I highly recommend getting a walking pad under your standing desk. It is surprisingly easy to use a mouse and keyboard while walking at 2/3 km/h, and it is way less strain on your body than just standing.
Some useful tips. My workspace has always taken centre stage wherever I’ve lived because my life revolves around studying and working. That has usually meant that the office takes over the dining area and sometimes even the living room. I’m looking forward to the day when the layout of where I’m living lets me work from the couch with a keyboard connected to a huge monitor and I’m still near the coffee pot. Coziness is important in winter. That means wood and colourful art as a contrast to the neutral walls and furniture. My desk is a white metal IKEA unit topped with a beautiful piece of salvaged solid teak. Adjustable lamps instead of overhead lighting are key if you’re videoconferencing in both bright daylight and in late evening darkness. My leisure time spent with others happens in coffee shops and on hiking trails so I don’t need a bunch of rooms complicating my living space.
I absolutely love my standing desk (a Flexispot) and Aeron. My posture issues and pain went away basically. I switch every hour or so, since it’s so easy.
Daniel mate, please, I am sure you have a whole arsenal of desk mats - bring one of them to use! I think your setup would look super sleek with a leather mat, or even a felt in charcoal. The mouse on naked tabletop hurts my eyes :D
Being able to use my mouse anywhere on my desktop was like Independence Day for me! Even with a relatively large mat, I was constantly running off the edge (or having to be careful where I set a glass down). For anyone making intensive use of a mouse, that lack of constriction makes life so much more convenient. I would never give that up for the eye candy of a mat.
such a timely video. i am thinking about upgrading my desk setup before 2025 with a bunch of stuff in my cart waiting for checkout. This vid helped to reconsider a few things. Thanks!
This is such an informative and detailed video! Super helpful and thank you for sharing. Helped me redo my home office with a cleaner aesthetic and a standing desk
My personal major problem with most offices is that desks are far too high for ladies. I spent a lot of time finding the perfect height setup. After that, I focus on simplicity combined with practicality. My laptop is lifted so the monitor is the same height as my external monitor which is lifted to eye height with the desk being elbow height. Yes, definitely drawers and minimal distractions. I do insist on having some flowers on my desk for a splash of colour, but that's it.
Great content, just one remark on desk depth. Going other way around into shallow desk can be even worse than too deep in my experience. I have a desk in a living room that is quite long and narrow. Opted for a narrow LILLÅSEN Ikea desk which visually fitted well due to its form factor. Desk in practice is even to shallow to use with a laptop, just lacking leg space in practice. Ending up using it rarely, while my spouse straight up refuse to use it completely and we end up on dining table when working from home.
As a pianist i was trained to consider the flow of energy from shoulder to finger - eg hand lower than elbow. So i have found that having my - seated, allowing for the depth of a mechanical keyboard - desk level lower than is common has been super helpful. (PS: How come your ikea chair rolls so easily - mine is super sticky and annoying?)
He's talked about it in earlier videos. He replaced the original wheels with roller blade wheel castors. Bigger than regular castors but move waayyyy better
number one mistake imo: placement of desk. I just don't want to face a wall with my back to the room. I'd rather be in what feng shui calls the command position, facing the room and the entrance to the room. if the room is quite intimate but has a large window, i'll place my desk next to or facing that, and take advantage of the daylight. surprised you didn't talk about this! thank you for mentioning acoustics though!
I totally agree with you, but majority of us just don’t have enough space. A commanding position of the desk takes so much more space as the desk is taking a more central position, and cable management becomes very difficult.
I’ve only lived in a couple of spaces where such a setup worked. In both cases, the room was at least 17 feet long and took up half the total living space. In one case it was about 500 sq. ft. You need to be close to at least one wall at the side to have access to power, unless your work doesn’t require a big monitor.
When I look at the setup behind you, I can only which to have so simple things. I'm trying to fugure out how to organize my desk that has a 49 inch uw curved monitor, a laptop, a gaming PC, a Playstation, a thrusmaster steering wheel...😮💨 and more...
