About a year and a half ago, I wrote a long entry to this blog about how we keep this office space organized. While much of it is still as it was the

Organization — Office 2024

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2024-12-22 11:00:04

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a long entry to this blog about how we keep this office space organized. While much of it is still as it was then, it is also remarkable how much has changed in just sixteen months.

I am a habitual optimizer. And since we spend so much time in this space — I and my wife both work from home — I am always noticing something that could be better, easier, simpler. Below are all the changes I made to the office this year.

A point I stressed last year was that I really prefer my desk to remain uncluttered by the infrastructure that supports my work. So, ideally no cords or machines on the desktop. Until mid-year, that meant that most of my work machinery was stored beneath my desk. On most days, that worked pretty well. But every now and then, I would need to access something down there and that’s when I’d regret everything. Yes, everything was carefully labeled and arranged just so, but sometimes that made it even harder to just, you know, unplug something without hitting your head and cursing. Imagine if Tetris blocks were coated in Superglue and then you tried to play the game in reverse. It was like that.

I briefly experimented with a handmade desk riser to see if bringing a few more things to the surface might help. That convinced me that I had to bring everything up. So that’s what I did. I replaced my steel display shelving with a floor-to-ceiling set of 12-16” deep shelves that the desk can slide right in between. Everything I use is on the shelves, including my displays, which makes it a thousand times easier when I need to make a change. Now I can simply pull the desk out and access anything on the shelf — nothing is lower than waist-height and there are no cables tethering the desk to anything on the shelf. It is grand.

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