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At least you have a desk. My workstation these days is just a laptop set on whatever surface I happen to find.

Desk? My workspace is a bed, with a 50in tv for a monitor at the foot and two big monitors stacked to the side. Has anyone else gone the completely lazy route? I can work or game longer and in complete comfort, but also swivel them if I ever wanted to sit. A fourth monitor is at my desk collecting dust. This type of setup requires you to be celibate and living on the fringes of society. But I type this wrapped in a blanket, head nested in pillows.

This sounds great. Do you just put your keyboard on your lap? I try a similar setup but always end up with a sore neck (I use a laptop though, not a TV, which would be higher up).

Yeah, bt keyboard on my lap and I've raised the tv to a suitable position. Right now I'm laying flat with my back at like 45 degrees and keyboard over crotch area. Once I started connecting my laptop to the tv there was no going back, decided I'd usually rather watch media on a smaller screen and use the tv for mainly computing. Now I have a new desktop that can support it all and also run a usb extension and hub to my side. Most OS's are pretty good with different scaling/accessibility options these days.

I recommend a split keyboard, so you can put one on each side and have your hands rest naturally.

I always wanted to try this setup, laying down in bed looking straight up at a projection on the ceiling, hands at my sides on split keyboard halves, laying very still, conserving energy.

Haha, same. Sometimes it's literally on my lap.

I don't like the term 'digital nomad', but I'm embracing the lifestyle to the fullest.

I travel with a portable monitor (Dell 14" usb-c) -- it's lightweight but so helpful for what I do

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