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Ask HN: Remote workers. Do you use/need a portable monitor?
5 points by seanmheff on Jan 1, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments
I have been working remotely for a couple of months now. I have worked from my (Irish) home office so far, using 2 external monitors with my MacBook Pro.

I am going to Ecuador in March and want to keep working, but I don't want to loose productivity. I feel going back to one monitor will really slow me down. Does anyone here use portable monitors while working on the road and have any recommendations?



It will change your workflow and may slow you down to start, but I found reducing from two to one actually helped me focus a little more since the only thing on my screen is the thing I'm supposed to be looking at.

Get familiar with multiple desktops (crtl + <left>/<right>), then group your apps, e.g. 1) editor + term, 2) browser, 3) spotify, 4) email and you'll soon forget about an extra monitor


You might checkout out [Duet](https://www.duetdisplay.com/) which I have used for years (currently on the 12.9 iPad Pro) and really takes the edge off for me. It works perfectly and turn an iPad into a damn good display.


I've had amazing luck keeping email and slack separate on my iPad using Duet. It's been a life saver- especially when travelling.


I found the switch back to a single monitor to be pretty painless once I became used to using shortcuts like CMD + ` for switching windows.

Two is definitely better, but for me it wasn't worth the hassle.




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