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Very nice approach to your office. One note though - in the last picture I noticed a smiling Xobniite with three monitors with his back to the window. I've fo
by gibsonf1 19y ago
Very nice approach to your office. One note though - in the last picture I noticed a smiling Xobniite with three monitors with his back to the window. I've found that the ideal is to face the windows for a couple reasons. The first one is that the glare from the windows on the monitor can be very annoying . Secondly, in having the back of the monitor along the window wall, and the user facing the windows, you can then look up and out the window when you're thinking about something. This helps you avoid destroying your eyes by exercising alternate focal lengths and for me, at least, it seems to help with creativity.
(I also found my office through Craig's List - $1 per sf believe it or not! :)
- breck 19y agoI've heard the proper feng shui setup is to have the desks face the door so you can see people as they enter.
- gibsonf1 19y agofeng shui is only useful to the extent that it makes sense, which would eliminate all the many mystical aspects of it. For facing the door, if you are in a business where you get many visitors coming in the door to face, then that becomes an issue to deal with. In that case, you can slide your desk back to the door wall with monitor backs facing the window so that you can see people coming in on your side. For coders, I think being along the window wall makes the most sense as visitors are not a big part of coding (hopefully)
- gaborcselle 19y agoGibson - yeah, that's Greg and his three monitors. Good point about the windows, but he chose to face the door, not the window: I guess our cavemen instincts want us to face the entrance of the cave, in case any carnivores drop by. I just moved into a new room and I can see both the window and the door. That's as good as it gets.