Clear desk, clear objectives, not so clear conscience
In response to Rob’s post regarding his unsightly working environment, I thought I’d show you all how an efficient Head of Development rolls…
But why, oh why, would one man need so many screens in his life?
There are many answers to this question; some might argue that I’m trying to look important, others (those that know me too well) might say I’m aiming for world domination - one website at a time. The truth, of course, is that there are many different configurations out there in the wild and seeing as our job is to cater for pretty much all of them, it stands to reason that the man at which the buck stops has to be in a position to emulate as many of these configurations as possible.
So, there’s the Mac for serious dev work and Mac testing, the desktop PC for most PC based browsers/rendering engines and finally the laptop for upcoming PC releases (such as IE8 etc). The laptop is also handy for those mornings you just can’t bring yourself to get out of bed. The iPhone is there for two reasons: 1). To show it off… I love it to pieces! and 2). because we all need to test our sites on this too!
For the record, I didn’t just tidy my desk for the sake of this blog post - the boss has seen my desk in complete disarray, so he might argue this fact - but as he says in his post, a clean desk facilitates high levels of efficiency.
To quantify, and as justification for my belief of “clear desk, clear mind” in a similar manner to Rob’s: I believe I have gone from 110% efficient to 125% - not only do I get all my work done in a day, but I also achieve a fair amount more than is asked.
Rob’s not far off, but as you can see from his picture he still has some way to go to catch up with me!
Tags: desk, efficiency, home working, office, team
