That’s right, what are the essential tools you have to have in your home office. Whether they stay there or go with you when you are working outside the office.
I get this question often. In an effort to get some idea of what the readers of HOW are using, I wanted to make this an “open thread”. And if the response is good, we can make this a weekly feature. Also, if there are questions you would like to ask your fellow readers of HOW, add those to your comments.
This should really be fun. I love comparing the different tools people use to be productive and to get work done. Include anything you feel you could not live without.
Categories: Ask the Readers
June 11, 2008
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Rubber bands, paper clips, file folders, notepads, and USB drives to back up our work. Also, a TV to have some sort of noise running in the background while we work. It’s funny how the news will be on all day, yet at the end of the day, I still don’t know what’s going on!
A telephone headset and a digital timer. One of the ways I use the timer - set it for 30 minute increments and when it goes off ask myself “Is what I’m doing making money or saving money?” If the answer is “Neither” I quit doing it.
DSL, Firefox, Telcan (sends my toll-free# to my cell), PrimoPDF, Adobe, Mac Notebook, 2 Dell PCs, a wired house, Pandora or my ipod for sanity, VLOTech software for the web-based virtual law office. I wish I had a cool scanner, but I still use my trusty all-in-one copier/printer/scanner. What I really want is an iphone.
laptop, usb drive for backup, yoga videos for a mental and physical break
Carolyn S. just rocked my world. Now I’m adding “timer” to my list.
Cannot live without:
MacBook
JBL ‘phones
wooden drawing table
20″ LCD (newly acquired!)
coffee
pre-sharpened pencils
WACOM tablet
External HD and Time Machine (saved me today)
early morning zazen/stretching routine
Crowded House/Neal Finn collection in iTunes
And now… a timer.