Workspace of the Week: Lots of necessary equipment in a fixed space
This week’s Workspace of the Week is Lpvisuals’ computer workstation:
No doubt about it, there is a lot of equipment in this workstation. A setup like this, however, is very common for help desk employees, IT managers, website designers, network security officers, programmers, and quality assurance testers who have to solve problems on numerous computer systems but who work in traditional office environments. They’re given a small desk that is built into the walls, and then must fit their equipment into the space that is provided as if it’s a game of Tetris. Keeping a desk with this much equipment clutter-free and organized can be a tremendous task, and Lpvisuals does it very well. Taking advantage of the arch area of the desk is a good idea, as it reduces time switching between the different platforms. Since there is so much equipment, it’s wise of Lpvisuals to keep the personal items to a minimum to reduce even more visual distractions. Thank you, Lpvisuals, for submitting your office to our Flickr pool — it’s a terrific reminder that a streamlined workspace can be had even if you need a lot of equipment to do your job.
Want to have your own workspace featured in Workspace of the Week? Submit a picture to the Unclutterer flickr pool. Check it out because we have a nice little community brewing there. Also, don’t forget that workspaces aren’t just desks. If you’re a cook, it’s a kitchen; if you’re a carpenter, it’s your workbench.
5 comments posted
Posted by LoriBeth - 05/11/2012
I’m glad this workspace was featured. It is really hard to keep a desk clutter free when so much equipment is required! I have two monitors and several reference books, and it’s hard to keep it organized.
I also work from home, and my desk ends up being the space that everyone leaves things for “Mom to deal with” so I end up with toys with wheels off, papers to sign for school, and anything my husband thinks I need to see!
Posted by PNW - 05/12/2012
I think what really allows this space to work is the NES controller wallpaper on the monitor…hence the Tetris reference.
Posted by wednesday - 05/12/2012
I wish that a few writer would submit their workspaces to you. Technical writing and editing makes decluttering your space easy. But I really don’t know how to minimize clutter when I’m working on a fantasy novel that requires two computers and twelve binders. Said binders hold everything from character outlines to plotting charts, scene outlines, worldbuilding, and culturebuilding. And let us not forget the maps and diagrams to cities, countries, houses, and more. It’s a messy process every day. You can clean up at the end of the day, but I haven’t yet found a way to work back and forth across it all while building a book that doesn’t create a stacked mess of references. The software is organized, the process is not.
Maybe one day someone will write a book on how to declutter a fantasy writer’s world. I can only wish.
Posted by lpvisuals - 05/14/2012
Hey! Thanks for featuring my office and for the kind words!
Posted by JustGail - 05/14/2012
@ wednesday – sometimes putting things away in binders doesn’t work. At a past job, I made a “wall of what” – diagrams and other information we’d use on a frequent basis for troubleshooting, or sometimes just look at and realize “if we did this, then we could do that, and things should run better!”. It wasn’t really a wall, just the papers taped to the doors of the storage cabinets. It saved others from rooting through (and not putting back) my binders and books.
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