Monitor Scarcity
Funny NYT story about someone's multiple monitor epiphany.
In the short time I worked with Aaron Iba (now at AppJet) he was the most extreme advocate of multiple monitors I have ever met. He would complain despite the Google standard of two 24-inch monitors.
"One day, we will look back upon the impoverished era of 2005, and think, those poor suckers only had 24-inch monitors? How did they live?"
In some sort of poorly-planned office move, someone left their monitors around to be Aaron-poached and he eagerly dove into configuring his super-non-standard window system. I can't remember, but I think it ended up the graphics card couldn't handle four monitors.
Even today Aaron is forced to suffer through a merely-three-monitor existence. The horror... the horror.
Seriously though, if you're a programmer using only one monitor, you can get an extra 22" flat screen monitor for under $200. Do it!
In the short time I worked with Aaron Iba (now at AppJet) he was the most extreme advocate of multiple monitors I have ever met. He would complain despite the Google standard of two 24-inch monitors.
"One day, we will look back upon the impoverished era of 2005, and think, those poor suckers only had 24-inch monitors? How did they live?"
In some sort of poorly-planned office move, someone left their monitors around to be Aaron-poached and he eagerly dove into configuring his super-non-standard window system. I can't remember, but I think it ended up the graphics card couldn't handle four monitors.
Even today Aaron is forced to suffer through a merely-three-monitor existence. The horror... the horror.
Seriously though, if you're a programmer using only one monitor, you can get an extra 22" flat screen monitor for under $200. Do it!
posted by Kevin at
8:31 AM
1 Comments:
Totally agree. You should at least have one 30" or two 20s.
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The Great Hive, At
January 19, 2009 1:39 PM
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