What does your home office/lab look like?
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
many of us have already posted some pics in: Where I am: Member Photos Discussion Boards[^] You can post yours too :) In my case atm is something temporary since we are going to move out for a while until the new house is done. So I am not sure yet what I will do with / in my cave. I do know though, that I will have a small longish room (2.25 x 4.25 meters) for private PC, work lappie, possible 3D printer and other electronic staff. A multipurpose room shared with the kids, where I can tinker / repair generall staff. and the underground of my garage divided in two as a storage for garden staff and wood crafting shop. Oh, am I impatient to move in again (in a couple of years :sigh:)...
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
It looks like a tornado hit it. I'm pretty messy. I've been in it 19 years now. I have a large "baker's rack", full of old, out of use equipment. Once amount I try to organize, file or shred all unnecessary paper. I have 2 desks, both with 40" monitors, desktop computers, and printers on them. Of course, I have trouble finding anything when I need it.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
I have an L-shaped desk next to a tiny rolling coffee table type thing whose main purpose is to house my computer and keep it off the floor, and as secondary shelving, and that is next to my electronics workbench which was my old desk, as I similarly find myself ensconced in the world of tiny gadgets. :) The whole configuration is like a wide U. My 55" monitor is mounted to the wall to save space. I abhor multimon setups, but I do have a little 8" HDMI on a leash i use as my logic analyzer screen. On my bench I have a 13 port USB3 hub each lit and with individual power buttons for dealing with gadgetry. My bench like yours seemingly, could use work. I haven't found a good way to both keep everything organized and at hand, but at least keeping it segregated controls the blast radius. :sigh:
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Absolutely love the R2-D2 figurine!
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Absolutely love the R2-D2 figurine!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Mircea
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
A powerful Dell laptop on the right, two large high res'ish monitors front and left, router, VOIP, 24 port router, printer on top of one short bookcase, More bookcases with some technical books that I like to hang on to as they are not about specific technologies (for example, animation and physics of things like billiard balls), a whole lot of books on spiritual science (yes, I'm an Anthroposophist), books on D&D, some classic sci-fi/fantasy books I don't want to part with, 30 or so Steiff animals that are as old as I am, and another shelf full of weird things my client has sent me over the years - fingerprint readers, barcode scanners, custom hardware, numerous rPI's that I want to get back to playing with at some point, a couple NUC's, and cables, cables, cables. The desk is L-shaped and there's a fuzzy blanket on the L part of the desk for the cat to sleep on while I work.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Nothing more than a laptop, a recliner a black lab by my side in a mountain cabin with screaming internet.
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Love the pirate ship, harr :cool:
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
My home office is really messy, piles of old notes, laptops, tablets, etc. I have a small area with an extra chair used by my colleague when she is in town. I intend to clean it up over the holiday break. I need to figure out what to do with a bookshelf full of old manuals and reference guides that mostly predate Google and are certainly no longer relevant...maybe a bonfire! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
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A powerful Dell laptop on the right, two large high res'ish monitors front and left, router, VOIP, 24 port router, printer on top of one short bookcase, More bookcases with some technical books that I like to hang on to as they are not about specific technologies (for example, animation and physics of things like billiard balls), a whole lot of books on spiritual science (yes, I'm an Anthroposophist), books on D&D, some classic sci-fi/fantasy books I don't want to part with, 30 or so Steiff animals that are as old as I am, and another shelf full of weird things my client has sent me over the years - fingerprint readers, barcode scanners, custom hardware, numerous rPI's that I want to get back to playing with at some point, a couple NUC's, and cables, cables, cables. The desk is L-shaped and there's a fuzzy blanket on the L part of the desk for the cat to sleep on while I work.
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for the cat to sleep on supervise while I work.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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My home office is really messy, piles of old notes, laptops, tablets, etc. I have a small area with an extra chair used by my colleague when she is in town. I intend to clean it up over the holiday break. I need to figure out what to do with a bookshelf full of old manuals and reference guides that mostly predate Google and are certainly no longer relevant...maybe a bonfire! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
kmoorevs wrote:
maybe a bonfire!