Hi, thanks for this video! I'd be very interested in a solution for Gamers who need to work from home and have no space for two desks :) Because I really have these productivity issues
Whenever I see supposedly "Pro" desktops from content creators in RUclips they are always super tidy, super clean, minimalistic empty desktops. But when I see the real desktops from true professionals they are quite the opposite. Plenty of creative chaos, things, cables, chargers, and even half a pizza from the previous night. Tidy minimalistic desktops are more from wannabes than real professionals.
I counted four commercials in this sponsored video. I understand that you need to make money, but having so many commercials in an already sponsored video feels excessive! Also, are you only making sponsored videos now? It seems that way.
Ditch the air purifier and get a plant wall or some sort of plant pots/tiny garden if you can. The plants will give you fresh air and have many mental health benefits
Its not the creators fault. This is youtube trying to get you to pay premium... and unfortunately for me it works. Creators have no say on the ads google will play in their videos.
If you show studies about sitting time and how it can badly affect your body and then offer standing as an alternative why would you not look into/ show the risks of that too? Because i just recently saw studies about that and standing also has risks of it own though other kinds then sitting. Just curious i still like the video overall and you do make a lot of excellent points otherwise
No, just no. Suggesting going for a less than optimum chair with regards to ergonomics is just wrong. Suggesting people should punish them self, in order to remember not stay seated all the time that is just not the way forward.
Are you going to start doing more architect redesigns again
That would be great! You could do my home office. It's so difficult with half of the room having a roof slope.
Agreed. The architect redesigns episodes were a highlight of the channel.
I highly recommend getting a walking pad under your standing desk. It is surprisingly easy to use a mouse and keyboard while walking at 2/3 km/h, and it is way less strain on your body than just standing.
Some useful tips.
My workspace has always taken centre stage wherever I’ve lived because my life revolves around studying and working. That has usually meant that the office takes over the dining area and sometimes even the living room. I’m looking forward to the day when the layout of where I’m living lets me work from the couch with a keyboard connected to a huge monitor and I’m still near the coffee pot.
Coziness is important in winter. That means wood and colourful art as a contrast to the neutral walls and furniture. My desk is a white metal IKEA unit topped with a beautiful piece of salvaged solid teak. Adjustable lamps instead of overhead lighting are key if you’re videoconferencing in both bright daylight and in late evening darkness.
My leisure time spent with others happens in coffee shops and on hiking trails so I don’t need a bunch of rooms complicating my living space.
Finally a video that talks about what I want. Thank you
I absolutely love my standing desk (a Flexispot) and Aeron. My posture issues and pain went away basically. I switch every hour or so, since it’s so easy.
Daniel mate, please, I am sure you have a whole arsenal of desk mats - bring one of them to use! I think your setup would look super sleek with a leather mat, or even a felt in charcoal. The mouse on naked tabletop hurts my eyes :D
for real... mouse are made to use with mousepad at least.
Being able to use my mouse anywhere on my desktop was like Independence Day for me! Even with a relatively large mat, I was constantly running off the edge (or having to be careful where I set a glass down). For anyone making intensive use of a mouse, that lack of constriction makes life so much more convenient. I would never give that up for the eye candy of a mat.
such a timely video. i am thinking about upgrading my desk setup before 2025 with a bunch of stuff in my cart waiting for checkout. This vid helped to reconsider a few things. Thanks!
This is such an informative and detailed video! Super helpful and thank you for sharing. Helped me redo my home office with a cleaner aesthetic and a standing desk
Loving the new hairstyle! Totally off topic, I know.
My personal major problem with most offices is that desks are far too high for ladies. I spent a lot of time finding the perfect height setup. After that, I focus on simplicity combined with practicality. My laptop is lifted so the monitor is the same height as my external monitor which is lifted to eye height with the desk being elbow height. Yes, definitely drawers and minimal distractions. I do insist on having some flowers on my desk for a splash of colour, but that's it.
I see you Daniel! You rocking that hair well my man! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
what a neat video. I resonated with every point in this video, good job!
Helpful as usual!
Great content, just one remark on desk depth. Going other way around into shallow desk can be even worse than too deep in my experience. I have a desk in a living room that is quite long and narrow. Opted for a narrow LILLÅSEN Ikea desk which visually fitted well due to its form factor. Desk in practice is even to shallow to use with a laptop, just lacking leg space in practice. Ending up using it rarely, while my spouse straight up refuse to use it completely and we end up on dining table when working from home.
