What s your office setup

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warrenbuckley · Answer

Hiya all What is your office setup look like What s the one thing you can t live without in your office I am after some desk setup office inspirations for when I finally move out the box room in the house back to a bigger space in a cabin down the end of the garden

Corné Hoskam · Answer

This is what my home office setup currently looks like When cleaned up so it s a picture I took earlier haha Combined with some extra shelving and a bookcase surrounding my desk to house the various goodies I like having around as decoration hobbies Can t do without this sit stand desk from IKEA never having to sit behind a too high or too low desk ever again

Sebastiaan · Answer

I m going more and more minimalist 2 screens and loads of software is where I m at for now Stream Deck is nice but not required I do really this simple gadget to keep cables out of sight but withing reach https www ankerkw com product anker magnetic cable holder blue

warrenbuckley · Answer

Any photo < Sebastiaan>

warrenbuckley · Answer

I am curious about the 4 speakers I see

Corné Hoskam · Answer

5 and a subwoofer even for that 5 1 surround sound Though not that exciting haha it s a rather basic Logitech surround setup I bought years and years ago but still has some magnificent audio

Sebastiaan · Answer

This is at the office home is basically the same But with nice Hue lights for some fun colors and more plants

Sebastiaan · Answer

The monitor raiser has also been a game changer small but significant

warrenbuckley · Answer

You ditched like loads of monitors You had your laptop some USB monitor and those two at one point didn t you mate

Sebastiaan · Answer

Yeah I was getting much too distracted with all those screens I miss a dedicated music screen but I think I ll hook up an old phone to just pump out music to me

Sebastiaan · Answer

Portable USB screen is still handy for when I m sitting at Warpigs doing some work

warrenbuckley · Answer

Looks neat clean My desk space is just an utter mess and hence after seeing others setup spaces to be inspired

Sebastiaan · Answer

Yeah I totally Marie Kodoed it

warrenbuckley · Answer

haha does it bring me joy

Corné Hoskam · Answer

Talking about Warpigs I m sure glad Jeroen Breuer convinced me to go when we were there for CG22

Sebastiaan · Answer

Haha Just came back from lunch there It s a 3 minute walk from the copenhagen office space

warrenbuckley · Answer

Yum I m jealous

warrenbuckley · Answer

Mine is an utter mess and I feel a bit claustrophobic with it all Think for me I need to get a new desk and get that clunky desktop box hanging underneath it or something

Mark Drake (Next Player Up) · Answer

Reality

warrenbuckley · Answer

I like the idea of camera being more at eye level

warrenbuckley · Answer

haha yep I didn t show you the full mess of my little box room

warrenbuckley · Answer

I was thinking L shaped desk but it seems you use it mostly to store more random stuff Mark

Mark Drake (Next Player Up) · Answer

I m long overdue to show my setup more love I need shelves mostly for all the random gear scattered on the desk I used to work on both sides The main side was my windows machine and I did a lot of design The other side of the desk I dedicated to testing I mean I have a shelf of junk in this very room that you don t see in the picture but it would be nice to have it organized above the desk

Sebastiaan · Answer

Cupboards definitely hiding my stuff I know < Matt Wise> has worked on a cool new setup recently

warrenbuckley · Answer

Come on < Matt Wise> make me inspired

Matt Wise · Answer

I am in the office today so here is not the best picture

Matt Wise · Answer

49 curved on a corner desk Planning on moving to a sit stand soon And I still need to decorate Monitor has 1 leg the other two are hue play bars

Matt Wise · Answer

Ill get a wider shot tomorrow

Matt Wise · Answer

but you have to promise not to judge the current cable situation XD

warrenbuckley · Answer

Looks pretty neat tidy to me

Matt Wise · Answer

The usb switch needs to under the desk for me

warrenbuckley · Answer

Hows the ultrawide treating you I am not sure I could get on with it or not

Matt Wise · Answer

Enjoying it windows 11 and fancy zones makes it easier to manage windows I have 1080p browser ide then split the rest for email teams console

Matt Wise · Answer

Sometimes I use a 75 picture by picture and maybe I play games on the other 25

Matt Wise · Answer

The joys of MMOs

warrenbuckley · Answer

Ah that sounds useful to have two input sources running side by side But yeh I would probably get a bit distracted if I had that option

Matt Wise · Answer

You can also do picture in picture but moving it around requires using the montior controls not your mouse

