January 5, 2012
I work in a tiny apartment, and use two 24” monitors. I needed a workstation that fits into a tiny niche, but can still accommodate me for many hours every day and let me work productively. This called for a custom solution, and I rose to the challenge, designing my one-of-a-kind workstation. While it’s fun to show and tell, I think I’ve learned some valuable lessons along the way.
November 7, 2011
Computer monitors are growing ever more capacious and cheaper. This week, we’re giving away 25 copies of MaxTo with 3 years’ worth of free updates! Join us after the jump to find out how you can win a copy.
March 21, 2011
Having multiple monitors can sometimes help you be a lot more productive, helping you digest more information at once, but this usually requires a bit of configuration, which you can easily achieve with these programs. Having more screen real estate also gives you an excuse to beautify your now extra-long desktop, which shouldn’t be too [...]
September 27, 2010
Your computer is kitted out and just waiting for that nudge of the mouse. Wait! Have you forgotten something? Calibrating our monitors is one of the basic steps most computer users forget or ignore. Pixel perfect monitor calibration is almost a holy rule for photographers and graphic artists. If you are either of those, you [...]
May 24, 2010
Fed up with your dual monitor setup? Looking for a way to more than 1 external display to complement your laptop? The Sewell Minideck uses available USB ports to allow you to natively connect displays up to 24″ in size and even high definition 1080p displays to your laptop. Usually retailing for $99.95, we are [...]
January 28, 2010
In the past articles I wrote about using a dual monitors configuration, we have discussed ways to do so more productive, what programs can help, and different types of users. Through writing those articles, I have come to realize that there are basically two approaches to making use of dual monitors: having a major and minor monitor and [...]
January 22, 2010
In past articles I have hit on ways to set up your work on multiple monitors to make them more productive (here and here). This article, although seemingly similar, will major on types of people that make use of multiple monitors and how and those various dual monitor uses. As we have explored already, different people [...]
January 12, 2010
As I mentioned in my last article about dual monitors and productivity, having more than one monitor really helps manage all of those programs and tasks you’ve got going on. Since that article, I have written an article or so about how to set up dual monitors. I have now gotten rid of my old [...]
January 8, 2010
I’ve been working with a dual monitor setup for a bit now and I am loving it! In past articles I have been sharing some of what I have learned so far. I wrote about 6 ways to use multiple monitors to make you more productive. Since then I have found several more ways (maybe [...]
December 3, 2009
The first time I came across this issue, I was attempting to send video from my laptop to my television via s-video. You see, at the time we did not have cable television (and still don’t by the way) so I was wanting to watch some YouTube videos with my wife while still working on [...]