Great quality video, I can tell you put a lot of work into this video, great work! And great tips too :) Thanks.
is there any smart tech stuff or video of things you use?
Ever thought washer dryer desk set up in small apartment trying to figure out how to design one myself. I think you have to have higher chairs.
As a pianist i was trained to consider the flow of energy from shoulder to finger - eg hand lower than elbow. So i have found that having my - seated, allowing for the depth of a mechanical keyboard - desk level lower than is common has been super helpful. (PS: How come your ikea chair rolls so easily - mine is super sticky and annoying?)
good chair wheels really help!
He's talked about it in earlier videos. He replaced the original wheels with roller blade wheel castors. Bigger than regular castors but move waayyyy better
number one mistake imo: placement of desk. I just don't want to face a wall with my back to the room. I'd rather be in what feng shui calls the command position, facing the room and the entrance to the room. if the room is quite intimate but has a large window, i'll place my desk next to or facing that, and take advantage of the daylight. surprised you didn't talk about this! thank you for mentioning acoustics though!
I totally agree with you, but majority of us just don’t have enough space. A commanding position of the desk takes so much more space as the desk is taking a more central position, and cable management becomes very difficult.
great point.
I’ve only lived in a couple of spaces where such a setup worked. In both cases, the room was at least 17 feet long and took up half the total living space. In one case it was about 500 sq. ft.
You need to be close to at least one wall at the side to have access to power, unless your work doesn’t require a big monitor.
This is off-topic, sorry, but I’m loving your hairstyle! 👍
7:37 Watching this sitting and smoking at my desk, satisfied my setup checks many of his marks.
When I look at the setup behind you, I can only which to have so simple things. I'm trying to fugure out how to organize my desk that has a 49 inch uw curved monitor, a laptop, a gaming PC, a Playstation, a thrusmaster steering wheel...😮💨 and more...
I saw a setup on reddit where a HOTAS setup was made demountable via groove profiles.
Your videos are always so choice dude 👌
Considering your face cut, this new haircut looks great on you.
Hi, thanks for this video! I'd be very interested in a solution for Gamers who need to work from home and have no space for two desks :) Because I really have these productivity issues
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First mistake I see, macbook in clamshell mode and vent pointed down. You can forget performance when the heat got nowhere to go
You are so on point, especially for we working from home.
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I say put your standing desk on a timer, if it rises on it's own you got no other option than rising with it 😂
That’s a good idea if you could do it!
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Whenever I see supposedly "Pro" desktops from content creators in RUclips they are always super tidy, super clean, minimalistic empty desktops. But when I see the real desktops from true professionals they are quite the opposite. Plenty of creative chaos, things, cables, chargers, and even half a pizza from the previous night. Tidy minimalistic desktops are more from wannabes than real professionals.
I dont have G.A.S. because I think it will make me better. I just like gear too much.
The monitor so close to, and basically facing, the light from the outside cannot be practical.
Not if the window faces north or if you live where it’s grey and cloudy all the time.
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I counted four commercials in this sponsored video. I understand that you need to make money, but having so many commercials in an already sponsored video feels excessive! Also, are you only making sponsored videos now? It seems that way.
I don’t mind the commercials bc it’s a way to support the channel and the content
It's one big add.
Ditch the air purifier and get a plant wall or some sort of plant pots/tiny garden if you can. The plants will give you fresh air and have many mental health benefits
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too many adds
I agree. I made a similar comment - I counted four commercials in this already-sponsored video. 🙄
go premium or get adblock extension
Its not the creators fault. This is youtube trying to get you to pay premium... and unfortunately for me it works. Creators have no say on the ads google will play in their videos.
If you show studies about sitting time and how it can badly affect your body and then offer standing as an alternative why would you not look into/ show the risks of that too? Because i just recently saw studies about that and standing also has risks of it own though other kinds then sitting. Just curious i still like the video overall and you do make a lot of excellent points otherwise
315 like !
got me withthe GAS, unnecessary distractions researching stuff
No, just no.
Suggesting going for a less than optimum chair with regards to ergonomics is just wrong. Suggesting people should punish them self, in order to remember not stay seated all the time that is just not the way forward.
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