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How come?

That's hardly an office but a living room with sub-par ergonomics when it comes to getting work done.




> sub-par ergonomics

uh, you can't even see what type of chair he uses.

> hardly an office

So to be an office there is some strict requirements that it has to fulfil? I'll tell the local startup incubator in Phnom Penh where developers sat outside in 40c on wooden benches (with plastic container over power outlet for protection on rainy days) because the few rooms inside were occupied (no a/c).


Can you tell more about this startup incubator? Where is situated? Does it have a website?

Thanks!


http://smallworldcambodia.com. Check out the video. They have a really good thing going on there, great community of startups and a positive vibe.


I don't even need to see the chair. Just the mere positioning of the screen makes me cringe.

The article mentions vinyl records, a coffe mug, a baseball figurine... That's hardly the kind of equipment that comes to my mind when I think of an office. How does it make it a dream office when the only relevant material mentioned are a bunch of pencils?

This is just some guy showing off his music collection.


Let me know when your vastly superior office has allowed to to produce work that makes you a perennial Nobel contender, or equivalent thereof.


Are you sure you're aware what he does for a living?


> Just the mere positioning of the screen makes me cringe.

There's a chance the photographer moved the monitor to show a lot of the room that would otherwise have been hidden.


How are the albums, coffee mug, and baseball figurines not relevant material to a creative worker?


Or even to non-creative workers that have to spend 1/3 their life in that space. You want it to be comfortable. Either by literal ergonomic comfort, or by the creature comforts of the familiar and pleasing.


My home office has a bunch of anime figures and posters because it's my office and I'll decorate it how I see fit.


You could probably say similar for Hans Zimmer's "office"[0].

[0] http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2010/01/29/the-secret-lair-of-...


Wow, that's gorgeous. Except for the last shot of the jumble of cables, which made me cringe. But the rest, nice.


It must be really hard to get any work done with your nose pointed so far skyward.


That would largely depend on what kind of work you're doing.




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