Re:Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
by elcritch on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:05PM
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> Or maybe I can't fool myself with "well, work stuff is up on the other monitor..." Not sure.
Major downside of being creative and quick thinking... our brains are really good at tricking ourselves. ;)
I've been using a LG C2 42" OLED as a monitor combined with a lazy boy in my home office. It's been pretty nice! Though I totally feel the bit about taking a small screen to a cafe when I really need to focus.
Multiple screens are great, and sometimes I have good success for a while after going back to my desk with its nice big monitor and all that after I get into a flow on my laptop, but when I really need to focus and am having trouble, oddly enough, just walking to another room (or a coffee shop, or whatever) and sitting down with only my laptop often gives me a good kick-start.
Dunno why. I'd go with "multiple screens = distracting" except that I mostly focus on my main screen when I'm at my desk, so I don't think that's it. The change might just break distraction loops (ahem, visiting HN) or something. Or maybe I can't fool myself with "well, work stuff is up on the other monitor..." Not sure.