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Mine looks exactly the same because I clean it. I work paperfree anyway, since I can do engineering on the PC. I ruthlessly move everything out of my visual per
by helmholtz 4y ago
Mine looks exactly the same because I clean it. I work paperfree anyway, since I can do engineering on the PC. I ruthlessly move everything out of my visual periphery and in a storage or a cabinet away from my eyeline.
Whether that makes me a deadened robot, or even marginally more effective than the next guy, is of course not entirely clear. It's just a compulsion. But the point is that people who are fastidiously tidy with their workdesks aren't mythical unicorns, but everyday people.
- comfypotato 4y agoYou didn’t say your computer desktop was tidy! I think there’s a place for in-person documents. Perhaps I’ll have a nice tablet at some point, but I haven’t yet replace pencil and paper for creative doodling.
- helmholtz 4y agoFor sure. I love writing, and it's less screen time, plus cognitively better. I have an armchair for reading research papers etc. But I just clean up afterwards. I think Tablets are an unnecessary environmental cost. I bought a 32" 4k display and optimized my PDF reader with shortcuts for margin notes, highlighting etc. to not need to print paper out. But when I do, I'd rather do a paper print-out than stare at another portal of distraction. Even a Remarkable tablet or something sounds excessive to me.