PC possession

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Will

We have a clear desk policy... unfortunately I don't adhere to this fortunately it's my office and I'm the only one with the key I don't understand how you can have a clear desk policy - I have too much work to do to keep it clear!!

At Claranet there was no such thing, but we were strongly encouraged to be as paperless as humanly possible. Surprisingly (to someone always used to having sheets of paper around) that worked incredible well. My desktop had on it, at best, my mug, keyboard, mouse, red+black A4 notebook, monitor and a system documentation folder (shared between 6 of us, seemed to end up on my desk most often.) That was pretty much it. I scribbled stuff down in the notebook if I needed to, and only once in a blue moon did I ever print something off. A few times with long Perl scripts I found it necessary to print it off to be able to work my way through it, but once all was done and dusted the script had to go in the confidential recycling bin.

I never appreciated clear desk policies before working for Claranet, but now I'd never want to go back to anything else.