This is my workspace:
Aside from the unusual number of mice, many of my programmer friends are curious as to why my setup doesn’t look more like this:
… especially since I have extra monitors around. I used to have another one hooked up. But three months ago I removed the extra monitor at both my home and work, much to the dismay of my coworkers. After almost ten years at various media jobs, with between two and four monitors, I know only use one by choice, and the rest of this essay is about why.