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I'll show you mine if you show me yours ...



Sometimes, it’s hard to judge a real person by their online persona – and though I do talk in almost the exact same voice in which I write, I feel it’s time I give you all a peek into the geek behind the header! There is a funny online site I talked about a while back that shows cubicle desktops, so I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!

Now, I’ve been threatening you all with a peek at my desktop for weeks now, and I finally took some pics with my camera phone – don’t judge me! Or, when you do judge me, at least get a good laugh out of it!

I call it my ‘muse wall’ because it’s got all the happy people I love looking at all day! You’ll also see a few gadgets lying around – the glitter lamp is a USB hook-up! -- my various notebooks and pens scattered across my calendar … I’ve got a Rosetta stone in the corner and Shakespeare quotes all over the place.

It’s definitely a fun space, and a very geeky space, to relax and work in day after day. Cubicle decoration is such an under-emphasized part of daily life: You spend more time at your desk than at home, so you should enjoy yourself as much as you can within the confines!

Totally nerdy ideas for your cubicle kingdom:

-Do the panels on your makeshift walls come out? Think about adding in a window or, if you’re super adventurous like me, line the panel with a crazy fabric.

-Give yourself $100 from one paycheck and invest in some decorations from ThinkGeek.com, or get a fabulous mousepad from Zazzle.com.

-Stealthily hijack your office’s color printer (I recommend early or late … not from personal experience or anything) and print off a bunch of visual representations of your favorite things. Word to the wise – cute guys are OK, too much skin is NOT. There is no way to dampen the fun than with inappropriate pics at work.

Next post will be the morning of PAX East, so keep those questions coming! I’ll be live-blogging from the show floor, and I may even break my ban on Twitter and take over the @Captivate account for the afternoon!

Oh, and before I forget, send me YOUR cubicle images to ByteSized@Captivate.com NOW … just for fun : ) I’d love to see how all my fellow geeks are living it up at work!










“I'll show you mine if you show me yours ...”