When it comes to increasing the flow of work in the office, increasing the monitor real estate that I have to work with is one simple yet effective way of doing just that. The advantage of going from a single to a dual screen setup and from dual to triple screen is extremely beneficial and it means that I can do far more in one workspace as opposed to constantly using ALT-TAB to switch back and forth between windows. There is a catch though with adding extra screens on to my desk and this obviously is going to be the space. More display real-estate consequently means that more space is going to be needed and when you’ve got a desk crammed full of bits of hardware, notepads, keyboards and mice etc, you soon start running out of places to place another screen. After mulling over a number of options, the idea came about using a set of monitor arms to suspend the screens above my desk area giving me the space that I need on the desk, whilst still allowing me to have the much needed space that I need on screen when writing reviews. Further more, having an arm means that I can rotate the screen through 90° to have it held up in a portrait orientation. Normally this wouldn’t be the way I would have a screen, but with the editor that we use at eTeknix, having the screen in portrait is far more beneficial as we can see more of the written content at one as opposed to scrolling up and down all the time.



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