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I'm imagining a surfer zen master saying, "dude it is not the size of the screen that matters, but what is in the mind."

• mbrock 11y ago
  Surfing Zen Master has a point. I work every day on a laptop switching between my browser, Slack, and a full-screen 80 column terminal. Yeah, different needs for different people & tasks. But there's nothing intrinsically wrong or difficult with working on just a laptop. I dream of being able to work on just an e-ink tablet with Bluetooth keyboard...
  • Scarbutt 11y ago
    What about ergonomics? don't you think a desktop computer helps here?
    • mbrock 11y ago
      Maybe, but working fewer hours and taking breaks is probably more important. Sitting down for hours at a time while being stressed and tired is bad no matter the perfect battle station, ya know? Maybe I'm thinking of a somewhat utopian scenario, but I'd take a laptop plus a nice house in a nice environment over most office rooms any day. And I think it's really important not to overwork. To the point where I'd optimize everything around it. If the software I'm making requires me to be at a computer coding or fixing bugs for eight hours every day, I'd consider that a problem to be fixed immediately. But that's a much larger issue! Anyway, different strokes, and it's great to have someplace to sit, but even if you give me a private office I'll probably migrate towards the kitchen table if only to have better coffee access—or go outside.