In my posting on Synergy, I wrote of how I tie three (or four) screens together, spanning two (or three, with my laptop) computers. This gives me the ability to monitor the peripheral things (the second screen on my Linux workstation) like time reporting, system logs, support requests, and reference documentation while focusing on my primary interests (development, debugging, documents) on the main screen.
Apparently, there are others who find similar setups help in their productivity (albeit we have much different tastes in software).
Posted by ronlusk at April 12, 2006 08:05 AMIf you look at this office, there isn't much paper in it. On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you'll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.
The screen on the left has my list of e-mails. On the center screen is usually the specific e-mail I'm reading and responding to. And my browser is on the right-hand screen. This setup gives me the ability to glance and see what new has come in while I'm working on something, and to bring up a link that's related to an e-mail and look at it while the e-mail is still in front of me.