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I don't know how anyone lives without this. I have six desktops on my MBP with a similar organization:

1. Communication apps

2. Project management, todo lists

3+. Data science and work tools - RStudio, Excel, etc

There is a left-to-right flow: communication influences project roadmaps and to-do lists, which influence what actually gets done. You hang out on the right unless you need info from the left.

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Thanks for explaining the reasoning of the left to right ordering, makes total sense! Will try this setup on Monday :-)

Yeah, I think for multiple desktops the key is a stable organization. Otherwise there's a lot of frustration because much of what you're doing is not on your current desktop and you're going to be hunting for it, and where is it this time?

The left-to-right principle also helps with the organization of the work desktops, which is more fluid and project-dependent.

Do you tile your windows as well, or just keep one-ish app in each desktop? I.e. do you switch between desktops and windows all the time, or only between desktops usually?

I don't really tile but it might be mostly because of lack of imagination. Sometimes I manually tile two windows side by side, like if I'm scrolling through something and taking notes on it on the side.

RStudio is tiled by design, and that is super helpful.

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