{
    "objectID": "/weblog/2019/11/11/single-screen/",
    "type": "weblog",
    "title": "The single screen setup",
    "file": "weblog/2019/single-screen.md",
    "url": "/weblog/2019/11/11/single-screen/",
    "date": 1573490022,
    "date_year": 2019,
    "tags": [
        
    ],
    "content": "When looking at a \u0026ldquo;normal\u0026rdquo; work setup in an IT-heavy company you normally see at least two screens per work-place. For some reason, people assume that they get more done and don\u0026rsquo;t miss anything important when they can have all their most important applications open at the same time and visible. Peeking over some coworker\u0026rsquo;s shoulder it is quite common, for instance, that I see Slack or some e-mail client of their choice on one screen while and their IDE/editor or browser on the other.\nAt the same time, whenever I move to a new table at work, many are baffled when they see me just opening my laptop and seemingly forgetting to plug the external screen in for days or even weeks. The main reason for that is that I cannot really focus with too much going on on my screens. All I want and need is a single screen with only the one application I\u0026rsquo;m currently working with being either in full-screen mode or maximized. Only on some rare occasion do I need to have an …"
}