Dual computer monitors. I’ve had this kind of setup for several years at work and home. It seems to really help, although it does encourage multitasking.
I’ve anecdotally seen this too—I have one monitor of work and one monitor of reference material, and it speeds up my work by a pretty large amount. It doesn’t matter for all kinds of work, though.
In my experience the effect is minimal and tends to be overshadowed by other, stronger effects. For example, at my last office job I had a laptop plus monitor setup at my desk, but unsurprisingly found that I was usually much more productive if I took my laptop to an empty conference room. Of course it’s possible I’m just doing it wrong.
Right now I work at home and sometimes at coffee shops and I find the flexibility of choosing where I work (and in what posture) to be well worth the missing screen real estate. I am strongly considering the purchase of a new “Retina” Macbook Pro, but I don’t anticipate huge productivity gains because of the extra pixels.
Dual computer monitors. I’ve had this kind of setup for several years at work and home. It seems to really help, although it does encourage multitasking.
I’ve anecdotally seen this too—I have one monitor of work and one monitor of reference material, and it speeds up my work by a pretty large amount. It doesn’t matter for all kinds of work, though.
In my experience the effect is minimal and tends to be overshadowed by other, stronger effects. For example, at my last office job I had a laptop plus monitor setup at my desk, but unsurprisingly found that I was usually much more productive if I took my laptop to an empty conference room. Of course it’s possible I’m just doing it wrong.
Right now I work at home and sometimes at coffee shops and I find the flexibility of choosing where I work (and in what posture) to be well worth the missing screen real estate. I am strongly considering the purchase of a new “Retina” Macbook Pro, but I don’t anticipate huge productivity gains because of the extra pixels.