Today I was looking through my photos, and found this shot of my office peripherals table, taken in November 2001.
I had two large phones, a huge scanner, an answering machine, giant router, and a business card Rolodex file. You can see the top of a filing drawer under the table, and the corner of my Apple printer at the left.
There’s a modem sitting on top of the scanner, but I’m not sure why it’s there. And yes, despite its enormous size, that’s just a scanner, not an all-in-one machine that also does the laundry and cooks dinner.
Today’s Peripherals
Here’s a picture of the same table, taken today, almost 9 years later. The current scanner is much smaller, as are the two phones. Each phone has a headset plugged in, which makes it easier to talk and type at the same time.
The filing drawer is gone, and you can’t see it, but there’s a UPS under the table. It has saved me from considerable aggravation any time the power has flickered, because it keeps the computer and monitor running while I save and close my open files.
A new modem is under the printer table, and an external hard drive, lamp, BlackBerry and iPod have been added. The business card file is still there, but moved to the printer table. Funny that it has survived, while lots of high tech stuff has come and gone.
Your Office
What did your office look like 9-10 years ago? What does it look like now?
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Debra – Interesting topic. 10 years ago, I had a desktop PC, corded phone, and was down in my finished basement office. Now I have two laptops (both connected via mixer to speakers… is that an ipod I saw in your picture?;)), two cell phones and sit in my comfortable chair in my living room! Unlike your’s, my scanner is about the same size as before.
What is more irony to me is the “curtain”, some things just stays and never get recognized 🙂