Comments on: A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world”

absalom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:55:27 -0800

The post from a couple of days ago is great, but really made me wonder where the MeFites make their magic. It'll be like MeFi Gras - Show us your desks!

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:11:48 -0800

I MeFi from two desks. One desk is my work desk, which has confidential stuff on it that people aren't allowed to see. The other is my home desk, which has so much stuff on it that people can't see the desk.

I guess what I'm saying is, great idea, but in my case I kinda can't.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:12:16 -0800

Here's my desk (with this thread in Firefox)

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:13:24 -0800

Here's my studio.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:28:58 -0800

Perversely enough, this is the only shot I have of my dayjob workspace. Sums it up pretty well, though.

I'll try and get a shot of my home space this afternoon.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:30:43 -0800

here's mine, taken with a cell camera. On it, you can see a bevy of photo sets to be logged, a couple letters to be typed, about ten CDs to be listened to and reviewed, a coffe cup, headphones, a bunch of ID packets being processed, oh, and Metafilter on the screen of the computer.

By: pb

pb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:37:49 -0800

Here's my desk a couple days a week. (and mathowie taking that photo.)

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:47:28 -0800

Man, Mathowie's desk is clean! Am too embarrassed to post mine now, at least not til I wipe up the mystery gunk I've been working round for the last week or so.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:58:22 -0800

A photo of me at my desk. Note the judicious use of underutilized textbooks as counterweights for my makeshift FedEx-envelope-mouse-tray, and several copies of my lab's annual report to raise my monitor (the first known useful application of these reports). Also the innovative visual filing system and Airobic quill mouse.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:01:54 -0800

Man, PB, that shot of your desk really makes it clear who the boss is.

By: typewriter

typewriter — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:04:24 -0800

I'm freelance with contracts that come and go. These are not my current work spaces, but you get the idea. It usually looks something like that. Sometimes messier, sometimes neater. My home office desk is too messy to share with the big bad world.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:05:25 -0800

This is where I am now. This and this is where I am when the weather is nicer (if I'm indoors). This is an actual desk that I pretend is my desk but really I never do anything there.

By: pb

pb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:06:54 -0800

heh, true kk, but at least I don't have to use the OLPC sitting there.

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:16:19 -0800

God God, Jessamyn is that neat Scotch in that glass? Is that what we drive you to?

By: chrismear

chrismear — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:21:28 -0800

This is me.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:40:55 -0800

My laptop goes everywhere, home and cube, so here is me in the cube farm being guarded by St. Posh.

Warning: this link contains granny sweater from the 8th grade and unbrushed bangs.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:42:59 -0800

I'm going for the "crappiest desk" award.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:43:29 -0800

Klangklangston, I expected your desk to look like the office equivalent of Hunter S. Thompson's car. I'm sadly disappointed that it doesn't at least look like the naked mannequin tables in the Milk Bar scene from A Clockwork Orange.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:44:05 -0800

Old desk, cleaned up for one of the times we did this on MetaChat. The grey laptops are long retired, but the desktop lives on with new innards. Also, I have more computers distributed across more space, and do more remote/virtual/network desktop stuff.

I currently don't have a desk. I have a chair with my desktop CPU next to it, with a monitor atop that. It's unergonomic as hell, but I also have a newer laptop, which helps lots.

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:45:09 -0800

Cortex: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm donuts.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:46:11 -0800

I don't use a desk, I use my bed. And that's a little too risque to show you all.

By: divabat

divabat — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:47:25 -0800

liquorice: Haha, I use my bed too!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:50:46 -0800

This is my desk at home. I don't have web access at work.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:51:05 -0800

Here's my home station.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:53:40 -0800

I rarely make my magic on the desk. I'm not saying never... But rarely.

By: "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys

"Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:55:32 -0800

My work and home desk also have too much confidential material them. They're both unremarkable, though.

I guess the work desk is kind of big, but it's not so big that you're missing anything.

By: nicwolff

nicwolff — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:01:21 -0800

Here's my desk at the Foneshow offices on lovely Exchange Street in Portland Maine.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:07:27 -0800

This is why I don't use my desk.

By: padraigin

padraigin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:11:07 -0800

My basement workspace, the closest thing to an office that I have. Work table, part of the shelving. I wish I was in the middle of a big project so it would look like I'm super productive.

