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One of the few things that I miss about working in an office is a large whiteboard and standing in front of it with a colleague. Working on an architecture wit

One of the few things that I miss about working in an office is a large whiteboard and standing in front of it with a colleague. Working on an architecture with a peer and marker really led to some elegant class designs.

barrenko 1y ago
Whiteboard (blackboard etc.) is life.
noosphr 1y ago
I have a 24 inch pen display. The last time I worked as a CTO I bought them for the whole team. Being able to redraw things on a shared digital white board beats having to redraw the same 4 boxes a dozen times because you keep running out of space. Also saves people taking photos of the white board before erasing.
- alfiedotwtf 1y ago
  > I bought them for the whole team I have to say, that's pretty damn cool! I'm such a fan of diagramming code and systems, so having this for everyone on the team I'm guessing would have done wonders! I now have a A2 paper notebook (I think it's actually supposed to be used as an artist's sketchbook) permanently next to my keyboard (my mouse sits on it) and I can't imagine living without it now... but a 24" pen display, mindblown!
  - noosphr 1y ago
    https://www.xp-pen.com/product/artist-pro-24-gen-2-4k.html https://www.xp-pen.com/product/artist-pro-24-gen-2-4k.html 4k and quite affordable. And it's a real screen the rest of the time. Like I said the main quality of life improvement has been xournalpp. Development in the last year has taken off and it's one of the most pleasant projects to contribute to.
abletonlive 1y ago
I use excalidraw for this and think it’s better than whiteboard because 1) it’s prettier and less messy 2) the digital markers are never dry 3) it encourages more edits and changes I basically start all my technical designs in excalidraw now
- FigurativeVoid 1y ago
  Digital whiteboarding tools are close, but I think they miss some of the magic of working in a shared space with an analog too. I can make more complex drawings in excalidraw than I could on a really drawing surface. I suspect that leads to simpler drawings and thus simpler designs.

barrenko 1y ago

Whiteboard (blackboard etc.) is life.

noosphr 1y ago

I have a 24 inch pen display. The last time I worked as a CTO I bought them for the whole team. Being able to redraw things on a shared digital white board beats having to redraw the same 4 boxes a dozen times because you keep running out of space. Also saves people taking photos of the white board before erasing.

alfiedotwtf 1y ago
> I bought them for the whole team I have to say, that's pretty damn cool! I'm such a fan of diagramming code and systems, so having this for everyone on the team I'm guessing would have done wonders! I now have a A2 paper notebook (I think it's actually supposed to be used as an artist's sketchbook) permanently next to my keyboard (my mouse sits on it) and I can't imagine living without it now... but a 24" pen display, mindblown!
- noosphr 1y ago
  https://www.xp-pen.com/product/artist-pro-24-gen-2-4k.html https://www.xp-pen.com/product/artist-pro-24-gen-2-4k.html 4k and quite affordable. And it's a real screen the rest of the time. Like I said the main quality of life improvement has been xournalpp. Development in the last year has taken off and it's one of the most pleasant projects to contribute to.

abletonlive 1y ago

I use excalidraw for this and think it’s better than whiteboard because 1) it’s prettier and less messy 2) the digital markers are never dry 3) it encourages more edits and changes I basically start all my technical designs in excalidraw now

FigurativeVoid 1y ago
Digital whiteboarding tools are close, but I think they miss some of the magic of working in a shared space with an analog too. I can make more complex drawings in excalidraw than I could on a really drawing surface. I suspect that leads to simpler drawings and thus simpler designs.