Webmaster Workspace
 

It's time for making a new workspace: my pc is already very old. Are there any thoughts around how a webmaster workspace should look like these days? What pc are you using? Are you using more than one pc? How much space do you use? Also what kind of chair do you use: leather big boss chair?

Feel free to post pics of your workstation. Attached is a picture of my workspace. There is also my cat Jim like |pokefun| |Jim |thumb

You need more gnomes for one thing.

LOL You think that's bad, you should see MY workspace. One glance and you'd think I worship at the sacred altar of Post-It Note... little buggers are everywhere! :D

like the one i have there? :D

none else?

no body with a workspace? |satan|

my messy desk

I bought a newer pc not long ago. One thing that really helps me is having two monitors. I also got a nice quality office chair with arms. With all the time sitting, a good chair is a must. And a notebook for all the notes on my desk, thats my work space.

ronnie

that's fine looking workspace cd34 |thumb

I have a tendency to pile up paper :D

Damn, I like your setup. Much cleaner than mine. I won't even show mine. We close my office door when we company due to my piles of junk.

Your chair looks very clean. |clown|

...and it smells like a rose garden :D

I just cleaned up the mess so it doesn't look half bad. |cool|

Here's my recent set up...

and...

goddamn you all have ahuge desk...i have an closet(or cubboard, did i say that right?) but then i am next to an other closet and diner tabe so i use all the space and i am realy realy not gonna post my pic of that........i am very very messy at my working spot, but then my puter is in an closet so i close the doors and you wont see anything..exept what i have on top of the closet then:D i had the attic as my office...but for real having to small kids and locking them with me on the attic is a bad choise , so i moved to the livingroom.......less space for me bugger, but enough to work and make money, i am all day alone, at time the kids and hubby come home i shuffle all in my working closet and clean is the house:D

how many times have you had to go down the stairs to get something that got away from you? :D

Hehe. Actually- never...at least not yet.

You are all far too tidy. My big desk calendar is still on January. No why? There's too much shit stacked on it to change the page. A friend told me that perpetual disorganization is the sign of a creative mind. Yeah well, it's also the sign of a slob.

Way too big, way too tidy. This is my place about 5 months ago. It's even worse now.

And:

Not forgetting the safety aspect:

(which thankfully I HAVE fixed up)

how does that work with 2 monitors, and what for?

Many video cards have dual monitor support. I like it for when I need to see two pages at once, like to compare them. Or if I need to copy and paste off one window, into another, easier than going back and forth on the same monitor. Many times have so many windows/programs open, easier to have some on the another monitor. Maybe it's just me..:)

Occasionally I have a movie going on the other monitor while I am working.

ronnie

that's a very nice workspace you have |thumb

Swedguy's condo in Turning Torso is almost finished -- imagine the view he'll have then.

:)

It would be kinda nice to have a small office there. Not sure about the prices on them though. But I think I would be staring outside the window all day and not get shit done ;)

But an apartment is a tad higher than in the prime spots of the city, $1000 and the most expensive one is $3000 (huge penthouse). Ouch!

|thumb you have a nice space. if I have that I would work 20 hours pro day |thumb

great looking |thumb

very nice desk |thumb

cool wires |thumb

just got a new workspace just now, pix will follow

also have now a 2nd monitor, but don't know how to use it, what I have to do?

You need to have a dual-monitor video card. Easy to figure out, just look at the exits, should look something like http://www.jigsaw24.com/proddesc.asp?ITEM=M135AHA

usually one of the exits is a digital one, so if your monitor isn't digital you're gonna need a cable adapter (there's usually one in the videoboard's kit if it has digital out). if at least one of the monitors has a digital entrance, then it's perfect (better quality, no adapter needed)

what you need to do then is plug both monitors in the card's outs and fire up windows. then, for nvidia you go into display properties/settings/advanced/geforce xxxx/nView display settings. you have different modes in which you can use it. single display (pick whichever monitor you want to be working on), clone (same thing is displayed on both monitors), vertical span (cuts the image in two, and places it one half over the other), horizontal span (pretty much the same just horizontally) and my personal favourite, dualview (it's like having two computers only better: u just drag&drop windows from one monitor to the other).

I'm not sure how it is with ati, but I remember setting it for a friend and it was pretty intuitional, you shouldn't have any problems there either.

hope this helps you out a bit...

hey JohnnyR, thanks a lot! it works now :) |thumb

my pleasure. enjoy

thanks |thumb