By: DMan

DMan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:13:09 -0800

Here's mine. And that wooden frame thing is part of my bed, which is decidedly not risque but unsatisfyingly close to the ceiling.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:13:57 -0800

Heheh at Top Gear downloads on Matt's desktop.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:27:39 -0800

My desk.

By: ssg

ssg — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:31:52 -0800

After seeing all these clean, uncluttered desks, I'm too embarrassed to post mine. I probably shouldn't mention that I have a (small) overflow desk covered with paper too.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:32:55 -0800

My desk is awesome.

By: localhuman

localhuman — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:46:25 -0800

my basement-dungeon-lair desk

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:58:22 -0800

My corner of the sky (taken during room painting- the walls are blue now, not pink).

By: "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys

"Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:08:02 -0800

That's extremely cool, localhuman.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:15:49 -0800

Localhuman you have the best batcave ever.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:16:26 -0800

Before I got a laptop.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:32:41 -0800

Oh, and here's me sitting there, ungroomed, hungover and probably stoned. And here's my nerdariffc laptop.

By: iguanapolitico

iguanapolitico — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:46:39 -0800

And here's the place *I* spend too much of my time.

By: localhuman

localhuman — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:53:05 -0800

Unfortunately, I'm a "professional" now (read: I need healthcare). Soon the batcave will be a memory in operational terms. But it has served its purpose well-

By: pjern

pjern — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:07:37 -0800

Ok, here's mine.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:07:58 -0800

Here is an old one from an old place I lived in, it was one of those old marbled kitchen tables, there was nothing but an ashtray on the right side. I'll get a good one tomorrow from work. At home my current desk is a place to hold things. I do my computer use from the kitchen table/couch/bed.

I always like looking at pictures of desks.

By: deborah

deborah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:25:31 -0800

Mine!

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:27:19 -0800

I don't see any oscilloscopes.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:31:49 -0800

This thread has shamed me into cleaning my desk.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:42:58 -0800

Mine at work from last spring, before I rearranged my office. But it's still orange!

By: absalom

absalom — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:43:04 -0800

Excellent! In the interest of full disclosure, I guess:

My Desk: Annotated

Full rez pic.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:53:14 -0800

Compare and contrast. Both my daughter's desk and my kinda desk are in the living room of the apartment. She has more real estate. I think she needs to pay rent.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:03:18 -0800

My current work office. If you turn right from that view you see my plants, a couple of red leather guest chairs, and some big windows. If you turn left, you see a wall of built-in shelves, not pictured. My home office.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:05:27 -0800

This desk actually got cleaned last weekend, but entropy will win in the end. It always does.

(Two monitors because one of these days, I'll actually hook up the second one. Two mugs of tea because I have two hands. Two earrings because I have two ears. Four mice because only 0.75 of them work at any given time.)

By: gomichild

gomichild — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:06:02 -0800

OoooOOOOoo here's mine!

By: The Deej

The Deej — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:06:27 -0800

And here is my U.S. Government day-job desk. I'm surrounded by some of my day-job designed posters to remind me what I do for a living.

By: gomichild

gomichild — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:10:16 -0800

Pssst maudlin I don't have permission to view yours it seems....

By: maudlin

maudlin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:12:16 -0800

(Whoops! Fixed.)

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:52:32 -0800

Here's my old one. The new one's kinda similar, but I now have an awesome view of the Sydney CBD. I'd publish a photo of it, but it would make it too easy for stalkers to locate me (due to an obvious landmark or two).

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:55:40 -0800

maudlin: there are five mice on my desk, three of them currently connected, one wirelessly.

My excuse? I jam scrollwheels easily, I can't play TF2 with a mighty mouse, and I have to test sensitivity level preferences to make sure they're in an acceptable range for all the mice we have deployed.

By: misterbisson

misterbisson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:57:27 -0800

My old walking desk didn't move with me to my new place, but I still stand up. Both pictures obviously taken just after assembling the desks and prior to actually doing any work. Desk at office is so messy people are starting to tell me so.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:16 -0800

I figured out a way round the desk gunk issue. Link a photo taken just after we moved in while everything was still clean. It doesn't look like that now. The laptop and right-hand computer is mine (I like to use both at once for no real reason) and the left-hand computer plus junk is the boyfriend's.

