On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 11:53:50PM -0700, Erik Hanson wrote:
> Here are a few things that I've learned from recent experiences:
>
> 4. I liked having twin monitors on a recent project, but many of the
> people on my current project (including some from that previous
> project) prefer having just one monitor. I still lean towards two, but
> if it's a choice between one big and two medium-sized, I think I'd go
> for the one big.
>
> 5. Don't assume that you'll only need one computer for every two
> developers. Have a few extras. Some days there will be extra people, or
> maybe some people won't be pairing some days (if they aren't
> programming, for example).
In one instance, we had a dual-monitor machine AND a spare
machine with monitor, right next to it. Juggling the two keyboards
was a bit trickier (mainly because the third monitor wasn't as easy to
move as a keyboard; I suspect we tended to swap seats more often than
in a single-machine setup), but it was really handy for the navigator
to be able to check the javadocs asynchronously and be ready with the
answer by the time the driver got to that point in the code. Caveat:
we didn't have any problem keeping the navigator from wandering off, I
don't know if others would.
> 7. Somebody mentioned chairs. I know they are expensive, but it's a
> pain to keep having to "steal" chairs from conference rooms before
> getting started in the morning.
On that particular job, the company founder had burned a lotta
cash on a bunch of spiffy leather executive chairs for the never-used
main conference room. The dev team hijacked them :-).
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