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Image gallery: Cluttered workspaces

By // May 26, 2010, 1:16 AM PST // tbowers928

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  • TR member desk with a lot of screens

    Cluttered? I don't know. The person who submitted this photo is much too hard on himself. You can still see the desk surface here.

  • TR member workspace with a lot of chairs

    The haphazard placement of the papers on the bulletin board is a nice touch, but I've seen more cluttered workspaces.

  • The smallest cluttered workspace

    The hard drive seated on the folding chair gets a thumbs up from the committee!

  • Workspace with exposed hardware

    Exposed hardware always brings its own special kind of cluttery feel.

  • vroom vroom!

    Might as well throw all your stuff on that desk.

  • vroom vroom #2

    A different view of this office space shows a potential electrical hazard and made us ask--where does he put his legs?

  • I've seen worse

    Really? Even the papers are lined up. To the TechRepublic member who submitted this--don't be so hard on yourself. Wait til you get to image number 20.

  • Watch for falling objects

    Notice how the middle shelf is bending precariously under the weight of the books. Wear a hard hat!

  • Drawers that will no longer close

    Now THAT's what I'm talking about! Oh wait, I think I see Jimmy Hoffa in there.

  • The desk of a productive employee

    Computer in front of a computer? That's what I call multi-tasking.

  • Desktop with apps galore

    What a pretty flower---are those bees?

  • Organized clutter

    Cluttered but with a handy little path dug out to the keyboard.

  • Everything goes here

    Notice how every desk item (speakers,monitor base) provides a surface for other items.

  • Workspace or storage space?

    Does anyone really work here?

  • Wires, we've got your wires

    OK, where does the person go?

  • Buried alive

    I bet if you looked at the bottom of that heap, you'd find the lost ark.

  • The old computer lounge

    Can I just tell you how much I love this picture? Is that a recliner or a car seat behind the monitor in the forefront?

  • The Mount Everest of books

    I'm loving the precarious stack o' books on the left. I wouldn't make any sudden moves or sneeze or anything.

  • You can come in but you cannot leave

    That lone plant makes me think of the title "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

  • The folder-impaired desktop

    If you could show my brain as a desktop, this is what it would look like.

TR member desk with a lot of screens

Cluttered? I don't know. The person who submitted this photo is much too hard on himself. You can still see the desk surface here.

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