This is my desk at work. Again taken just after moving in. It's still that clean and tidy but there are about four times as many journal articles now, plus a pile of folders and lab books containing my data. I also have a lab bay, but I've been travelling and haven't used it for about 18 months so it's empty.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:10:13 -0800

Finally, an oscilloscope!

blasdelf, love the T-Amp!

maudlin, that is a lot of mice :)

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:33:55 -0800

In this comment, I will pathetically comment that TPS's dog is making me want one extremely bad.

I can haz dog? : ( do WANT.

Liquorice: Awesome, your desk looks like mine at home!

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:34:18 -0800

Everything but the lardass in the seat.

By: ErWenn

ErWenn — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:51:20 -0800

Despite the fact that my desk looks just like everyone else's desk, I feel the need to participate.

My two desks. The one without the computer is shared with my girlfriend and has trash cans on top of it because otherwise the dog will pull stuff out of them. The one with the computer has been recently cleaned (though it's not as clean as it appears) and is bowed in the middle due to three years of carrying a much heavier monitor than it currently bears. Much work actually happens here, however.

(The dog picture was added for Unicorn on the Cob's sake. I failed to resist.)

By: xorry

xorry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:51:57 -0800

At home
At work

Just to provide a larger sample size! :-D

By: maudlin

maudlin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:00:19 -0800

I can deal with blasdelf having more mice and Chuckles having more fluid ounces of tea, but what's breaking my heart is seeing the acres of posterage above The Deej's desk at his day job. I'm tired of writing code.

By: sailormouth

sailormouth — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:40:57 -0800

Chuckles I have my oscilloscope next to my desk.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:40:59 -0800

My camera isn't big enough to capture the televisions that are mounted from the ceiling around me (with full cable access at a finger's touch), but here's my desk at work.

Suck it, nerds!

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:43:09 -0800

My desk. It sort of always looks like this, except more dishes.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:10:20 -0800

My desk at work. Where I never post or comment on anything on MeFi during work hours.

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:29:31 -0800

My desk, with twice as many monitors as it usually has. On that particular day, I was using them all.

By: jtron

jtron — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:56:24 -0800

Mods: is there any way to turn pics on, just for this thread?

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:01:46 -0800

Inline images live! (greasemonkey script)

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:02:23 -0800

Oh, I guess that's not Greasemonkey, but a whole separate FF add-on.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:05:09 -0800

Eh, it gets some. Not the flicker stuff though.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:16:14 -0800

Working on the laptop with one of my principal collaborators.

By: taz

taz — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:45:57 -0800

I no longer have a desk; I now have a kitchen table. (Actually, I do have one... I just don't use it very much.)

Here was my home desk until a few months ago when we moved. It had an awesome view.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:46:55 -0800

I'm in bed browsing from a laptop perched on top of my big round belly. Pics to follow.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:09:31 -0800

Desk

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:10:57 -0800

In my old apartment

By: woodblock100

woodblock100 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:20:00 -0800

So am I the only one who sits in the floor?

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:27:07 -0800

Where I rock

By: gomichild

gomichild — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:56:31 -0800

Oooo woodblock100 that kotatsu set up looks toasty warm.

By: JanetLand

JanetLand — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:10:32 -0800

I have no desk. I work in a large room with nine other people and four tables and we move around from table to table once a month. We share computers. Yes, I am aware this makes me sound like a professional kindergartener.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:28:54 -0800

Hey, armoured-ant, are those Tapco monitors? What do you think of them?

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:43:07 -0800

Yes, I am aware this makes me sound like a professional kindergartener.

Hey, last time I did that kindergarten gig it was an unpaid position. I'd say you're doing okay.

By: Koko

Koko — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:50:30 -0800

I anticipated this thread nearly three years ago.

And my desk hasn't changed much since then.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:54:35 -0800

Cool thread. This is part of my boring, generic desk, which fits snugly inside the tiny cubicle I made for myself. I hide inside it like a hermit in a cave. Posted mainly so grumblebee can see my fab little desktop fountain, which I told him about. I love the soothing sound of the water trickling down the pebbles. Luckily, it doesn't make me want to pee constantly.

I was happy to see that a couple of people have flowers or plants around their work areas! I knew taz would. They're mood elevators. I like to have some nature to look at while I toil away in my cave.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:33:46 -0800

Photographing my desk gave me an excuse to tidy up.

By: absalom

absalom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:39:18 -0800

All these clean desks make me sad I didn't go for my original header quote: "If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what does a clean desk signify?"

By: fijiwriter

fijiwriter — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:41:20 -0800

Dear AskMeFi - what's the term for desk envy?

