I’ve been toying with the idea of using multiple screens for a while (there’s an old post about this somewhere but I can’t find it at the moment) and now’s the time to go for it. Email in one, newsreader in another and browser in a third. Does that seem overkill to you? Actually no. I ‘live’ in those three environments most of the time and while I find the Mac is friendlier than the PC for working with multiple applications, there’s no way to get away from the mess of apps that are overlaid on a single screen.
Scoble has written about this, arguing that all Microsoft employees should have dual screens on the premise that productivity rises. Intuitively, I believe he’s right but I don’t know about the claim of 5-15% improvement, although I’ve no reason to doubt his assertion. According to CNN, no less than Bill Gates uses 3 screens for the same reason.
There’s a clear case for similar arrangements in the professional accountant’s office. Email/IM, accounts production/taxation/practice management apps and browser.
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