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Ask HN: What is on your desk besides your computer (and components), and phone?
I have a few business magazines, a picture of an island off the coast of New Zealand, a picture of a Porsche 911, vitamins, a stack of biz cards, and a small fan.
- mikey_p 15y agoLegal pads. With all the technology I deal with on a regular day, nothing beats having a legal pad handy to jot notes on. Something about handwriting really seems to help me remember interesting things from Hacker news, or odd notes from phone calls.
- cydonian_monk 15y agoHmm.... A small desk lamp, a scotch tape dispenser, two unused staplers, two unused hole punches, two vertical wire-files for the bits of loose paper that won't go away (one of which is completely empty, the other half-so), two stainless steel water bottles, my sunglasses, the wrist watch I never wear, my keys, a couple of smaller writing pads, and three VOIP phones (for testing). There's also a couple tech books that I never open (because I use the eBook versions on my iPhone, exNook, etc., now instead), along with the latest squarebound corporate policy tome that says I shouldn't post this. All that and a small model bus with my hometown on the destination board to remind me that if I fail I'll be back on that bus going somewhere I fought to get out of.
- hammock 15y agoI like the bus reminder. I need one of those.
- fagatini 15y ago* 24 pack of Mt. Dew. * "Learning javascript and vb" book * Unopened bills from 4 months ago * Double dildo * Lube
- allwein 15y agoDude, I'd be embarrassed admitting something like that was on my desk. shakes head at vb book
- veyron 15y agosweeping from left to right, excluding imac, kbd, mouse, cell phone, extra monitor: - despair.com "Potential" desktopper - graph 8.5x11 notepad - small form diary/calendar - sunglasses - my keys [ironically, to a 911 turbo s cabrio] - delcom usb led 904005-SB http://www.delcomproducts.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=904005-SB http://www.delcomproducts.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=... - two ipads and two ipod touches - book for financial exam - lego police set [police minifigure collection] and lego helicopter - cars from a few lego train sets - cufflinks - pencil holder with staedler 0.3 drafting pencils - american express
- hammock 15y agoPapers of current project, pop-up post it dispenser (indispensable, no pun intended), a few books I'm currently reading, etch-a-sketch.
- inshane 15y agoA few business cards, various papers, glass of water, mug of pens/pencils etc., postcard received from a friend visiting Amsterdam, small buddha statue kind of like this: http://bit.ly/iO2Iy5 http://bit.ly/iO2Iy5
- dataminer 15y agoa water bottle
- cfinke 15y agoNothing. A cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind.
- joebadmo 15y agoThe reply I've always heard to this is: "Then is an empty desk the sign of an empty mind?"
- cfinke 15y agoI do believe that you've picked up what I put down. Seriously though, my desktop is essentially bare. I like the space to spread my arms out as I think, and I find that a large clean surface allows me to concentrate better than a desk full of books, knickknacks, and office supplies does.
- joebadmo 15y agoYes, me too. People have mistaken my cubicle for an unoccupied one.
- pokoleo 15y agoScrewdriver, book on electric circuits, mug with spare change. (feet)
- sea6ear 15y agoYou are looking at the cubical of an average systems administrator. You notice a few items scattered around the desk (the computer is locked down and cannot be taken) Random Books: Pointers on C C Programing Language Unix Power Tools Sed and Awk Classic Shell Scripting Unix in a Nutshell A set of index cards (half size 2.5x3) with lists for next tasks for each project/issue being tracked. A couple of notebooks A coffee mug and a cup of water A green marker for the Whiteboard There is an exit to the West.
- nametoremember 15y agoFrom left to right on my deak A ball, my phone, my laptop, three pens, a mug and a lottery ticket.