Darren Rowse rustled up $54,000 worth of prizes in honor of ProBlogger’s birthday. He’s giving away two 20″ LG USB monitors from DisplayLink in exchange for this message. Back to you, Darren.
When I switched teams to a tech writer position, my company provided me with a second monitor. At first, I didn’t like it. The cursor was driving me nuts and I was constantly moving windows.
Now I can’t stand working on a computer or laptop with one monitor and wouldn’t mind a three panel monitor. Currently, I have two flat monitors side-by-side.
It makes working so much easier. As I grade student participation in the forums, I’ve got the class spreadsheet open on one monitor and the forums on the other. No going back and forth. I can also have a student’s assignment open along with the grade sheet and the answer sheet. Here’s where three monitors would be nice.
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