Comments on: 10 Great Desktop Gadgets http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/11/24/10-great-desktop-gadgets/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/11/24/10-great-desktop-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 simonstapleton Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:25:19 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-1326 As long as you can recharge said brain by the USB port, it makes it into the list. As long as you can recharge said brain by the USB port, it makes it into the list.

]]> By: Chris Mahan http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/11/24/10-great-desktop-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 Chris Mahan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:11:15 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=2360#comment-1325 To be honest, I think the best thing you can do as a geek for your desk is removing absolutely everything except a mechanical pencil, a 500 ream of plain paper, and a high quality eraser (staedtler). The key to make this work is to remove all trace of the computer, keyboard, monitor, cords, etc. Also remove all books and other junk. The computer should then be a decent netbook that can stay hidden in the drawer to recharge. Bonus points for keeping the desk phone out of sight. Double bonus points for keeping it unplugged. When people ask how you program, you say: pen, paper, brain. And to be honest, this is how I come up with my best programs. To be honest, I think the best thing you can do as a geek for your desk is removing absolutely everything except a mechanical pencil, a 500 ream of plain paper, and a high quality eraser (staedtler).

The key to make this work is to remove all trace of the computer, keyboard, monitor, cords, etc. Also remove all books and other junk.

The computer should then be a decent netbook that can stay hidden in the drawer to recharge.

Bonus points for keeping the desk phone out of sight. Double bonus points for keeping it unplugged.

When people ask how you program, you say: pen, paper, brain.

And to be honest, this is how I come up with my best programs.

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