They say your desk says a lot about your personality.
So here’s mine:
With distinguishing features numbered:
Components:
| Number | Component | Product |
| 1 | Document holder | Link |
| 2 | Turkish coffee cup and base. Always in use! | A secret |
| 3 | Logitech K120. Sometimes keep a Cherry MX Brown board on the desk two and alternate. | |
| 4 | Wireless intercom station | Link |
| 5 | Triple monitor mount | Link |
| 7 | White noise generator | Link |
- The desk itself is 200cm x 75cm of solid wood that I bought from a local DIY store and finished with a few coats of paint-on water-based lacquer. It was my first “woodworking” project, so I intend refinishing it whenever (if ever?) I have time. I didn’t do a proper job sanding it and it has a lot of little annoying abrasions.
- The office intercom is so that I can go totally phone-less while working and still stay in touch with somebody in the building. I’ve talked about my evolving communications preferences here — and going phone-less while writing is my next plan.
- The white noise machine and Etymotics (sadly, the company doesn’t make a Bluetooth pair yet, so it’s hooked up by a long 3.5mm extension) are constantly in use!
Not in shot
- Custom desktop: Ubuntu + LXQt / 16 GB RAM / i3 (yes, i3, and it works perfectly, although I just use the setup for office work)
- UPS: Eaton 5E
- Laser printer and scanner: HP M15w compact laser printer. Love this product!
Future planned improvements
- I recently bought a Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 so may now able to extend to five or potentially six monitors — depending on whether my Ubuntu likes the idea of daisy-chaining the DP output.
- Macro keyboard. Pricey! If I wasn’t trying to keep my tech budget within reasonable proportions, I would probably order this keypad or the X-keys 60 key version from Amazon. The DIY options for converting a second keyboard into a programmable / macro board look kind of intimidating to me — it took me hours just to get my trusty em dash (—) key to work!
- The next additional monitor is likely to be a fourth monitor which I will add on a single mount to the left hand side of the desk.
Purchased but not currently in use
- External power switch
- Desk-sized mouse pad
- Ergonomic mouse
- Mechanical keyboards
Feedback? I’ve love to hear what you think might be my next improvements.
