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We're going to be here awhile...
When I first set up my 'home office' it was basically sharing a small desk with the computer I use to do some audio work and to edit my youtube videos. I've used this set up before when large winter storms threatened to close the roads - so I'd pack up the laptop that I use at work and carry it home for a few days.
It's been a couple of months now.
I still had an old graphic equalizer and cassette deck parked to one side of the desk. Sometimes I'm asked to dub old cassettes into a digital format and the tape deck gets jacked into my computer audio ports. With a recent purchase of a printer it was getting a little hard to fit everything in and around the desk. The printer I placed on a rather wobbly cardboard box and it was hard to get at the paper tray.
Although I moved the editing computer into my bedroom several months ago I still had it in the back of my mind that this 'home office' thing was going to blow over. Nope. It's not. COVID 19 has settled into the land and I'll be working from home for some time to come. My boss and I totally agree that working from home is the safest option right now. To be honest, I'm *more* productive at home than at work.
The bathroom's closer and the coffee is better.
Tonight, removed the audio equipment and actually set the printer safely on the desk. Any creative audio/video work will be done in my bedroom. I really don't want my work office to be my bedroom - I have enough trouble sleeping as is!
For the record, my 'office' consists of a Mac Book Pro, Monoprice keyboard, a generic wireless mouse - all the usual stuff I use at work. I'm using my own 24 inch Dell monitor via a mini display port to VGA adapter which makes my work *much* easier. The printer is a Brother 2550 which both the Mac Book and my Linux box saw immediately. Haven't connected it to any Windoze boxen yet. Although it's only black and white it's fine for 99% of what I need it for.
Welcome to the new normal.
-m
It's been a couple of months now.
I still had an old graphic equalizer and cassette deck parked to one side of the desk. Sometimes I'm asked to dub old cassettes into a digital format and the tape deck gets jacked into my computer audio ports. With a recent purchase of a printer it was getting a little hard to fit everything in and around the desk. The printer I placed on a rather wobbly cardboard box and it was hard to get at the paper tray.
Although I moved the editing computer into my bedroom several months ago I still had it in the back of my mind that this 'home office' thing was going to blow over. Nope. It's not. COVID 19 has settled into the land and I'll be working from home for some time to come. My boss and I totally agree that working from home is the safest option right now. To be honest, I'm *more* productive at home than at work.
The bathroom's closer and the coffee is better.
Tonight, removed the audio equipment and actually set the printer safely on the desk. Any creative audio/video work will be done in my bedroom. I really don't want my work office to be my bedroom - I have enough trouble sleeping as is!
For the record, my 'office' consists of a Mac Book Pro, Monoprice keyboard, a generic wireless mouse - all the usual stuff I use at work. I'm using my own 24 inch Dell monitor via a mini display port to VGA adapter which makes my work *much* easier. The printer is a Brother 2550 which both the Mac Book and my Linux box saw immediately. Haven't connected it to any Windoze boxen yet. Although it's only black and white it's fine for 99% of what I need it for.
Welcome to the new normal.
-m