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# Passing the desktop baton
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/passing-the-desktop-baton/
- Published: 2006-12-19T16:09:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:39:07.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Coworking, Personal, SpreadSpread

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/327619739/?ref=chrismessina.me)Perhaps this is a [sign](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/327619739/?ref=chrismessina.me) of how busy we are, but in passing [Wolfgang's desktop baton](http://www.bartelme.at/journal/archive/desktop%5Fbaton?ref=chrismessina.me), I realize that, [by comparison](http://flickr.com/photos/bartelme/324739493/?ref=chrismessina.me), I'm a bit of a scattered intellect. Anyway, I'd be curious to see what [David Crow](http://davidcrow.ca/?ref=chrismessina.me), [Whurley](http://whurley.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) and [Kathy Sierra's](http://headrush.typepad.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) workspaces look like...

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**Kathy Sierra** · 2006-12-19 18:19:32

I now work in a vintage travel trailer parked next to the house... I work mainly at the dinette: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating\_passionate\_users/2006/10/post.html But it has never looked quite as non-messy as it did the day I took the pictures ; ) (The other thing missing from the photo is my 21" monitor.) I keep books and magazines in the house, and I'm forcing myself to be disciplined about taking just what I need that day from the house to the trailer, and bringing it back at night. Given more room, I am an organizational DISASTER (your desk is pristine compared to what my 'default' mode is, so being constrained like this has been GREAT for me! Before this, I had a huge table in my home office and the only time I'd finally declutter was when I could no longer find my keyboard. What's that next to the wall on your desks... is that a whiteboard?