How to Keep a Clean Desk

wtf? chris!these days your videos are getting crappier by the day! running out of ideas? ha-ha-ha! please, you have got to get a grip. i love your older videos, find them helpful but i dont know whats happened to you in the past month or so but man you need a kick up the butt! wake up! have you listened to the **** your talking about? honestly!

YES I AGREE!! I can’t stand it when people put the wrong cd’s in the wrong box=P and I never seen your wife except for the Christmas vid=P was the **** by the way!!

im totally agree!

Me too

I smell a perfectionist!

ocd! lol!

as much as I’d hate to admit his latest vids have been, how should I put this, dull? Where are the tech tips? Where is Chris’ Tech Tips? I know you want the community to be involved and it’s a great idea but we need your personal vids as well! We just want to see some of your material not just other people’s. This whole Top 5 Tip thing should only weekly or every few days or so but not every day. We just want to see the old stuff back!

Cleaver

I love my clean desk,the rest of my room is a mess though!

I’ve simply removed the desk from the equation. I have a couch instead, with laptop on a breakfast-in-bed type tray. All the wires go through the ex-cup holder - like you said, no liquids. :)

To make up for it, my husband has two desks and a giant wooden table, all of which could use some de-cluttering.

well i just don’t care if its organize or not. i am 13 and my desk is fill with glass and candy wrappers. what i do is i have another table with drawers and all my hw and other stuff is in there. about 6 draws down( its plastic)

I am probably one of the most disorganized person around. I call it “Disorganized Organization” because I can usually find what I want or need despite the apparent random way it lays about. Getting myself organized better is something I have worked on many times and, so far, have failed each time to follow through.

Glad you can’t see my desk!

Btw, that should be “nooks”, not “nucks”.

join the army ur room gets seached for cleanliness, push ups really help you keep things clean lol

Thanks for the tips

I’ve always had little messy desk..but i want it to be clean now. Its much better to have organized desk :)

You are the same as me everything for me has to be perfect like at the moment the psp and the clock are staright! lol

haha me 2 everything have to be perfect

Does Chris live in a box?

ok for charity.. chris do you want to move your office to a bouncy castle? lol

My desk is always clean, and I follow similar qualities as Chris does.

yeah zero? everything perfect? deffinetly the way you spell words.

chris do u have a job?

If nothing else least make sure only computer stuff is at your computer. Nothing is more annoying to me then people who clutter there desk with dirty dishes.

that is his job

This video has made me clean my desk

“has” to be perfect.

When I’m working, cooking, doing things to my house I always like to use the term clean up as you go

Perhaps a nuck is a new geek term…looking for an out here Chris?

Chris the advice you gave about wires, A+. My wife calls me the Velcro king, in fact I have a drawer full of it. I have two sided Velcro stapled to back of the desk making so the wires have to travel a certain trail… looks allot better, and avoids tangling. As my desk is a workstation and entertainment center in one, with the cable box, VCR, DVD, X-BOX, printer, scanner, police scanner, security system, X-10 camera system, and stereo all in some way connected to the computer the wires are plentiful.
I also used small strips of duct tape and labeled all the wires at the three power strips that are under the desk, you are right, when you need to unplug something, this makes it a breeze.
It was just in the news that having all those AC adapters and other un-used equipment plugged in still costs money approx. $1.00 per plugged in unit per month. For example, my VCR which is hardly ever used but is plugged in showing the time with the power switch off, is costing me $1, the adapter that goes to my cell phone cradle is costing a $1 just to keep plugged in… My solution to this is… I when through all the labeled plugs under the desk, plugged all the cords that went to things that don’t need to be powered 24/7, plugged them all into one power strip then plugged that into an X-10 outlet. Now when I need to charge the phone or pull out a video tape, I just click on the outlet with the remote or computer interface and Walla. If you don’t have X-10… mount the power strip on the underside of the desk where you can easily reach the switch that most are equipped with.
The other thing to remember while cleaning your desk is… when was the last time you blew out the inside of your computer. Cleaning out the inside of your computer should be done twice a year min. (more so if you have pets, an older home, if your computer is used in a dusty environment, or if your computer is like mine that is on 24/7 to run my home automation. Just remember to clean the computer before the desk…the dust will settle and your desk will need to be done again. One of my clients has birds and every time she has me clean her computer out, I find it full of dust and feathers.
As always Chris, love reading your newsletters.

–Eric

P.S. “Btw, that should be “nooks”, not “nucks”.” Who cares about spelling, the more educated readers I guess are able to figure out what you ment or what you were saying. I read your newsletters to be informed, not to correct your spelling or grammer. If people did that to me they would be wasting thier time and lots of it. Must be nice to be perfect all the time.

Chris the advice you gave about wires, A+. My wife calls me the Velcro king, in fact I have a drawer full of it. I have two sided Velcro stapled to back of the desk making so the wires have to travel a certain trail… looks allot better, and avoids tangling. As my desk is a workstation and entertainment center in one, with the cable box, VCR, DVD, X-BOX, printer, scanner, police scanner, security system, X-10 camera system, and stereo all in some way connected to the computer the wires are plentiful.
I also used small strips of duct tape and labeled all the wires at the three power strips that are under the desk, you are right, when you need to unplug something, this makes it a breeze.
It was just in the news that having all those AC adapters and other un-used equipment plugged in still costs money approx. $1.00 per plugged in unit per month. For example, my VCR which is hardly ever used but is plugged in showing the time with the power switch off, is costing me $1, the adapter that goes to my cell phone cradle is costing a $1 just to keep plugged in… My solution to this is… I when through all the labeled plugs under the desk, plugged all the cords that went to things that don’t need to be powered 24/7, plugged them all into one power strip then plugged that into an X-10 outlet. Now when I need to charge the phone or pull out a video tape, I just click on the outlet with the remote or computer interface and Walla. If you don’t have X-10… mount the power strip on the underside of the desk where you can easily reach the switch that most are equipped with.
The other thing to remember while cleaning your desk is… when was the last time you blew out the inside of your computer. Cleaning out the inside of your computer should be done twice a year min. (more so if you have pets, an older home, if your computer is used in a dusty environment, or if your computer is like mine that is on 24/7 to run my home automation. Just remember to clean the computer before the desk…the dust will settle and your desk will need to be done again. One of my clients has birds and every time she has me clean her computer out, I find it full of dust and feathers.
As always Chris, I love your newsletters

–Eric

My desk has:
5 speakers
A little lamp
Mouse
keyboard
Mouse PAD
Monitor.

I’m amazing =D

yee i label my plugs.. when you got 10 wires coming behind furniture to 2x 5sockets strips, its good to know which one is which without following the wires :D

I know how to keep my Desk Clean…..I just cant be bothered untill i notice i cant move my mouse for the forest of coffee mugs……..Shame on me :D