Office lights; why have them on all the time?
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Several of us around number of cubicles decided we don't need ceiling lighting. We have the custodian remove all the tubes. BTW, I'm sitting by the window. Using two of those giant green leaves found at IKEA to build a canopy around my monitors. Works great! :)
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I agree.
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I have unscrewed lights above me in the past as like you I find it easier to work without too much fluorescent lighting. On a similar note one of the most useful apps I have come across is Flux which automatically adjusts screen brightness based on your waking hours.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I have unscrewed lights above me in the past as like you I find it easier to work without too much fluorescent lighting. On a similar note one of the most useful apps I have come across is Flux which automatically adjusts screen brightness based on your waking hours.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
I've thought about it, but it might raise eyebrows if I bring my 8 foot ladder into the office.
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I have some fluorescent lights above my desk that really annoy me. If I could find the switch I would turn them off. I have to resort to wearing a hat to keep the glare out of my eyes. The worst part is they were off until I returned from a vacation and then they were on and I can't find the switch.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
The environment belongs to those who work there. Managers don't choose development tools, developers do. Developers want lower light, they should get it. It's not unreasonable. I live in a mushroom cave now. No windows, hell, we could be hit by a tornado and we'd not know until we left the area. That said, long ago I worked in a place that had cubicles spread out across the prairie. Think acres of office space... I made the mistake of asking our VP if we could tone down the overhead lighting. Shit, you'd think Monty Python came to town. It got so silly, I took him aside an begged him to pretend he never heard me ask for it....
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I've thought about it, but it might raise eyebrows if I bring my 8 foot ladder into the office.
Actually borrowed the maintenance ladder one evening. Cost me a six pack, but I disconnected the stupid intercom over my cubicle. Had to promise I would not fall :). Seriously, i have a phone. Email. Chat. You don't need to page me.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I like an early start, so I'm often the first in, and I never turn lights on unless I actually need them -- and I've got one of those new-fangled electric calculator/typing thingies to work on, which has a backlit screen, so I don't need lights on in my office, at all. I also hiss at crucifixes, and hate garlic.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I work in a dungeon so have no outside windows. However, I have small desk lamps that provide more than enough light to work by. So why on earth do we have to have huge swathes of fluorescent lighting on the ceiling that some unidentified person insists on switching on each morning. I had to come into the office one weekend and left the lights off and found it a much better working environment with just a single desk lamp. Opinions?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
If the contrast between the screen and the environment is too large, my eyes are strained. I definitely prefer working in a lit, not dimmed environment. In the dark season, the energy spent contributes to the (required, in this part of the world) heating. While you certainly can get more heat per watt using a heat pump, the energy certainly isn't completely wasted. With today's LED or high output fluorescent tubes, you can lit your entire cubicle for the same amount of power as the incandescent bulb in your old desk lamp. (And if you just replaced it with a LED model: The manufacture of the new lamp probably cost more energy than it will consume in its entire lifetime. Maybe even more than the energy it will save!)