The working from home thread: tips and advice

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Velocio in reply to @Thrustvector
I generally think that this budget is best spent in two ways:
1. Your tactile surfaces (things your body touches or you interface with): chair, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad.
2. Things that make you more effective remotely, which means better audio visual equipment... I prioritise (in this order) a decent microphone, some lighting, a better webcam, some headphones / speakers.
I typically think any monitor is good enough, and that a cheap USB-C dongle means you can avoid a full docking station for a while.

the physical health of working from home is my #1 preference to get right... and then it's just "most of my stuff is good enough, but how do I make this effective remotely?" which is the A/V stuff.

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Thrustvector in reply to @Velocio

Yeah, I have a decent mic & webcam with ring light already; will aim to get a budget monitor and spend most of my budget on chair and keyboard.

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Technics100 in reply to @Thrustvector

Where is your ring light setup? is webcam above monitor and the ring light to the side?

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