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Is there some kind of website where people can upload their office/desk pictures including better descriptions (like those plus-icons) and a little Text?

I don't know why, but to me it's motivating and just interresting to see how other people work. And i don't mean websites presenting huge offices of big companies. I mean homeoffices etc. A few years ago this was really big on Flickr, but since "nobody" is really active on Flickr anymore, i feel like those days are gone.

I bet there is a good number of interesting peoples workplaces to look at. :)

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Closely related is https://usesthis.com/ , which focuses more on text description of people's working tools and habits than screenshots. Joey Hess' interview [1] was particularly memorable.

[1]: https://usesthis.com/interviews/joey.hess/

Then you will love https://reddit.com/r/PrivateStudyRooms

I'm always fascinated with other peoples work habits/spaces when they have a choice, it always tells you something about the way they work.

Here's mine - http://i.imgur.com/IpRAW3m.jpg 7x3ft standing desk I built with my business partner :)

Love that Ergo 4000!

They are awesome, made a massive difference to the pain I was getting and improved posture at the same time, win/win and dirt cheap as well.

I got the new Sculpt, also pretty nice! :)

I looked at the Sculpt as it was out at the time but I've never been a fan of that style of key (mostly due to bad experiences using them on laptops).

Out of curiosity did you use the 4000 before and how do you find it?

I tried it, but i couldn't get it to work for me. I was coming from an Apple Wireless Keyboard and the size of the 4000 was just to big for my taste. I got pretty used to having my mouse pretty near my keyboard and not have to spread my arms very far.

I had a mechanical keyboard for a while after the AWK, but my hands did hurt after long programming sessions. So i gave the Sculpt a go.

It took me a while to get used to it, since it's also wider than the AWK, but not as wide as the 4000. Since i had to fix my hand-hurting issues, i powered through it and now i'm pretty happy.

So to answer your question: Since i was using an Apple Keyboard for years, the click-clacky laptop-style keys were not in issue for me. :)

Excellent thank you for the response, the 4000 seems to be getting replaced by the Sculpts so it's good to know they are still good, I have a 4000 at home, work and a spare in it's box for if either breaks (they are that important to me now) but I might give the Sculpt a go, I rarely use the numpad and the 4000's are indeed huge.

I just use my blog: http://jakeseliger.com/2015/01/24/geekdesk-max-sit-stand-des... and write a new post every couple years.

This kind of gets at what you're asking. It's more for people who might be better known in their sphere of interest. http://lifehacker.com/tag/how-i-work

It's not exactly what you described, but you may like reddit.com/r/battlestations

It's close! I know that subreddit, but it's too much hardware-related. /r/macsetups is the same.

For me it's more about the workplace in combination with the people that work there.

I mean a combination of those subreddits and a site like usesthis.com with the possibility to mark items on pictures.

There's the LifeHacker workspace show-and-tell group on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/lifehacker-workspace-showandte...

Yes. I recall someone describing their setup with a specific Ikea desk, and how he mounted all their switches, wires, splitters under the desk which made all cable mess on the desk disappear. This motivated me to completely replicate that setup, down to buying that exact same Ikea desk. Still too hardware related for your taste I guess, but I think there would be overlap in the communities.

Would make sense if this would be consolidated in a reddit community, seems like the right place for a hobby like this.

Or /r/workspaces.

I actually started a Tumbler account to this extent (mainly for the easy user-submission aspect).

http://workspacial.tumblr.com/

It's since been completely inactive - but I'd certainly like to redo it if there was some interest. Perhaps a Subreddit would be better suited.

http://thesweetsetup.com/category/sweet-setup-interview/ though it's for Mac/iPhone

I run a website that shows the office of big companies, but the idea you mention is something I've thought about doing for a while.

Do you have any people whose desks you'd be most interested in seeing?

Maybe the interviews at http://www.freundevonfreunden.com - the website is in english.

http://deskhunt.com/