Comments on: My Home Office

By: Xacto Staplers

Xacto Staplers — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:57:02 +0000

I also think standing desks are cool. Sitting down all day can be a drag.

By: sem

sem — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:17 +0000

Being able to work at home can either be a blessing or a nightmare. Not having the proper equipment/utilities at home can really ruin the atmosphere. I can not even imagine how hard it would be to concentrate with kids running around the house. For now I am glad I am still in the office.

By: remote access software

remote access software — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:31:55 +0000

Being a part-time office worker and part-time home worker, the key to my home office setup is remote access software. It allows me to view important files from my work computer on days when I’m at home. It’s the only thing I can’t live without!

By: Links: 2009-03-20 Writer Mama Winner Edition | Meryl.net

Links: 2009-03-20 Writer Mama Winner Edition | Meryl.net — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:47:12 +0000

[...] Life with Cables: How Simon and I feel about ‘em. Tags: 404, crafts, geek, photography, twitter SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:14:05 +0000

Simon, how did I miss that? That’s creative! I love the first one being from Texas, of course. But trust me — very few of us wear 10-gallon hats and cowboy boots. Although my little one did last week for Kindergarten Western Day.

By: Brittany Reiff

Brittany Reiff — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:57:09 +0000

@Simon, that NYT article/illustration is great! I guess I’m not alone in the cable craziness that is inevitable with our current tech. Also, thanks for fixing the links. Much better :)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:07:58 +0000

I am partial to Neutral Posture’s ergonomic chairs. Not only is my chair extremely comfortable but I feel good that the parts are recyclable.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:01:09 +0000

@Meryl: this sums up my feelings about cables quite well :-) @Brittany I like the look of your trays! (BTW, I fixed the links in your comments. Wordpress mangles URLs with following closing brackets...)

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:55:52 +0000

@Brittany, I have that shelf from Ikea! We use it upstairs to hold trays of toys and books. It’s a great piece. I was lucky my desk had a keyboard tray just in the right place.

I could stand some cable organization, though. But with so many other projects in the way… I’ve learned to turn a blind eye to what’s happening under and behind my desk.

By: Brittany Reiff

Brittany Reiff — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:06:28 +0000

My husband and I work together and recently did an overhaul on our home office setup.

We live and work in an open studio so what designates the office space is simply that it’s where the desks and computers are.

We found after a couple months of working with our desks side-by-side in this corner of the room that we were too distracting to one another, making it difficult to really get in the zone and focus.

We ended up getting a bookshelf to act as a wall between us—we’re using the popular Expedit bookcase (http://bit.ly/mwLVK) from Ikea. It’s open on both sides, though now filled with books and supplies. We got a few of the hinged door cabinets and they block our peripheral view of each other perfectly. It’s just enough.

We also rely heavily on:

1) Good chairs—it’s no good when your back hurts. My husband swears by his Sum chair ( http://bit.ly/tdyGE ) made by Allsteel and found an amazing deal on eBay.

2) Our King keyboard trays (tiny self promotion!)—a product we sell and swear by that vastly improved our neck aches and helped us get ergonomic (http://www.kingtray.com/ ).

3) Cable organization—we both have lots of gadgets and their cords and cables easily get out of control. Inside our cabinets we’ve hung hooks and use cable ties and turtles (http://bit.ly/FmUoA ) to deter the mess.

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:28:19 +0000

@Mark, I’d love a standing desk that can switch between standing a sitting. Do share as it looks like others are interested including J and Neil.

@CMarketing, thanks for sharing your fave chair. Anyone else have a fave chair that isn’t an Aeron?

@Perry, clever.

@Simon, so get another! :)

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:17:58 +0000

@Joe Aeron chairs are great. I miss the one I used to have

By: Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:08:37 +0000

Good idea on the standing desk. A friend works at a standing desk most of the time and swears by it for his back.

By: Perry Cameron

Perry Cameron — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:57:26 +0000

Excellent Article. My Home office is actually in the Garage but it offers that ‘privacy’ and I basically have all the things you mention. I even make the family feel a little guilty when they interrupt me by reminding them that I was so considerate that I gave them the whole house & all I asked for was the garage. They normally apologize and duck back into the comfort of the home.

By: J Lane

J Lane — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:39:35 +0000

@mark I’d love to hear more about how you built your standing desk (including photos). It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.

By: Customized Marketing

Customized Marketing — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:36:24 +0000

Agree with your thoughts about organization. Having a comfortable chair is essential, and I am very partial to the Humanscale Freedom chair.