See the Big Picture at a Glance

Here’s productivity tip. Get at least two or three good monitors, and check out the software called UltraMon . There was an article a few months ago in Forbes about how Bill Gates arranges his office for greater productivity. This inspired me to rework my set up, and I’ve found it incredibly more productive. I can have my e-mail, web browser, and another application all open full screen at the same time without having to flip back and forth. I am using two Dell 20 inch UltraSharp flatscreen monitors and one 24 inch Dell UltraSharp flatscreen monitor. I had to add a second graphics card to support the third monitor. So overall, it took some work to set this up, but is it worth it, and if you try it I don’t think you’ll ever want to go back. This set up will work without UltraMon, but I found UltraMon super useful for managing my windows on all the different screens in making the best use of the added screen space.

One Response to “See the Big Picture at a Glance”

  1. Derek Says:

    Nice setup…and I completely agree. I first experienced it while working for my college newspaper - never the same after.

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