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Man it’s nice to have dual monitors again.  Back in what I like to call “the good old days” at VCU, Matt and I had dual 17″ LCDs on our desktops.  We were so lucky and just didn’t know it.  My next job was with Timmons Group.  Our setups were mobile in that we had laptops and a docking station.  Some of the guys would hook up their external monitor and create a semi dual setup by using it along with their laptop display.  I personally didn’t really care for the size and resolution difference going back and forth between the two displays.  One day I randomly found a study that showed a ~30% increase in productivity while using dual monitors.  I sent that link to our COO, who is a completely awesome guy, and about 2 days later it was “made official” that our group should all have dual monitors.  From his perspective it’s an easy choice.  Spend about $250 per person to gain any productivity increase at all; easily worth it. Once it got to the IT department we were quickly shutdown.  Our docking stations didn’t support dual external monitor support, so no duals.  HP sucks.

So on to the next job; CapTech.  Here I was completely mobile… to the point that we didn’t even have desks.  There was really no hope in having such an awesome setup there.  I was lucky for about 2 months to work in the lab and use an external display with my laptop.  The resolution of my laptop was so good that I could bare going back and forth all day.

Now, I’m at Richmond.com.  I got a laptop from Dell with Vista and have been enjoying that.  Last week I ordered a docking station and what kind of support does it have; dual monitors!  We ordered 2 20″ widescreen LCDs and all I can say is “WOW!”  They showed up this morning and I quickly got them up and running.

I firmly believe in the power of having dual monitors.  Not only do you get double the screen real estate but you capture the attention of your employees by providing them with a cool “toy”.  Little do they know they are being more productive… muhahahahaha!!!