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I use four 24" monitors and a 51" TV for my setup. I sit in a recliner with the keyboard and mouse on my lap, facing the setup.
On the main monitor (the 51" TV), I have my coding window (nice and big), or whatever I'm focusing on.
On the upper-left monitor, I put my IM's -- ICQ, Skype, etc. This way, any movement on that screen clues me in to the fact that someone is trying to get in touch.
On my upper-right screen I reserve for my e-mail. I set the font to "large," and I can read it all very easily.
On my lower left screen, I usually put reference material -- the documentation for any libraries or classes I'm working with, any PDF books I'm referencing, etc.
On my lower right screen, I put a browser window with the site I'm currently working on.
Rarely do I ever "alt-tab," and I have hot keys to move thing to different monitors with just a click.
I just bought another 51" TV to add to the set up.
I'd guess that productivity has at LEAST doubled due to this -- I work SO much faster this way, that when I try to work on just one monitor, I really get a sense of how SLOW I am moving.
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