Comments on: Operation Office Overhaul: Alison Gets Going

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:08:39 +0000

Thank you Alison and Diana for posting pictures of your offices. Now I have to show them to my husband, who will now know I’m not the only writer with piles. He avoids my office at all costs because he might touch a pile which will then fall over.

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“Clean Up on Aisle Office” Begins « A Very Curious Mind — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:07:07 +0000

[...] Up on Aisle Office” Begins Jump to Comments Here’s the beginning of the saga of my office overhaul on Renegade Writer (and Diana’s too). I’ve been writing these posts a bit ahead of [...]

By: Chris Clark

Chris Clark — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:38:50 +0000

I have a laptop that I use for my primary computer. It’s tiny (an EEE PC) and good for on the road but a bit awkward for day to day typing and balancing on my lap and such. I can’t tell you entirely my system as my husband set it all up for me, but we have a a UPS drive thingie that is sort of the hub that works with a print server thingie.. so these two keep the printer, scanner, postage scale, router, etc. set up and running. They are all in my office but not dependent on my computer to run. So then, on my desk, there is a nice large monitor, a keyboard, mouse, speakers and DVD drive. All of these items are connected into a USB hub. To work at my desk, I connect the hub to my laptop, plug in the laptop power supply, plug the monitor in to the laptop and start it up. I press F8 to switch screens, close up the laptop and it’s just like using a desktop version of my laptop. Totally saves desk space, keeps everything on my one, portable computer but gives me the good desk stuff like sitting in a real chair, larger screen and keyboard, etc.
It sounds complicated to set up, but for the most part, I keep it set up unless I am going traveling. When I come back it takes under a minute to reconnect it all. It has worked wonderfully for me and is loads better than working at the dining room table!
If you’d like to know more specific details than the thingie parts, please let me know and I’d be happy to get more precise info from my husband.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:36:05 +0000

I was just wondering when a person who is on the road as often as you seem to be gets to use an office at all–lol! Maybe you should clear out everything that is not mobile office-friendly @ this point. I believe one of the guides on About.com (telecommute guide, perhaps?) has a 6 week newsletter on getting an office in order (made specifically for work-from-home peeps). Maybe that would be useful? Personally, I have to either choose to make daily baby-steps or just dedicate an entire day to getting everything in order (usually the former) or I’m just spinning my wheels. Good luck!