Post by yamanhosen5657 on Mar 6, 2024 4:44:41 GMT -5
Here are the steps I followed to transform my perennially problematic desk into a cleaner, better designed workspace: If you can, set aside a day with nothing on your plate. Totally clear your schedule. Unplug every single thing completely, and power it all down to start fresh. (You're going to place each thing back, one at a time.) Instantly gain desk space with a monitor mount. Attach everything you can to the bottom of your desk, with stuff you rarely touch going nearer the middle and stuff you change often toward the edges. Figure out how you'll bundle up wires and attach them under your desk.
Design your desk so that the bare minimum of wires go down the legs of your desk to walls or other devices. Keep everything you can attached and wired underneath your desk. That's it—so let's walk through each part of the list. Deal with the big items The biggest difference you can make for your desk right now is taking your monitor off its own Panama mobile number list stand and mounting it onto an arm or pole that's affixed to your desk. I use a very simple pole with a VESA mount (the mounting standard for monitors) and a desk clamp that I got on Amazon for around $30. Every monitor mounting solution I've researched includes cord management, which helps you further hide your cables for a cleaner appearance. After my monitor, the next biggest things in my setup were two power strips on the floor, with three or four different things plugged into each—wires all over. I also have an ethernet hub with four or five cables attached and a Raspberry Pi running home automation software.
Getting all these items attached underneath my desk meant I only had two power cables and a couple ethernet cables going away from my desk, minimizing my cords to manage. Start placing items I wanted my power strips attached as securely as possible because I tend to pull and push hard when adding or taking away plugs, so I opted to use wood screws and a cordless drill to drive them into my solid wood desk. (Strong double-sided adhesive strips might work for you, but they tend to fail on wood desks that have been oiled.) If you opt to go with screws on the bigger or heavier items, many power strips already have holes to attach them to walls, usually in the form of a "keyhole" type mount. This TikTok video explains how to drill perfectly placed screws under your desk in less than a minute.
Design your desk so that the bare minimum of wires go down the legs of your desk to walls or other devices. Keep everything you can attached and wired underneath your desk. That's it—so let's walk through each part of the list. Deal with the big items The biggest difference you can make for your desk right now is taking your monitor off its own Panama mobile number list stand and mounting it onto an arm or pole that's affixed to your desk. I use a very simple pole with a VESA mount (the mounting standard for monitors) and a desk clamp that I got on Amazon for around $30. Every monitor mounting solution I've researched includes cord management, which helps you further hide your cables for a cleaner appearance. After my monitor, the next biggest things in my setup were two power strips on the floor, with three or four different things plugged into each—wires all over. I also have an ethernet hub with four or five cables attached and a Raspberry Pi running home automation software.
Getting all these items attached underneath my desk meant I only had two power cables and a couple ethernet cables going away from my desk, minimizing my cords to manage. Start placing items I wanted my power strips attached as securely as possible because I tend to pull and push hard when adding or taking away plugs, so I opted to use wood screws and a cordless drill to drive them into my solid wood desk. (Strong double-sided adhesive strips might work for you, but they tend to fail on wood desks that have been oiled.) If you opt to go with screws on the bigger or heavier items, many power strips already have holes to attach them to walls, usually in the form of a "keyhole" type mount. This TikTok video explains how to drill perfectly placed screws under your desk in less than a minute.