My blah, at-work desk and what keeps me sane.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:53:49 -0800

iconomy: where's your desktop background from?

By: pb

pb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:57:26 -0800

Here's my other desk where I work when I'm not in the shadow of mathowie's monitor.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:09:02 -0800

My old cube, slacking at work. But see where it got me? You can't see it in the picture, but that's a window office, baby.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:15:46 -0800

Excellent thread! I have actually gotten dressed, for the first time in days, just for these photos. Dilya decided to stay in her PJs.

Meatbomb's Kabul command centre.
Meatbomb POV.

Hey, while I am here: you heard about that big bomb in Kabul? I heard it from my command centre, literally! Dilya heard it too, because it happened 100 metres behind her, on her way home from work - golden lucky day!

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:23:13 -0800

vacapinta, my background is from MiraRuido's deviant art gallery. His name is Joseba Elorza. Here's his website.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:26:15 -0800

This is fun.

My desk at home. Used when I work from home, which is 90% of the time nowadays.
My desk at work. Depressingly dungeon-like. And cameras are banned, so this is an illicit shot.

By: prostyle

prostyle — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:27:23 -0800

My desk is the top of a blue tool cabinet with a laptop, next to a pin router and drill press table, behind the machine controller.

By: jtron

jtron — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:32:32 -0800

All these clean desks make me sad I didn't go for my original header quote: "If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what does a clean desk signify?"

When I was a kid I got to meet Dick de Bartolo, writer for Mad Magazine and Match Game PM. On his (extremely cluttered) desk was a sign saying "A Clean Desk Is A Sign Of A Sick Mind."

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:01:48 -0800

Oh man, I love this.

This is my desk, where I do my art. Sometimes, I get out Mr. Boy's MacBook and use the internerds here, if he's working on the desktop or asleep or something. My space is in a corner of the living room, and his desk is in the bedroom.

This is Mr. Boy's desk, and where I do most of my internetting. He's in the running for King of Minimalism. Absolutely nothing was removed (or added) when I took this photo.

(And in a testament to my new found organizational abilities, that can actually be said about both pictures.)

By: felix grundy

felix grundy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:16:16 -0800

not that anyone knows me, but as an excuse to take a break from the paper mess you see within: desk.

and if anyone knows what verb sunekerasato (imagine greek characters, and all epsilons, no etas) comes from, I'd be glad to close that lexicon.

By: otherwordlyglow

otherwordlyglow — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:16:16 -0800

Um okay, so this is my home desk. I need some organizational help. I'm actually rarely at the desk, usually moving into the kitchen or bedroom with the laptop.

By: tiny crocodile

tiny crocodile — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:19:47 -0800

The angle is everything. From here: orderly, clean, cheerful. But from this angle - is that an ironing board?

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:35:21 -0800

Home desk.

By: Freaky

Freaky — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:38:12 -0800

My dusty, messy, geektastic desk. Yes, I do have rather a lot of tabs open in Opera.

The monitor to the right is normally unused, it's not just really dim. What you don't see: desk to the right, piled with crap (and a computer under it, natch). Desk to the left, also piled with crap. Small cabinet to the left with laptop on it. Aeron chair in front. Second computer under desk, third computer in cupboard, Mac Mini behind pile of CD/DVD's and month old beer bottles (ahem).

The boxy transparent looking thing under monitor 2 is a Bathsheba laser-etched galaxy.

By: Freaky

Freaky — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:41:20 -0800

Also, that PSU box poking out from the back is holding up a portable antenna for my DVB-T card. It's not messy, it's functional recycling!

By: goo

goo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:54:03 -0800

My desktop - which also happens to be the TV, and where I am sitting right now - at home. Note the xmas centrepiece that hasn't yet made its way back to the cupboard.

By: pjern

pjern — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:11:09 -0800

This thread is classic- I love the notes on the Flickr pix, some of them are hilarious!

By: tracert

tracert — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:16:35 -0800

I also have a desk.

Also an unfortunate looking office at the moment. And I totally just noticed that the rails are installed backwards on that drive.

By: Lucinda

Lucinda — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:17:30 -0800

This is my home desk.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:25:52 -0800

This is why I don't use my desk.

I'm so showing that to my coworkers the next time they give me shit for how messy my desk is.

By: yoHighness

yoHighness — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:26:47 -0800

Hello, delightful thread!
my desk (the "cockpit"). It's an old IKEA model called JERKER. Haha
at work a couple years back.
long, long time ago: my funnest desk ever...