Let's get together so I can add all of my outdated computer books to the fire!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I have an L-shaped desk next to a tiny rolling coffee table type thing whose main purpose is to house my computer and keep it off the floor, and as secondary shelving, and that is next to my electronics workbench which was my old desk, as I similarly find myself ensconced in the world of tiny gadgets. :) The whole configuration is like a wide U. My 55" monitor is mounted to the wall to save space. I abhor multimon setups, but I do have a little 8" HDMI on a leash i use as my logic analyzer screen. On my bench I have a 13 port USB3 hub each lit and with individual power buttons for dealing with gadgetry. My bench like yours seemingly, could use work. I haven't found a good way to both keep everything organized and at hand, but at least keeping it segregated controls the blast radius. :sigh:
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I also have an L shaped desk and rolling table at one end. It has my printer with storage underneath. Each desk has a desktop with single 27 inch monitors. Wish I had a workbench setup with appropriate electronics. Sometimes hardware tinkering is really fun. I have a scope, programmable power supplies, soldering gear, etc. I am from old school of wire-wrap circuit board stuff. But not much room, time or motivation for such. My office is 10x12 but with marginally useful book shelves on 1.25 sides. Laptops live elsewhere. But it's home inside the home right?!
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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Love the pirate ship, harr :cool:
Is it not a spanish galeon?
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
I've worked from home for over 20 years. It used to be: L-shaped desk with drawers under long side for bank statements, signed contracts, specs (filed in hanging folders alphabetically by client), envelopes, copy invoices etc. Underneath was a mini-tower and a server. On top, a laptop, Mac Mini, 2x wall-mounted 17" monitors, in-tray / out-tray, notepad, pens etc and keyboards for the mini-tower machine, the server and the Mac. Router for everything (most wires going through under the desk) and on a separate shelf a multi-function printer / scanner / fax / phone. A separate unit held old hardware, cables, printer supplies, CDs and DVDs and a 14" monitor for the server. This was all in one corner of a rather large hobby/office room with a full side taken up with bookshelves and model railway, and a walk-in toy cupboard at the end. Big french windows onto the patio open when warm. See here[^] These days 99.9% of the time I just work on the sofa in the living room, with a laptop on my knee. Haven't used the server, Mac or mini-tower in years. Times change.
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I'm in the process of re-evaluating my development area at home. I commandeered the dining room 20+ years ago as my office. It's 12x10 or so, way too small for my family as a dining room. A long time ago, I picked up a large oak pedestal desk, a matching credenza, and a bookcase (now full of books I rarely read). I live in the embedded world mostly, so I have numerous usb to ethernet hubs and adapters, serial cables, test gear I hook up to the systems, etc. It's not as simple as a laptop and two monitors. It frankly does not fit the office furniture I have. Interested in how you may have approached this problem.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
I have most of the (finished) basement as my "office"; about 700 square feet. Have been able to claim it as an expense for tax purposes (self employed), though the insurance company balks at anything over 150 square feet for a "home" office: "Are you running a server farm?". No, I just have a lot of shelves, PC hardware, desks (one for circuit boards), printer, shredder, etc. Most of the furniture is from IKEA; since you can sort of design your own and it's easy to take apart and move around if you need to. I don't like putting machines on the floor, so everyone gets a desk or (kitchen) cart. Major benefit of the basement - stays cool.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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That looks like it's in a basement. Not sure why. :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
Dates from the times when upper levels were inhabited by teenagers and everyone knows you have to stay as far as possible from those :laugh: Then it was just complicated to move all the wiring and stuff. Now it's just my man/nerd cave :-D
Mircea
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I have an L-shaped desk next to a tiny rolling coffee table type thing whose main purpose is to house my computer and keep it off the floor, and as secondary shelving, and that is next to my electronics workbench which was my old desk, as I similarly find myself ensconced in the world of tiny gadgets. :) The whole configuration is like a wide U. My 55" monitor is mounted to the wall to save space. I abhor multimon setups, but I do have a little 8" HDMI on a leash i use as my logic analyzer screen. On my bench I have a 13 port USB3 hub each lit and with individual power buttons for dealing with gadgetry. My bench like yours seemingly, could use work. I haven't found a good way to both keep everything organized and at hand, but at least keeping it segregated controls the blast radius. :sigh:
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I could deal with monitors on telescoping arms - that would keep them off the desk. And the large display might work, but I've worked on laptops for so long that I have become accustomed to being 18-24" away from the displays. Hmm. I just think - correction - I know the heirloom quality office furniture (solid oak and very well made) is made for a real office environment and not for computers. I cannot bring myself to let it out of the family. Yeah, I have issues. Part of my problem is that as I type this, I am facing the one complete wall in the room. To my right, I have about 70% of a wall, but there is the door that leads to the kitchen. To my left is the front of the house with two large floor to cieling windows, and the back wall behind me has another door that leads out into the entry way of the house. So, lots of light but broken up by openings. I'll keep going through pictures.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
