My Personal Productivity Environment

This post is a public draft, which may or may not be completed. As new thoughts come to mind, I may improve this article over time. PC Monitor setup I’ve been everywhere. From a single tiny 15" laptop to 4 screens + TV. But currently I’m at two monitor setup and even seriously considering one 32" 4K monitor setup. The thing about the multi-monitor setup is that it is misleading feeling about boosted productivity, because you “control” more things at once. In reality, you get more distracted from your current particular task. But most users doesn’t recognize that. I figured that out when suddenly one of my screens went into dark and I was lazy enough not to deal with that. Instead I just worked on a single screen for several weeks or even months. And you know… i liked it! At any single given time i have only one task in front of me. And the key for this comfort was customized key binds on my home row for quick workspace switch. I can navigate all my workspaces in a split second. Back and forward. I am huge proponent of mastering your keyboard and tailoring your navigation around the OS. Everything should be in the right place for no-effort execution. If navigation is pain for you, you will look for the things like 4 to 6 monitor setups which is just awful. ...

2024 Feb 21 · Dzintars

About

So, I am Dzintars Klavins. A guy from Riga / Latvia / Europe. Wannabe full-stack software engineer. 😃 According Myers-Briggs personality test 1 result - INFJ-T (Advocate). Yes, I think, in general, all people can be categorized in several categories. :) How did I ended up there? Since 2007 I am more or less close to software engineering. From 2007 to 2011 I was a product owner for in-house intranet for local postal and courier company. jQuery barely was a thing back then. Google Maps just came out. A wild times was then. But we managed to create PHP backed software which still serves its purpose. ...

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