By: machaus

machaus — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:47:52 -0800

My desk at home I made in grad school.

By: Frasermoo

Frasermoo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:58:01 -0800

A copy of 'Today's Parent' and a pack of Marlboro... doh.

By: absalom

absalom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:36:08 -0800

Sometimes I also post from work.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:41:36 -0800

I'm so showing that to my coworkers the next time they give me shit for how messy my desk is.

Now I feel bad, I didn't think it was that terrible, but clearly it's time for some spring cleaning. Eh, who am I kidding, it will continue to pile-up for another year until the desk collapses under the pressure.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:12:39 -0800

Now I feel bad, I didn't think it was that terrible

Well, really, it is that terrible which is exactly why it rocks so much!

And since all the cool kids are doing it, my home desk. Too bad I have no idea how to get rid of the white screen or to prevent the flash from washing out the screen.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:22:48 -0800

Yeah I have to go with the person who said they don't really have a desk.

I have a laptop which I carry all around the house, often the kitchen table. Sometimes a bar.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:26:02 -0800

Thanks people. The easiest coffee table photography book I ever assembled.

KA-CHING.

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:02:35 -0800

The man room. I am all about the bang for the buck, thus the old-school 19" CRT, 59 dollar laser printer, 9 dollar speakers, free keyboard, 7 dollar mouse, and homebuilt franken PC. I was able to stick to a silver and black theme which doesnt look too ghetto. Christ I'm cheap.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:04:10 -0800

My desk at work. Vive la difference, I guess.

By: penguinliz

penguinliz — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:25:40 -0800

My work desk, which is much tidier than my home desk. There's a lab bench behind it, which is why there's a microscope and stuff in the background.

By: friedrice

friedrice — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:08:38 -0800

Here's my home desk. The laptop footprint was too big, so I propped it up on a shoe box, and secured with bungee cord and duct tape. I didn't even plan for it to line up with the monitor so well.

The other desk is mostly used for media of various types and ostensively belongs to my girlfriend.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:21:55 -0800

My workspace.

By: Argyle

Argyle — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:28:29 -0800

My very corporate desk, with scope for Chuckles's enjoyment.

By: absalom

absalom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:45:14 -0800

ColdChef: LSU? I am ashamed I once respected you.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:04:52 -0800

Here we are, then. Notable features include: the corner of my drawing desk, a straightrazor, a harmonica, a package to an ex-girlfriend that I still haven't gotten around to sending, a package of cassette tapes, and a chart tacked to the wall that tells me how long a tube needs to be in order to produce a certain note.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:33:53 -0800

ColdChef: LSU? I am ashamed I once respected you.

What can I say? I went for the drinking and stayed for the football.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:34:32 -0800

And for god's sake. Why would anyone respect me?

By: danb

danb — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:51:31 -0800

Ooh ooh, I wanna play.

By: furtive

furtive — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:11:11 -0800

furtive's desk.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:13:32 -0800

I can see my Ikea fetish is shared by many. Namaste brothers.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:08:31 -0800

My First Flickr Picture (aka my desk)

Photo taken by my iphone, as I just sold my rebel so I am in camera limbo for a bit.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:22:05 -0800

You can see that I have a messy desk both at home and at work. There's no hope for me.

By: pjern

pjern — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:23:25 -0800

I found an old pic of my desk at IBM in Cherry Hill, NJ circa 1990. The Internets back then ran in square tubez!

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:28:28 -0800

Wow, solopsist, that photo looks like an IBM ad from those days.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:41:39 -0800

Everyone knows it's what's under the desk that really counts. And I think I got ya'll beat there.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:01:30 -0800

Also...

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what does a clean desk signify?"

Something to hide. My entire office at work is comprised of a desk, a computer, and acres of empty desk space interrupted by a single notepad--the same one I've had for two years running. I use it solely for meetings where I need to look like I'm paying attention. The desk drawers--all ten of them--are completely empty. The hutch? Empty. We have part-time contractors working for us with more stuff in their cubicles. Hell, the bathroom has more stuff in it then my office.

On the plus side, it's a great place to assemble large systems for home. See above.

By: JDHarper

JDHarper — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:14:33 -0800

Sweet! I had just written a blog post about my desk to show off my new laptop stand.

Basically, I can connect my tablet PC and my desktop so I'm only using the one mouse and keyboard for both. I'm pleased with it.

