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The Deskless Journal

Notes from the road

Setups, packing lists and honest notes on working from café tables, trains and hotel desks.

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packing

Packing list for a two-week work trip, under 1 kg of desk gear

Two weeks of working from cafés, trains and hotel desks, with a full workspace that weighs under 1 kg. The exact list, the weights, and what we stopped packing.

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ergonomics

Your screen is 15 cm too low: why laptops hurt your neck and what to do about it

A laptop puts the screen next to the keyboard, so you look down for hours. Here is why that adds up, and the simple fixes that work at a café table, a hotel desk or home.

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setup

Working from a train tray table: what fits on 40 cm and what doesn't

A seat-back tray table is about 40 cm wide and rarely deeper than 30 cm. Here is what fits on it, what doesn't, and how to get three useful hours out of a train journey.

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setup

Setting up at a café table in 30 seconds

A café table is about 60 cm wide, a little wobbly and never quite the right height. Here is how to turn it into a real desk in 30 seconds, with three things that weigh about 750 g together.