Remote Working: 6 cheap must-have items

Keep your home office as comfortable as possible with very low effort.

1 - Wide mouse pad

It’s my personal working dojo — my sacred working place. While all items in the room can change place, revolving as a system of celestial bodies having me as the main axis, on my mouse pad you will always find the same items.

I’ve come to the conclusion that this behavior immensely helps me gaining concentration and entering into the flow state with less effort.

Photo by Workperch on Unsplash

2 - USB and HDMI switchers

Linus Torvalds (the guy who created Linux) does have his desk plastered with cables. For me on the contrary It’s disturbing to have a tangle of wires over the place I’m supposed to work.

Courtesy of The Linux Foundation — Linus in his home office
Check the completed guided tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOXeXauRAm0

A simple switcher can help me maintain my desk as neat as possible (with a little bit of cable management), also making it easier to plug in or recharge external devices. I do like SWITCHES more than HUBs because, having two different laptops, it’s easier to SWITCH (hence the name 😅) from one to the other without plugging in and out mouse, keyboard…