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Horizontal. And I never even realized it until just now.

But I don't have OP's problem. Why? 2 words: wall space.

Everything is mounted on the wall somewhere. I'm a nut for those flipchart pads from Office Depot with the sticky strip on the top. I also have one wall completely covered with brown packing paper. I use lots of scotch tape and push pins. I rarely forget about anything; after all, it's all right in front of me all the time.

Artwork and window treatments, while astetically pleasing, are a total functional waste of valuable and limited wall space. I'd rather look at specs, notes, flow charts, and yes even source code mounted on my walls.



That's awesome. I might reorganize my work space so that I can take better advantage of wall space.


Haha! I feel so justified. I've been doing this for years.

I also, as a rampant sketcher and hobbyist graphic designer, got into the habit of making anything I know will be up there for some time somewhat artistic looking. The variety of styles serves as a coding system (using obvious design strategies like big and bold for important deadlines) and make it so that if anyone asks I just say it's a sort of spontaneous work of art.




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