My Home Office Set-up 2014

My Home Office setup isn’t like the video tours that you see on YouTube, it used to similar at one time. It’s now a lot more modest and minimalistic, but it works well for me.   So here’s my text and picture tour of my Home Office as it didn’t seem worth while doing a YouTube video. The storage part of my Home Office is an old Computer desk that houses a Box of Printer Paper, a Shredder, a Box of Envelopes and a brown box that has some Computer stuff on the bottom shelf, the Keyboard drawer has an old Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard while the top shelf has a Printer Organizer with mostly odd bits of scrap paper and the charger for my Asus Google Nexus 7, bluetooth headphones and my Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 USB Headset & on top of it I've got my Kodak esp 1.2 AIO Printer.

[caption id="attachment_2146" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Printing station[/caption]

On the floor in front of the desk I’ve got a locking filing case that I keep all of my important paperwork and weekly bus pass in.

[caption id="attachment_2147" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Filing area[/caption]

Now onto the main part of my Office. My work area is a two-seater sofa where my Targus Slimline Netbook Case lives.

[caption id="attachment_2148" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tech storage[/caption]

The front pocket mainly holds Headphones and Memory cards along with my 32GB Samsung SD Card, Pens, my Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini, a keyboard dusting brush and the charger for my Acer C720 Chromebook.

[caption id="attachment_2149" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Accessory storage[/caption]

The main compartment holds my Acer C720 Chromebook in an iPearl hard shell full body cover, my Asus Google Nexus 7 (2012), External USB 3.0 HDD and the power cord for my Acer C720 Chromebook.

[caption id="attachment_2150" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Main storage 2[/caption]

The great thing about this setup is that I'm always ready for going on the road, as all I've got to do is attach the shoulder strap for my Targus Slimline Netbook Case and I can leave the house with my bag.

[caption id="attachment_2151" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Static to mobile office with the case shoulder strap[/caption]

This probably isn't one of the best Home Office setups around but a Home Office isn't always about large desks and dedicated room, but something that can go from static to mobile office and as long as your setup works for you, and ever since I started my blog in 2010.

Here is a couple of pictures showing how versatile my Home Office setup is.

[caption id="attachment_2148" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Home Office[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2158" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mobile Office[/caption]

Roland

New App Launcher Position Coming To Chrome OS

Google are experimenting with having the Chrome OS App Launcher in the middle of the Desktop compared to the normal Desktop OS position of in the lower left hand side of the Desktop, at present the new App Launcher position is hidden behind a Chrome flag.

[caption id="attachment_2137" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The current position of the Chrome OS App Launcher[/caption]

In my mind the new position of the App Launcher in the middle of the Desktop is more suited to touchscreen Chromebooks than to none touchscreen Chromebooks. This new middle of the Desktop position could also mean that Google are toying with the idea of removing the App Launcher from the shelf and turning the Search key into a Chrome Key, since the Search key also opens the App Launcher, or Google are toying with the idea of an Arm based Chrometab and an intel based Chrometab Pro.



I prefer the traditional position of the App Launcher being positioned in on the lower left hand side of the Desktop & hope that once it’s implemented the Chrome flag stays to allow it to be put back to where it currently is or they add an option to change it back in Settings.

 

Now over to you the reader do you prefer the App Launcher in it’s current position or does the new position sound better?

 Roland