Matt Wise · Answer

If work let me install some software I wouldnt need the switch either

Matt Wise · Answer

I clearly need to up my mic game though

Sebastiaan · Answer

This mic is nice but it did take weeks of faffing about to get it to sound okay don t think I d go for it again though not sure what I would choose instead options get a lot more expensive if you go XLR and need an XLR processor as well Maybe

warrenbuckley · Answer

Yeh mic stuff with this XLR is faff had it from a loooong time ago Have a love hate with the thing

Matt Wise · Answer

I need to spend some time with OBS really as I need an easy way to share screen now

Matt Wise · Answer

not really fair sharing the whole screen to a laptop user

Matt Wise · Answer

and having the ability to share multiple apps is so common

warrenbuckley · Answer

Yeh I bet that s not fun when sharing your screen with an ultrawide on Zoom Slack Teams etc

Matt Wise · Answer

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Matt Wise · Answer

have a feeling I need to get that this approved now XD

Mark Drake (Next Player Up) · Answer

no chance you ll be playing Diablo 4 I should put this in the gaming section sorry

owaincodes · Answer

My current setup Messy desk

owaincodes · Answer

hate all the wires

warrenbuckley · Answer

Love the bonsai Lego Minifig s

warrenbuckley · Answer

The long rectangular things on the desk more webcams or speakers or

Sebastiaan · Answer

Philips Hue lights

warrenbuckley · Answer

Ah OK thanks Seb

Sebastiaan · Answer

I have a pair too haha

owaincodes · Answer

Bonsai was a gift from the Collab team after my mum passed away It s doing very well

warrenbuckley · Answer

The tree s doing well that was a lovely thoughtful gift from them Sorry for your loss Owain x

warrenbuckley · Answer

Hue stuff I just dont want another box hub to plugin to router to do light stuff I prefer bulb devices can just talk wireless straight away But on another note are they any good

owaincodes · Answer

I really like them nice for the winter months to just light up the back wall Mum passed over a year ago so I m even more impressed that the bonsai is still here It s a lovely gift and reminder of how fab the community is

warrenbuckley · Answer

Shows how bad my finger is on the pulse with community news stuff

owaincodes · Answer

To be honest I can t remember what I had for breakfast let alone anything else some days

Mark Drake (Next Player Up) · Answer

I wish I could keep a plant alive

Corné Hoskam · Answer

That s why I have 3 cacti and a plastic plant at my desk making it easier to keep em alive

Matt Wise · Answer

Current state of play

Sebastiaan · Answer

Is the cube clock just a clock Or does it have another purpose as well

Matt Wise · Answer

just a clock with the wrong time on it

Sebastiaan · Answer

+53 minutes off

Matt Wise · Answer

Going to be even worse after the weekend when the clocks go back

Sebastiaan · Answer

haha true so just decoration then

Matt Wise · Answer

Ill get round to making it correct one day I have to google it every time to remember how

Sebastiaan · Answer

Thanks to the chat yesterday I tried to figure out if it was even possible to use a phone as a remote for YouTube Music I left Spotify because they re trying to ruin podcasting And it is possible So now the old phone is a permanent remote control Using Tailscale to connect without having to fiddle with firewalls etc

warrenbuckley · Answer

So its using TailScale VPN thingy how to control your music on your desktop Also is the ergo mouse any good Seb I like my MX Master 3 one but was curious about the ergo one

Sebastiaan · Answer

Just using Tailscale to get an IP it needs an IP to route the remote calls so now I could even control my work pc from home lol

warrenbuckley · Answer

So the phone app or desktop software still must be special to control your music Or is your phone just RDP d to your machine mirroring some UI My feeble brain can t compute this

Matt Wise · Answer

I love the MX vertical took me a couple of hours now my old mouse feels wrong

Sebastiaan · Answer

MX vertical is great I had to get is because I even ruined my arm with the trackball now I m so old

Sebastiaan · Answer

Just uses TCP IP to send message between my desktop app and the phone I didn t want the phone to be for the music as I like playing tunes during video calls

warrenbuckley · Answer

Thats why you never listen to me properly

Sebastiaan · Answer

Yep Swift is distracting me

Owain Jones · Answer

This is my current home setup still a tad messy and the wall needs re painting I have a switchable usb hub to switch my keyboard microphone and webcam between my work laptop and my personal pc

Owain Jones · Answer

For mice I use different ones for work gaming I have a Logitech G502 X for my personal pc and a Microsoft IntelliMouse Pro for work