A lot of those workspaces consist of a laptop (often 13inch macbook) on a desk.

Laptop screens, on desks, are at the wrong height for ergonomics - you shouldnt have to look down at the screen all day.

People should be using large dedicated monitors, which are at the right height, and dedicated input peripherals (e.g. keyboard+mouse). Ergonomic, and efficient.

A nice 27inch IPS display is now very cheap; I do not understand professional hackers working just off a laptop.

As a programmer that suffers from RSI-related wrist issues at only 26, all I can think of when I see all of these workspaces is "how on earth are all of these people still able to move their hands?" Most, if not all of them look like they're trying to stick it to ergonomics.

I'm secretly just jealous, of course.

After my initial switch from a single to dual monitors, I couldn't imagine ever going back to just one. Let alone a tiny laptop display. Shocked at how many single-laptop-and-not-much-else setups I saw in the examples given.

Slavoj Zizek Says Your Office Ping-Pong Table Is Oppressing You! http://www.businessinsider.com/slavoj-zizek-says-your-office...

Shameless plug for my new Mac App:

EdgeCase: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edgecase/id513826860?mt=12

The app inserts cursor-bounding hard edges between your shared screen edges. Cross only when you want to via several shortcuts.

I made it because multiple monitors make OS X hotcorners impossible for me to hit. (Fitts' Law, infinite width, etc.)

Workspace / multiple-monitor junkies in this topic: sound useful? Have any other multiple-monitor nits I could fix?

I've been curating a collection of hacker workspaces on and off for a year now in a Gimme Bar collection: http://gim.ie/ccN . These aren't generally workstations of "famous" hackers, but rather just people that would send me pictures of their setup when I asked nicely.

Edit: Ah yes, there are a few in there that I pulled from a .net Magazine article.

Everybody is doing all their work on 11" MacBook Air these days. I feel like people just wanna look cool.

Why? Is it the weight? Do you find Pro too heavy to carry around? Have you tried a backpack?

Can you call this guys "Hackers" ? Come on, Macbooks, Ikea tables, and the most weird... cleanliness.

Where are the cups of coffee ? Where are all the cables ? The Model M keyboard ? I can't see any Donald Knuth books there. Not to mention no one is using Linux there.

I'm not "ragehating" because of Macs or so, I'm just saying that it's weird to see a Hacker with a workspace like that :P

Nice idea, but too much clicking involved.

It should really be a name, a photo, a name of most notable/public piece of work and a link to a personal site/about page.

Interesting how every single one of those people uses a Mac, even the guy who works at Microsoft and another who worked on ASP.NET.

I'm usually not among the grammar police, but leading right off the bat with "Us developers" instead of "We developers" stuck out quite a bit. Also, the fuzzy timestamp has a duplicated "about".

Nothing against the actual content of the page, though. Nice to see both minimalist and elaborate styles represented.

I have a standing desk cobbled together from non-office supplies. My "lectern" is a Manhasset music stand (http://www.manhasset-specialty.com/index.cfm?pageID=3) adjusted to the perfect height and pitch for my wrists while typing. The wireless mouse used to slip off until I pulled a cotton pillowcase over the black metal, now it grips and is very comfortable.

My monitor is just a 37" 1080p LCD stacked on a table and empty crates to reach head height. I've got an ottoman to sit or lean on when I need a break from standing, and the music stand desk makes it really easy to quickly and firmly adjust the perfect typing attitude.

I use my MBP in clamshell mode: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131

With a Macessity LapTuk stand: http://www.amazon.com/Macessity-LAPTUKPRO-LapTuk-with-USB2-0...

And 3 external monitors usings two Kensington's USB to VGA adaptors: http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Universal-Multi-Display-Ada...

I can do a coderwall profile with photos if there is interest.

Theory of relativity hacker workspace: http://tobifairley.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/alber...

Very nice site. I'm always intrigued by other people's setup, but I need a desk and proper heigh adjustments. My wrists would die if I worked on a bed or in a coffee shop!

If people are also interested at more in depth setups of people from various fields, this site http://usesthis.com (which has been linked to from Hacker News I'm sure) is along the same lines, minus the photo of their actual setup. It's more descriptive.

I love the way you can drag and drop an image into a protip. Its a really nice user experience and also something I didn't know you could do technically.

I see some people use the MBA with a 27" thunderbolt display that are still using the MBA as a secondary display and I'm wondering what you find this useful for. I would think having the 2560*1440 would be more than enough and not having to turn your head would be great. Especially since full screen isn't supported in multimonitor mode in Lion (yet, i hope).

My Workspace: http://coderwall.com/p/ggrp8w

It might not be initially obvious that these are just some featured desks as part of our launch. Coderwall members have been adding their desks here => http://coderwall.com/p/t/hackerdesk

How I hack: http://i.imgur.com/uh7PV.jpg

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I liked Ilya's and Rachel's workspaces the best.

I can't believe every single one of these people is using a Mac...

Beautiful site!!

Nice advert for Apple computers.