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Weird/fun prompt—how much marginal problem-solving capacity could you create by making good domestic whiteboards way more viable?
Domestic whiteboards are usually either too small or too obtrusive. There's rarely enough unbroken wall space; free-standing boards eat huge sqftage.
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Andy Matuschak
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A ceiling-mounted retractable solution is appealing, but it seems hard to get the rigidity you'd need.
Switchable glass seems promising. It's available as an aftermarket film @ ~$50/sqft. But it'd feel obtrusive to leave writing up for days, though, which is no good.
…AR? :/ pic.twitter.com/F7zgBM0hFO
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Andy Matuschak
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Whiteboards—particularly whiteboards persistent and big enough to accumulate writing for many days—create a change in consciousness! I straight-up think different thoughts when one's present. Doubly true in a collaborative situation.
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Andy Matuschak
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Lots of people mentioned putting whiteboards in their home offices, but I think if you really did this right, you would be able to have one on demand in your living room, for spontaneous use when conversation turned in that direction.
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Andy Matuschak
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One clear barrier to having domestic whiteboards anywhere but home office seems to be that one can hide them on demand. Persistent scribbles on an enormous surface in a living space are too visually noisy.
And yet persistence is important. Tough tension.
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Andy Matuschak
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Curtains seem like a good solution though I suspect few homes can sacrifice that much precious contiguous wall space.
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Amy “prima facie goofy” Hoy
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this is something i’ve been thinking about — i think i’d find it stressful. we used to have a separate office & will again, but the idea of having my office stuff like, next to my kitchen, bothers me
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Andy Matuschak
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Yeah. That’s why I think the switchable windows aren’t ultimately a good solution. Some companies market white boards in cabinets, but that kind of wall space is rare.
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Bridger Maxwell
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Whiteboards are great for problem solving with a group. At home I’m usually working alone and a piece of paper is pretty good. (Or an iPad whiteboard app 😉)
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Andy Matuschak
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I hear you, but paper doesn't generate the same change in consciousness. Something about expansiveness and standing and persistent peripheral vision.
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Josh Worth
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Whiteboard fridge!
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Andy Matuschak
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Too small
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