By: aldurtregi

aldurtregi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:23:55 -0800

My desk is where I work, study and play. It also doubles as a bookshelf.

By: klarck

klarck — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:35:15 -0800

I have no color sense at all: almond, beige, khaki and tan.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:18:20 -0800

machaus, your chair on a track is awesome.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:41:21 -0800

jessamyn, you should really get that laptop off the cloth thingy and get some airflow!

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:44:36 -0800

Hey, armoured-ant, are those Tapco monitors? What do you think of them?

Yep, they're Tapcos (Tapco's? Tapcoes?). They're great, actually. My only qualm is actually with the Edirol interface I'm putting into them, which doesn't have separate outs for the headphones vs the monitors, so I'm constantly leaning round the back of the Tapcos to turn them off, individually.

By: bassjump

bassjump — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:34 -0800

My turn. I was going to wait until I got home to post it, so that I could post a picture of my desk at home, before I remembered that I don't actually have a desk at home. My laptop lives on the coffee table by the couch.

By: iguanapolitico

iguanapolitico — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:15:27 -0800

Civil_Disobedient, taken out of context your photo looked like it was the wall of an entire room, and those were HUGE MACHINES. I was in temporary WTF land. Thanks for the mind bending madness. :)

By: Jofus

Jofus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:54:21 -0800

Check out my lunch!

By: adamrice

adamrice — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:23:38 -0800

Here's mine. It doesn't always look quite so neat, but we're trying.

By: le morte de bea arthur

le morte de bea arthur — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:36:18 -0800

This is mine. I tidied it today. Sooner or later I'll throw everything into a box and start again.

By: DMan

DMan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:51:51 -0800

This silly thread has made me want to rearrange my desk...

By: halonine

halonine — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:09:38 -0800

This is where my magic happens at home. By which I mean my SO's home. :)

By: iguanapolitico

iguanapolitico — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:22:12 -0800

adamrice, your walls look just like my walls! (Though not in my pic, since I didn't use the flash so all the colors are off.) The paint wouldn't be called grass cloth, would it? :)

/pointless

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:28:21 -0800

At work, At Home.

Actually they've moved me around a bit, and I switch off days at my job. I have a few other pictures on flickr that are desks I've been at at work (plus the one from home)

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:29:17 -0800

a friend's desk.

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:49:34 -0800

my desk

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:36:09 -0800

As always, late to the party. This is the place where I pull most of my all-nighters. I had to be a complete douchebag for a day to keep a desk by the window last time we reorganized, I've made amends.

By: ugf

ugf — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:09:27 -0800

My current desk which is very comfortable!

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:40:00 -0800

Aww, don't you just want to hug adamrice?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:47:55 -0800

taken out of context your photo looked like it was the wall of an entire room, and those were HUGE MACHINES

The one on the left is huge, but not that huge. I wish I had an action shot when the system is testing the I/O of the array, though. It's enough to instill fear in epileptics.

By: the cydonian

the cydonian — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:39:32 -0800

Work, "work" (that is, personal projects, but when I'd like to concentrate and get some work done) and play ("internet snacking", replace that notepad with a notebook).

Mefi occurs in all three states.

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:00:47 -0800

my new desk is in a pile of walmart-fresh pieces on my floor, but here's my old desk, with a couple of scopes for chuckles' benefit.

By: Luddite

Luddite — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:47:34 -0800

One of the desks I work at. There is actually a scope behind the large brown box, but I don't expect to be believed. Might put another pic on tomorrow, with scopetacular details.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:15:25 -0800

sergeant sandwich wins in my book.

By: BrodieShadeTree

BrodieShadeTree — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:56:45 -0800

Here is mine. So very exciting.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:45:40 -0800

Kinda late the the party, but: How I see work. How work sees me. Da' Crib.

By: mrbill

mrbill — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:10:55 -0800

Home (taken two years ago; now you can't see the surface of the desk)
Work (here you see the sysadmin in his natural habitat..)

By: furtive

furtive — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:31:54 -0800

I forgot to post my office photo. I'm surprised it hasn't already been done.

By: jperkins

jperkins — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:38:11 -0800

As someone with a near fetish for these types of pics, the links here have given me goosebumps! Here's my home setup.

By: MarvinTheCat

MarvinTheCat — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:08:18 -0800

My old home desk with compatriots.

