March 8, 2010

My Workspace

Nothing to report. Thought I'd give a quick look to the efficiency of my simple workspace. The only thing I'd add is another monitor off to the right displayed in a portrait format for a dedicated social communications space, but I make do with what I have.

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  • Dual 3 Ghz Quad-Core Tower Mac for the processor intensive work. Photoshop, After Effects, Video Editing
  • Aging Macbook Pro that goes with me everywhere
  • Chopped XBox Steering Wheel with an iPhone mount hacked on. Works awesome with Real Racing and Doodle Jump. Why'd I chop a perfectly good XBox steering wheel you may ask? Well, I just never turned it on, and I've made more use of this playing iPhone games than I ever did on the XBox.
  • Flightstick Pro Joystick - I use it to flick between Spaces, as well as a few secret button combos for other quick tasks - all done through a piece of software called Controllermate. It takes a little while to pick up, but the more you tinker, the more powerful you realize it is.
  • Sony fluffy pillow headphones
  • Phone
  • Double mice - one for tower and one for laptop. Great for when I'm leaning back and don't feel like lurching forward to click something on my laptop.
  • Notepad and pen
  • Energy liquid when I need it. I need to drink less of this.
  • Hacked magazine rack. The base actually consists of those metal drawer things that you hang files from, double-side taped down so they don't move. And behind the magazines are ripped off old binder covers to keep the magazines straight.
  • Books. You can't see, but I've propped them up using a desk lamp that I never use.

One other thing I forgot to notate is that my keyboard is sticky-tacked down, so it stays in place no matter how hard I type or bump into it.

So you can see, everything necessary is in perfect position for me to utilize it at a moment's notice. There's also that ShuttlePro off in the corner, but I wasn't able to find a place for it in my workflow with any particular application. But it's there in case I find one.

Do I need to mention, I really hate clutter?

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Henry Kuo has worked through a broad range of roles from code to design to user experience, involved in practically every aspect of planning, design and execution of everything digital on the web. henry@henrykuo.com