Well the new school term is upon us and I have (at last!) had the time to do a photo of my office setup.

In the photo above we have-

• 2x HP 23bw 23″ IPS monitors
  • These beasts recently replaced a pair of 1440×900 resolution monitors – given that I’m doing a lot of database work at the moment it only made sense!
• Custom built Desktop PC
  • A pretty old machine now, dual core AMD Athlon CPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM, an 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD and AMD FirePro graphics card (with it I have the option to go to 4 displays if ever needed!) all contained in a Fractal Design case
• Polycom CX700 Lync Phone
  • Found this on eBay for £35 (the RRP is about £350), for most of the time I am using my Bluetooth headset but for the times that I need a speaker phone this fits the bill
• Microsoft LifeCam Studio webcam
  • 720p HD webcam – used for those rare occasions I make a Lync video call
• Plantronics Voyager Legend
  • My Bluetooth wireless headset, I use this for pretty much all of my phone calls – I just love the flexibility it provides especially given that it can talk to both my PC (through the Lync client) and my mobile phone at the same time – perfect for call forwarding!
• LINX B-Tube Bluetooth Speaker
  • Quite possibly the only thing worth anything that I have ever won in a competition – battery/AC powered Bluetooth speaker with a 3.5mm jack port as well, a great little speaker for watching Keynotes and such…
• Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch graphics tablet
  • Something for the days that I need to use PhotoShop/record a signature electronically
• Wouxun KG-UV6D Radio
  • We use 2 way radios where I work for contact between our other members of the IT team as well as the Site team
• 7 port USB 3.0 hub
  • My most recent purchase from when my Belkin hub died after 10 years of service! Given my PC is under the desk and the number of USB devices that I have in use at any one time this really does make life easier
• Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 (Keyboard and Mouse)
  • Pretty basic keyboard and mouse – I can’t say that I’ve ever found a need for anything more advanced, if I had to choose a ‘this stands out’ feature of the keyboard its got to be the calculator launch button.