Comments on: My Home Office Makeover (Before & After Pics)

By: 2 Work-at-Home Moms Finally Catch Up Over Lunch

2 Work-at-Home Moms Finally Catch Up Over Lunch — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:20:03 +0000

[...] I took a personal interest in Carrie’s products while we were working together, and became a regular buyer at her website. Carrie is the one that sells Paper Illusions, the faux finish wallpaper that I used in my home office makeover [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:48:33 +0000

That chair looks waaaay to comfy. I would be afraid to fall sleep and wake up 10 hours later.

Looking very good! Thanks for sharing.

By: Making-You-Richer.com program

Making-You-Richer.com program — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:29:18 +0000

Hey Lynn,

Nice job here. Now I know how your millionaire office like now

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:18:05 +0000

One thing to bear in mind, Synergy may be more suitable to the more technical user, whereas Multiplicity will probably suit the less technical amongst us. Thats not to say Synergy is difficult, just that figuring out how to make it work can be a little technical. Both products work very well (I’ve used both) which one you choose will no doubt depend on cost / ease of use and your own specific requirements. I do suggest you try them both before deciding.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:56:14 +0000

Thanks guys – definitely going to check it out

By: Chris B

Chris B — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:55:08 +0000

Sean,

I myself will check out: Synergy. sounds interesting. Exspecially it being open source, one of favorites. All code, hehehe.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:54:44 +0000

Yes Lynn you can. Without that function it wouldn’t be as useful. There is a commercial alternative called Multiplicity as well (which I’ve also used) http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/

The great thing about Synergy which I didnt mention is that it works with PCs, Macs and Linux so you can have different computers with different OSs

Sean

By: Chris B

Chris B — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:53:39 +0000

I know with http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/ you can copy and paste, and also share port connections which comes in VERY handy when having a backup external harddrive, and allow all files you copy or save automatically being copied to the backup!,

That’s how I got automatic backups of my PC

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:42:19 +0000

Interesting! Question – with that setup can you copy & paste between computers?

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:03:33 +0000

Hi Lynn,

Nice setup. I thought you (and everyone else reading) might be interested to know about Synergy – to quote from them :-

“Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s). ”

I used to run 3 flat screen from one PC using a Matrox triple head display card, which was really nice but its still only one processor trying to do all the work.

Now I use Synergy (which incidentally is Open Source i.e. free) http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

I have 3 PC’s networked with Synergy, so I have 3 screens all controlled with one keyboard and mouse. One PC is hardwired to my broadband internet connection and the other 2 are connected wirelessly. If you ever buy a new PC then Synergy is great as you can just hook up the new PC with the old one and start working on both.

All the best,

Sean

By: Easy Home Office Makeover

Easy Home Office Makeover — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:42:26 +0000

[...] but I’m sure other WAHMs (work-at-home-moms) will completely understand. She posted her home office before and after pictures this week on her blog, ClickNewz. And I’d have to agree with her when she [...]

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:16:16 +0000

BTW – How do you set up the dual 19â€³ widescreen monitors – so you can copy & paste and drag & drop between screens?

Hi Marty,

I bought a video card that supports it, and then a connector (they require that, for some reason) and just hooked up 2 monitors and it worked like a charm!

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:15:07 +0000

Thank you Stephanie – the credit goes to Julie Morgenstern for helping me realize that. Organizing From The Inside Out (her book) was a major turning point for me!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:52:12 +0000

Great job recognizing what will and will not work for you! You are what I call a classic “outtie” and you set up your systems to work just for that! Way to go. I have clients that take years to figure out that they should set up their office to match their thinking style. Congratulations.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:46:38 +0000

Hi Lynn,

I personally use this: http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/

for my quad monitor setup, I have 4 pc in a rack, 4 monnitors two top level and 2 bottom!, running with 1 keyboard and 1 mouse.

now the tricky thing is getting audio from 1 to another, lol. I have had to figure things out there.

If I find time I will send you a picture!