Desi

Posted on Mar 15, 2019

What's your desk setup?

#productivity #career #work #discuss

I'm always really interested in the setup of other people's desks/offices - I don't know if it's nosy, or that I don't feel 100% settled with my own situation. I'd love to see yours too! Here's a peek at where I work:

I work remotely, so this is my home office. Requisite coffee mug and water bottle, two notebooks for work ideas and personal project ideas, and my planner. A candle, a wall mounted monitor, and a balance disk on my chair are some of my favorite touches. (Plus my Funko friends - Bob Ross, Mister Rogers, Groot and Grunt.)

How do you keep your desk organized?

Subbu Lakshmanan ・ Jun 1 '17

#discuss #productivity #organize

Behind me is a treadmill/standing desk that I rotate off and on of, but it's not nearly as pretty as this yet ;)

(Selfishly, I'd love any tips on ergonomics you have since I'm always trying to combat TOS pain!)

Top comments (88)

Tom VanAntwerp • Mar 15 '19

Here is my desk! I've got a 27" iMac with two extra 27" monitors on either side, all on a 48" wide Varidesk. Not as tidy as it could be, but I'm in heaven with all the screen real estate.

Sarthak Sharma • Mar 16 '19

Make the light setup dark and This can look like a holy BatCave. Well done batman. 😁

Gregor Gonzalez • Mar 16 '19

I need this in my life

Nikhil Agrawal • Mar 15 '19

This is my dream desk. Saw in real life.

rhymes • Mar 19 '19

That's some serious setup!

Tamas Fodor • Mar 17 '19

You must be a hacker.

D'Mita Levy • Mar 15 '19

I love this!

Abdelellah • May 14 '20

Wow!!
may i know what keyboard you are using please ?

Tom VanAntwerp • May 14 '20

I've upgraded to a Keychron K1 since this photo was taken. Here was just a cheap Ajazz AK33 I got on Aliexpress for maybe $30. I found it a good entry level mechanical keyboard, though it was laid out for Windows rather than MacOS.

Desi • Mar 15 '19

Oh I am jealous of all those screens!!!

Jess Lee • Mar 15 '19 • Edited

Here's mine :)

Robin Kretzschmar • Mar 19 '19

I saw your setup also in another post of you @jess but at this look the bottom of your desk catched my eye.
Is it the bottom of an old sewing machine? Because we had such a thing standing around when I was younger and it looks alot like it :)

Jess Lee • Mar 19 '19

It sure is!! I built the desk with my partner. The tabletop is an old butcher block!

Robin Kretzschmar • Mar 20 '19

Awesome idea! 👍

D'Mita Levy • Mar 15 '19

What kind of keyboard is that?

Jess Lee • Mar 15 '19

It's an ErgoDox!

Mihail Malo • Mar 16 '19

What year? I got mine in Oct 2017 and the "home row" keys are gray, thumb keys are white.
Also hilarious use of the wrist support.

Have you considered a vertical mouse?

Jess Lee • Mar 17 '19 • Edited

Hahaha I KNOW. I really regret not getting the black one. I got mine a month ago and I can all the home row keys are going to get so stained. I need to stop eating food on my desk!

I have considered a vertical mouse, but....one step at a time! The wrist support don't fit on my tiny keyboard stand and I discovered my chair arms rests actually do a pretty good job so I moved them around 😊

Mihail Malo • Mar 18 '19

Oooh, I zoomed in and I see these are labeled keycaps. Mine are profiled instead. Hence the color difference.

Since it's so new, does this mean you have hot-swappable switches?
What switches did you go with?

Shine/Glow?

RE: mouse, I got an Anker AK-98ANWVM-UBA, and was pleasantly surprised.
The only thing I'd prefer is if it had wrist support, but for standing/low table that's not an issue. Also wouldn't be an issue for smaller hands, it's nice and large (but light).
Obviously not a "gamer performance" product, but on the other hand disposably-priced.

Have you tried putting the mouse between the keyboards instead of the right side?

Desi • Mar 15 '19

So much natural light!

Ian Knighton • Mar 15 '19

I have a similar sewing machine, except mine is complete.

That is a cool idea if I find another broken one.

