What does your home office/lab look like?
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Is it not a spanish galeon?
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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.
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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.
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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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Nothing more than a laptop, a recliner a black lab by my side in a mountain cabin with screaming internet.
I hate you :). Not really. I work in the northern Atlanta area - think 60 miles north of downtown. You could not pay me enough to live down there. Since Covid, I've been working a lot at home like almost 4 of 5 days a week. And I regularly ask myself why I'm not living about 60 miles north (which would put in the Georgia mountains). Sort of stuck at the homestead at the moment.
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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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 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.
Sounds like a challenging workspace to organize. Good luck!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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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 live in a small apartment. My computer desk is in the living room. Originally, it was my gaming space. Now it's my Office/Gaming room (for the last 3 years, dear god, has it really been nearly 3 years !??!!) I never really upgraded anything (except for the chair), but I really should.
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Sounds like a challenging workspace to organize. Good luck!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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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.
It's supposed to be USS Constitution[^]. It's a fairly bad replica but, for me, it holds sentimental value.
Mircea
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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'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 never been much bothered by disparate things being in a space together, but my son is. He is very proficient in the design of objects built by his 3D printer, so his solution always begins there. He has designed many visually attractive containers and conduits tailored to specific needs, from a planet that holds cords, to a caddy for a variety of tea bags. When the item is too large for printing, he uses other lightweight materials like balsa wood, clear fishing line, and LED tape for a hanging light array over his workspace. My advice: sit in the space and dream without judgement. Imagine all sorts of things that are silly and springboard from one to another until you get one that keeps coming back. Have fun.
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I've never been much bothered by disparate things being in a space together, but my son is. He is very proficient in the design of objects built by his 3D printer, so his solution always begins there. He has designed many visually attractive containers and conduits tailored to specific needs, from a planet that holds cords, to a caddy for a variety of tea bags. When the item is too large for printing, he uses other lightweight materials like balsa wood, clear fishing line, and LED tape for a hanging light array over his workspace. My advice: sit in the space and dream without judgement. Imagine all sorts of things that are silly and springboard from one to another until you get one that keeps coming back. Have fun.
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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 office is around 12x10 in size, I think. We only measured it when we moved in around 28 years ago. I have two desks; one, my large office and primary desk, and a second, smaller one, diagonally behind me. I work on my laptop on my large desk mostly. It is simply more comfortable than with my workstation. With my workstation, which is set up on my smaller desk, I have a 32inch LG flat screen. As a result, I mostly use my workstation for my flight simulations. Surrounding me are literally scores of books mostly on my other interest, military history. They are all stuffed into areas on the floor and shelves that surround me against three walls. I also have a brood of stuffed animals sitting about. My wife and I have always had a thing for Teddy Bears. Most of our inorganic friends showed up from places we have no idea of. We also have 3 aging cats. One is close to 20 and the other 2 are both 17. Between the Teddy Bears arguing among each other and the cats making demands, it can get pretty noisy in there... ;)
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Nothing more than a laptop, a recliner a black lab by my side in a mountain cabin with screaming internet.
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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.
An Alienware Aurora R13 desktop to the left of the coding desk sitting on top of an APC 2200 UPS. Alienware laptop sitting on the right side of the coding desk. 4 large 38" Alienware curved Monitors in a 2x2 configuration between the 2 computer systems mounted to the wall with telescoping/adjustable arms. ShareMouse application to use both systems with a single mouse and keyboard. The desktop owns the left 2 monitors and the laptop owns the right 2 monitors plus its own embedded screen. Total of 5 monitors and all being used for various development/testing activities. Goodsync software to sync both development systems. Printer/routers/NAS to the rear sitting on a filing cabinet behind where I sit.
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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 office at a commercial location, but I took the time decades ago to build a custom furniture system, custom desk, cabinets, all in ergonomic and fashionable design and colors. I have a corner system with a very large corner desk, with a cutout to face the corner. And up above I have a long custom shelve that holds barcode printers, phones, radio, color printer. Down below is two 27" pieces of glass with a 3rd 24" glass that wraps around the desk. Ergonomic keyboard tray that supports wrist. I can plug in devices straight into my Das Pro 6 keyboard or front of my computer. All the printers are Networked and not USB. I'm in the process of creating a 2nd work space in the garage, so I can be closer to some of my projects. I don't have a computer at home, well just an iPad Max and Dell Notebook that I don't use anymore. But the purpose of this 2nd environment is to be able to get away from my primary environment. Most of my ideas come from the garage, so now I can fire up a computer at home and work on other customer projects and of course my projects. I bought a UpLift Desk this week, to sort of double as a computer desk and work bench if I need to work on things. I got all the bells and whistles and it's fully loaded. And I bought a new Sonic tool storage system that is smaller and taller, along with new modern tools for automotive work. Then I'm going to paint the walls, put in new lighting, and more cabinets to store things. This is my Garage 2.0 Project I finally committed to and the work begins this weekend. Go on YouTube, and search home office makeovers, or coders keyboards. I was surprised at how many videos there are for FANG employees working from home and how they choose there setup, decorated, monitor glass, computer, keyboards, and painted while adding textures. There is one Asian kid that does nothing but home office makeovers and he's really good at it. I took some of his ideas for my Garage 2.0 Upgrade like the UpLift desk, and some of his wall storage systems.
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