Why Bigger is Better when it comes to Productivity

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A few days ago I purchased a 30″ Apple Cinema Display…just in case you’re not already jealous by the sound of it - here’s a pic of an understandably happy Mr Jobs.

Don’t you worry though, i’m not really here to gloat - i’m here to tell you that if you want to improve your online productivity - get a big screen, now. Frankly, the only alternative to getting 1 big screen is to get two or three. When I say big, I mean 23″+ .

Myself, if I could I would be purchasing another 2 possibly even 3 of the above - right now, obviously I’ll enjoy the elegance & crispness of 1. Why would I want four? Well frankly, the more the more productive I get. I’m not sure about you - but I find switching windows, spaces or profiles a real distraction and if I can - i’d much rather have everything either immediately visible or one click away. To give you an example of what you could feasibly do with the space - take a look at a screenshot of my firefox for example - try doing this with a 15″ or less:

And that’s really not the only way to do it…see the bar at the bottom? That slides up tor reveal my lifestream/microblogs & news sites which also fit perfectly well - but that’s for a different post.

Oh & don’t just take my word for it. Have a read of a study or two, or a couple of real people discussing it.

Soon, everyone will have large screens, many 2, some 3 and probably a fair few with 4. Personally, the faster I can get to 4 the better - for me, the limit is reached once I am literally having to call a taxi to get to the final screen. :]

Look, Al’s got the right idea.