someone needs to do Real Tech Workstations of Orange County or something because all of these setups seem very clean and perfect. My desk is a mess which I’ll clean up when I have a moment or something like that.

xwdv 4y ago
At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.
- jesse__ 4y ago
  Haha, same. Sometimes it's literally on my lap. I don't like the term 'digital nomad', but I'm embracing the lifestyle to the fullest.
- alexyim 4y ago
  I travel with a portable monitor (Dell 14" usb-c) -- it's lightweight but so helpful for what I do
- ctf1er 4y ago
  Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a blanket, head nested in pillows.
  - mosen 4y ago
    This sounds great. Do you just put your keyboard on your lap? I try a similar setup but always end up with a sore neck (I use a laptop though, not a TV, which would be higher up).
    - ctf1er 4y ago
      Yeah, bt keyboard on my lap and I've raised the tv to a suitable position. Right now I'm laying flat with my back at like 45 degrees and keyboard over crotch area. Once I started connecting my laptop to the tv there was no going back, decided I'd usually rather watch media on a smaller screen and use the tv for mainly computing. Now I have a new desktop that can support it all and also run a usb extension and hub to my side. Most OS's are pretty good with different scaling/accessibility options these days.
  - xwdv 4y ago
    I recommend a split keyboard, so you can put one on each side and have your hands rest naturally. I always wanted to try this setup, laying down in bed looking straight up at a projection on the ceiling, hands at my sides on split keyboard halves, laying very still, conserving energy.
criddell 4y ago
My desk gets pretty messy, but I at least try to do some cable management. Those photos have some pretty messy tangles of cables.
noir_lord 4y ago
Mine is clean and perfect at the start of the day, then it gets destroyed over a day or two then I clean up and and clean it and start over. It's a good way to work tbh, resetting the environment is an effective way of getting into a productive headspace easily.
- ghostpepper 4y ago
  I do the same thing only I clean it up and re-route all the cables every 3-6 months
rufus_foreman 4y ago
I know what you mean but these setups are complete messes compared to the ones at https://www.workspaces.xyz/ https://www.workspaces.xyz/ that someone else mentioned below (typical example: https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/177-carl-barenbrug https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/177-carl-barenbrug). I mean in most of these you can even see cables! Although workspaces seems to be designer heavy so maybe that explains it. I get what you are saying though. It would be fun to see if they look this clean when they don't know a photographer is coming over or if you and I are just slobs.

xwdv 4y ago

At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

jesse__ 4y ago
Haha, same. Sometimes it's literally on my lap. I don't like the term 'digital nomad', but I'm embracing the lifestyle to the fullest.
alexyim 4y ago
I travel with a portable monitor (Dell 14" usb-c) -- it's lightweight but so helpful for what I do
ctf1er 4y ago
Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a blanket, head nested in pillows.
- mosen 4y ago
  This sounds great. Do you just put your keyboard on your lap? I try a similar setup but always end up with a sore neck (I use a laptop though, not a TV, which would be higher up).
  - ctf1er 4y ago
    Yeah, bt keyboard on my lap and I've raised the tv to a suitable position. Right now I'm laying flat with my back at like 45 degrees and keyboard over crotch area. Once I started connecting my laptop to the tv there was no going back, decided I'd usually rather watch media on a smaller screen and use the tv for mainly computing. Now I have a new desktop that can support it all and also run a usb extension and hub to my side. Most OS's are pretty good with different scaling/accessibility options these days.
- xwdv 4y ago
  I recommend a split keyboard, so you can put one on each side and have your hands rest naturally. I always wanted to try this setup, laying down in bed looking straight up at a projection on the ceiling, hands at my sides on split keyboard halves, laying very still, conserving energy.

criddell 4y ago

My desk gets pretty messy, but I at least try to do some cable management. Those photos have some pretty messy tangles of cables.

noir_lord 4y ago

Mine is clean and perfect at the start of the day, then it gets destroyed over a day or two then I clean up and and clean it and start over. It's a good way to work tbh, resetting the environment is an effective way of getting into a productive headspace easily.

ghostpepper 4y ago
I do the same thing only I clean it up and re-route all the cables every 3-6 months

rufus_foreman 4y ago

I know what you mean but these setups are complete messes compared to the ones at https://www.workspaces.xyz/ https://www.workspaces.xyz/ that someone else mentioned below (typical example: https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/177-carl-barenbrug https://www.workspaces.xyz/p/177-carl-barenbrug). I mean in most of these you can even see cables! Although workspaces seems to be designer heavy so maybe that explains it. I get what you are saying though. It would be fun to see if they look this clean when they don't know a photographer is coming over or if you and I are just slobs.