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What non-tech items in your setup do you have that just seem to make life infinitely easier? One of the most useful things for me is one of these desk-caddy holders (https://www.amazon.com/Stock-Your-Home-Electronics-Organizer/dp/B000Y1L1MQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1472005349&sr=8-5&keywords=electronic+charging+station). Super useful for holding all of the miscellaneous bullshit on my desk. 

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7 hours ago, Undertow_ said:

What non-tech items in your setup do you have that just seem to make life infinitely easier? One of the most useful things for me is one of these desk-caddy holders (https://www.amazon.com/Stock-Your-Home-Electronics-Organizer/dp/B000Y1L1MQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1472005349&sr=8-5&keywords=electronic+charging+station). Super useful for holding all of the miscellaneous bullshit on my desk. 

A good lamp is much more important than I thought it would be. I use this one: 

 

https://www.amazon.com/TaoTronics-TT-DL01-Dimmable-Touch-Sensitive-Charging/dp/B00APAQSP6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1472032840&sr=8-4&keywords=taotronics+lamp

 

It's got everything. Adjustable brightness, adjustable colour temperature, timer, powered USB port, the works.

 

Also, you'd be surprised how much a few plants here and there improves a workspace.

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a stand for stuff you use often and don't want to lose. For example I have a phone stand and also a stand for my graphics tablet's pen (both made out of LEGO, so don't have a link)

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Light and space (Lots of both). 

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An A4 book of grid paper for working out equations and an A6 daily planner. (I know digital options do exist but in classes its much faster to flip to the dog eared page and jot a line down.)

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I 3D printed a phone stand, but it's not great for a work space. Whenever I'm working on non academic things, I often find myself needing to write certain things down from my computer, so a pencil cup with some pens and pencils is useful. And sticky notes, sticky notes are amazing.

 

A second monitor is nice to have, a comfortable mouse, nice mechanical keyboard, and a large mouse pad. Think I got everything. 

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On 8/24/2016 at 9:01 AM, MrDynamicMan said:

An A4 book of grid paper for working out equations and an A6 daily planner. (I know digital options do exist but in classes its much faster to flip to the dog eared page and jot a line down.)

I do the same thing for programming work and writing down todo lists and whatnot. Writing it with ink is a much better way to remember things in my opinion.

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I have a whiteboard on one of my walls for math, but I also use it for... Well, a lot of stuff actually. The right side usually has a to-do list, some papers (on magnets), and maybe a list of credit charges. I've also got a massive architect's lamp bolted to the side of my desk that's pointed at the corner of my ceiling, it gives off plenty of ambient light.

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