By: MarvinTheCat

MarvinTheCat — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:14:37 -0800

Current home desk, with Crate and Barrel unpacking fun.

By: davem

davem — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:02:52 -0800

Here's my desk, although these days I use my Macbook a lot more and work from anywhere.

By: kryptos

kryptos — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:12:45 -0800

This be my desk

By: annaramma

annaramma — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:37:03 -0800

I pretend to work here.

By: brautigan

brautigan — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:31:19 -0800

Behold The Desk Of Brautigan!

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:36:06 -0800

Desk? I like to drink beer and take pictures of my cock! This is my desk.

By: donpedro

donpedro — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:36:43 -0800

Moi. Definitely cluttered.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:40:24 -0800

My desk has now been enhanced with Flickr style CSS image maps (via) - and more tea!

By: goshling

goshling — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:31:27 -0800

My office desk where I waste my time.
This is where I actually do work stuff. Sometimes I lie on my belly on the table & put the laptop on the face crest.

By: hjo3

hjo3 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:03:35 -0800

A picture of my messy desk taken especially for this thread.

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:41:38 -0800

A shot of my actual desk, rather than my cute dog. Not sure it's an improvement, but what-the-hell.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:39:02 -0800

The angled shot is my work desk-- I share an office with 6 TA's. The straight-on shot is my desk at home. desks!

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:07:07 -0800

it's pretty much what you'd expect, no?

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:12:19 -0800

Well, it's not the Spanish Inquistion, I'll give you that.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:11:43 -0800

Here's my desk at work. Sorry it's late, sir.

By: gigbutt

gigbutt — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:53:43 -0800

My workspace.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:33:44 -0800

Here's mine. Late, as usual.

By: jjb

jjb — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:10:41 -0800

Current workspace. Better late than never.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:50:20 -0800

Daytime Desk. Nighttime Desk.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:07:44 -0800

I'm later than most, but this is still fun! Work Desk. Home Desk.

By: croutonsupafreak

croutonsupafreak — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:21:04 -0800

My home desk. (Husband in the background.)

By: SmileyChewtrain

SmileyChewtrain — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:35:46 -0800

My Workspace two.5 years ago, when I still lived in my parents basement in Delaware. I work in more of a nice walk in closet now, which is just about the right size to motivate me to keep it clean.

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:23:34 -0800

Work. Home.

By: Extopalopaketle

Extopalopaketle — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:10:45 -0800

My super-recursive desk.

My very un-ergonomic laptop workstation.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:02:36 -0800

It's dead :( Two drives is too much..

By: bokeh

bokeh — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:25:36 -0800

This is the view from my desk.

You can probably extrapolate what my desk looks like.

By: quibx

quibx — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:14:19 -0800

Congratulations for getting this far in the thread. You are now rewarded with shots of my Home Desk and Work Desk.

By: InkaLomax

InkaLomax — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:22:34 -0800

my desk

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:52:58 -0800

Hey quibx, I love your light box. :)

By: mikeo2

mikeo2 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:40:01 -0800

currently, my desk fits in a bag and goes with my to the nearest wifi spot.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:17:50 -0800

desk |desk|
noun
a piece of furniture with a flat or sloped surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work.
…

One wonders how big your bag is, mikeo2. Do you have a sherpa?

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:55:29 -0800

InkaLomax, where do your knees go?

By: InkaLomax

InkaLomax — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:14:17 -0800

It has a pull-out shelf for the key board under the desk top

By: phirleh

phirleh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:25:55 -0800

My desk at work for online editing.

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:51:02 -0800

My desk of infinite happiness.

By: These Premises Are Alarmed

These Premises Are Alarmed — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:20:09 -0800

Mine, after a half hour of cleaning.

I know I'm late to the party here, but would anyone be interested in a 'clean desk club'? We could share photos of our desks once a week, and encourage one another to keep them organized. Applicable to those of us who want cleaner desks than we tend to keep.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:19:10 -0800

Sounds good. As long as you don't make me take pictures of the floor next to the desk as well.

By: These Premises Are Alarmed

These Premises Are Alarmed — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:38:35 -0800

Clean floor club is the next thread over. (Having a roomba means I need to keep the floor clean - or build a little barrier out of handweights.)

By: chrismear

chrismear — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:52:29 -0800

Excellent! The illusion of a tidy life is a mere cropped photo away!

By: kumazemi

kumazemi — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:11:38 -0800

My desk, at the moment.

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