{"id":2420,"date":"2022-01-31T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2022-02-27T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:58:58","slug":"workspace-widescreen-standing-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/blog\/workspace-widescreen-standing-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"How I achieve my dream workspace with 3 tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">After some weeks that I had to work more than usual, I started feeling tired of my tiny workspace and I even started having back pain for being sited more than usual, so this week I decided to improve my &#8220;work from home&#8221; setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"       wp-block-group sidebar has-main-text-color-color has-aside-background-color-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<section class=\"    wp-block-group has-main-text-color-color has-main-background-color-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h3 class=\"   has-main-text-color-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"    wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maintenance-marcosrego-opengraph-1024x538.png\" alt=\"Marcos Rego Maintenance Opengraph Image\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maintenance-marcosrego-opengraph-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maintenance-marcosrego-opengraph-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maintenance-marcosrego-opengraph-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maintenance-marcosrego-opengraph.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"-\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"  has-main-text-color-color has-text-color\"><strong>All registered users<\/strong> get access to more sections of the website, including a <strong>client area,<\/strong> where it is possible to <strong>check the status and renew maintenance services<\/strong> via online-payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"   wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-invert-color-color has-link-color-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/.\/client-area\/\"><strong>go to client area<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#1_getting_a_standing_desk\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> 1. Getting a standing desk<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#2_a_bigger_multitasking_screen_for_my_workspace\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> 2. A bigger multitasking screen for my workspace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#3_make_my_website_match_with_the_new_widescreen\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> 3. Make my website match with the new widescreen<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#more_steps_to_improve_my_workspace\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> More steps to improve my workspace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#comments\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-getting-a-standing-desk\"><span id=\"1_getting_a_standing_desk\"><strong>1. Getting a standing desk<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I knew the amount of work I was having would be something temporary but still it was affecting me physically, I had to do something about it. The usual running on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jf-estrela.pt\/comunidade\/locais-a-visitar\/1-jardim-da-estrela\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jardim da Estrela<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/descubralisboa.com\/jardim-lisboa-tapada-das-necessidades\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/descubralisboa.com\/jardim-lisboa-tapada-das-necessidades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tapada das Necessidades<\/a> while using the app <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.c25k&amp;hl=en\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.c25k&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C25K (Couch to 5 KM)<\/a> was not enough anymore. So I got the basic standing desk from <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.yaasa.eu\/yaasa\/desk-basic-135-70?sai=140\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/shop.yaasa.eu\/yaasa\/desk-basic-135-70?sai=140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yaasa<\/a> in discount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I&#8217;m impressed with it more than I imagined. Working standing up felt more natural than expected and it felt even more natural to change between sited and standing up, whenever my body asked for it. I know it seems obvious, but putting it in practice is another level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">And this was not the only thing I did to improve my work from home experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-a-bigger-multitasking-screen-for-my-workspace\"><span id=\"2_a_bigger_multitasking_screen_for_my_workspace\"><strong>2. A bigger multitasking screen for my workspace<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"  wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1083\" data-id=\"2460\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk.jpg\" alt=\"The standing desk I got from Yassa and the wisdescreen LG\" class=\"wp-image-2460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_standing_desk-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>The standing desk I got from Yassa and the wisdescreen LG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I started using a widescreen from LG and although the proportions were strange on some movies and games, I noticed that this proportion is perfect to work and my multitasking improved a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Specially when combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/powertoys\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/powertoys\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PowerToys from Microsoft<\/a>. Between all the features, the app allows to have more control on the space each window occupies and their position, with key binding shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I used a multiple screen setup before but found the widescreen to be more convenient and comfortable to the eye. And I still go with multiple screens sometimes, when connecting with my laptop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The different proportions felt strange not only on movies and games, also on websites without a container (with designs that stretch to the window), they looked odd in some situations and sometimes they would have big empty spaces, that could make better use of the widescreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">My website was one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-make-my-website-match-with-the-new-widescreen\"><span id=\"3_make_my_website_match_with_the_new_widescreen\"><strong>3. Make my website match with the new widescreen<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You can see below how <a href=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/blog\/new-website\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1032\">my website<\/a> looked on wide screens (on dark theme):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"  wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" data-id=\"2451\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1024x432.png\" alt=\"Marcos Rego Blog list before updating it to wide screens\" class=\"wp-image-2451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1536x648.png 1536w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image.png 1791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>Marcos Rego Blog list before updating it to wide screens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I could get used to it, it&#8217;s normal to have different experiences between screen sizes&#8230; But in the end, I started thinking <em>&#8220;I have to look to my website very often&#8221;<\/em>, it would feel strange that the experience was not well optimized and adapted to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This feeling was strong specially on blogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"  wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" data-id=\"2452\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-1024x432.png\" alt=\"Marcos Rego blog page before update to wide screens\" class=\"wp-image-2452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1-1536x648.png 1536w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-1.png 1791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>Marcos Rego blog page before update to wide screens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">So I made specific changes to make better use of the widescreen, and this is the result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"   wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"2457\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-1024x431.png\" alt=\"Marcos Rego blog list after update to wide screens\" class=\"wp-image-2457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-2.png 1788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>Marcos Rego blog list after update to wide screens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1787\" height=\"752\" data-id=\"2458\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Marcos Rego blog page updated to wide screens\" class=\"wp-image-2458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3.png 1787w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image-3-1536x646.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1787px) 100vw, 1787px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>Marcos Rego blog page updated to wide screens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The bigger changes were on the single blog page. As you might notice, the table of contents is always open and faster to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On the blog list, I could increase the number of tiles per line, but if I did that the transition to the single blog page would not make sense: The left &#8220;sidebar&#8221; would increase and decrease too many times for my taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Now I&#8217;m happier working on this website. And I might give extra thoughts to my client&#8217;s websites, now that I have a real testing device for wide situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more-steps-to-improve-my-workspace\"><span id=\"more_steps_to_improve_my_workspace\"><strong>More steps to improve my workspace<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For now those were the 3 steps I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Something that might count as 4th step, I do keep two different desks at home now. One is the standing desk mentioned above, the other has a desktop computer to change when I feel like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"  wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"     wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1083\" data-id=\"2461\" src=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk.jpg\" alt=\"My other desk where I have my desktop computer\" class=\"wp-image-2461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/marcos_rego_normal_desk-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"-\"><figcaption>My other desk where I have my desktop computer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For next steps, I&#8217;ll improve the cable management and I&#8217;ve found myself watching videos of other people improving their workspace, with lots of great ideas and extra accessories. I might not resist and start copying some of them in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"comments\"><b>Comments<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"disqus_thread\"><\/div>\n<script>\nif(mrGetCookie('cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional') == 'yes') {\n    var disqus_config = function () {\n        this.page.url = (location.protocol+'\/\/'+location.host+location.pathname).replace(\"\/account\/\", \"\/\");\n        this.page.identifier = document.querySelector(\"article\").id.replace(\"post-\", \"\");\n    };\n    \n    (function() {\n    var d = document, s = d.createElement('script');\n    s.src = 'https:\/\/marcosrego-web.disqus.com\/embed.js';\n    s.setAttribute('data-timestamp', +new Date());\n    (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s);\n    })();\n} else {\n    document.querySelector('#disqus_thread').innerHTML = 'You cannot view or add comments because you did not consent to the use of functional cookies: <a class=\"  cli_manage_current_consent\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\">Manage your consent.<\/a>';\n}\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some weeks that I had to work more than usual, I started feeling tired of my tiny workspace and I even started having back pain for being sited more than usual, so this week I decided to improve my &#8220;work from home&#8221; setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[53,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcosrego.com\/account\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}