Ian Knighton • Mar 15 '19

Here's mine. I'm new to this office so I haven't added a lot of "personal touches".

Kat Maddox • Mar 15 '19

Minimalist - I like it!

Petar G. Petrov • Mar 16 '19

Cool! What desk is this?

Ian Knighton • Mar 16 '19

autonomous.ai/standing-desks/smart...

Gregor Gonzalez • Mar 16 '19

Really clean and with space. This is what I want in home

Christopher Toman • Mar 17 '19

Lil' duck-y! Love it ...

Peter Kim Frank • Mar 16 '19

Here's mine

Why yes, that is a Brooklyn's Co-Ed 7v7 soccer trophy visible at the top right. :)

tiff • Mar 17 '19

That is 🔥

Peter Kim Frank • Mar 18 '19

Utkarsh Talwar • Jul 18 '20

That is soooo aesthetically pleasing to my eyes. Damn. 😍

Albrecht Scheidig • Mar 15 '19

Ehm, just my laptop on the couch... Not very ergonomic...

Juanjo Salvador • Mar 16 '19

I like that cowsays :D

Albrecht Scheidig • Mar 17 '19

Haha, yes. 13'' screen, but a cowsay is mandatory :-)

Desi • Mar 15 '19

But very functional and enjoyable! I spent my first ~3ish remote years on my couch and loved it. So comfy and convenient.

Albrecht Scheidig • Mar 15 '19

Yeah, but when I was in the zone my back hurts for two days :-D
Regarding ergonomics, don't do it like me, instead:

Use a good keyboard and mouse (I chose Ducky One with MX Blue and a Roccat Optical Pure mouse)
Use a dark theme, your eyes will say "thank you" after twenty years
Ideally, change your seat every two hours. In my office I have a regular seat, a gym ball, and a stool to switch. Even better is a height-adjustable desk.
Also, take breaks. Stand up, stretch or walk around.

Matthew Francis • Mar 16 '19 • Edited

15" 2017 MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard and TrackPad all in Space Grey. 24" 1440p Samsung USB-C Monitor. Logitech speakers and an Anker wireless charger. Also my planner and water bottle which are both essentials, and my Fidget Cube and a little bear paperweight. The desk is one of the Kallax storage units from Ikea with the desk attachment and various inserts for the shelves. Also some random USB fairy lights.

Aamir Madari • Mar 15 '19 • Edited

Here's my desk at work.

A 21" iMac which I primarily use for the web, a vertical 21" monitor that i use for my IDE, another 21" monitor which I use for for various different things such as tool windows/ iOS/Android emulators / Datagrip. My new Keychron K1 (an amazing low profile mechanical keyboard I backed on Kickstarter), a notebook to jot down ideas/project notes and a whiteboard to draw diagrams.

My favourite thing on my desk has to be the Sansevieria. A low maintenance plant that adds some colour to the desk, besides the orange plastered all over the office, and supposedly improves the air quality with the negative ions it gives off.

Quite a busy desk but like Tom mentioned it's heaven with the extra screen real estate. The additional productivity gained from the extra screens is incredible. I couldn't imagine going back to a single screen.

Edit: Forgot to mention my blue light blocking glasses. It's like turning on the night mode on your phone. The verdict isn't out yet on how much they prevent eye strain but a nice preventive measure since as developers we spend the entire day staring at screens. A plus point is I look quite good in them 😅.

Giovanni Cortés • Mar 15 '19

I have bought a new mac, so I used the old one to test Windows environment. I need to buy a couple of adapters because I only have C ports :S

Trevor Nemanic • Mar 16 '19

Here's my home setup. 15" MBP, LG 29" Ultrawide, Logitech MX Master2S Mouse, Filco Majestouch MINILA Air, Sony XM2 Headphones. It's definitely not as intense or tidy as others, but it's mine :)

Desi • Mar 16 '19

I love your background!

Trevor Nemanic • Mar 16 '19 • Edited

It's Udemy's standard company background! I like it too.

Ellie Grace • Mar 18 '19

This is my current set up, working remotely from home.

No tips on ergonomics, but my Fitbit has been an awesome tool, because it tells me to get up and move around if I have been stationary for too long. Movement solves a host of problems.