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I'm more productive at night. My office has good ambient lighting and I like to keep it between 72-74 degrees. In the summer, that usually means I'll keep a fan going, which provides some nice white noise, as well. I develop on a 21.5in iMac, standard Apple keyboard (the one with the number pad, not the wireless one) and have both a magic mouse and a magic touchpad. I tend to use the mouse more. I only have the one display. I like the idea of two, but with only one eye, which, itself, has peripheral retina damage, the very narrow visual field means two monitors causes more neck and eye muscle strain than it's worth. My desk chair is a pretty beat up, inexpensive, generic office chair, but it's comfortable. There's a couch in the office, good for sitting and reading, and a stationary bike, good for taking breaks and thinking sometimes. If I'm not doing anything too mentally taxing, I will have music on - usually Pandora, so never quite know what to expect. Otherwise I prefer silence, or something like the fan running, or rain.simplynoise.com. The office has to be kept super clean and organized, otherwise I have difficulty focusing and start to feel a bit cramped/crowded (it's a 14x16 room)..... a quality that does not carry over to the rest of my house, which is either a blessing or a curse..... not sure which. I am occasionally accompanied by a cat that likes to sleep on my feet, or a hound who will make himself at home on the sofa. |