Remote work is like scratching, everything you need to start … and be ready

In March 2020, when most companies were forced to send their employees from the salons in what they were wearing and Cool because they discovered remote work (only from the outside, because they never worked remotely in their lives, Julio), I He had over a decade of experience in this field..

This allowed me to adapt to the new working paradigm with the naturalness of a leg sucking infant. From the outside it seems that this is impossible to achieve, but it’s all about putting on.

Before the world stopped, many of my friends looked at me with some envy. “Wow, how lucky to work from the comfort of home“, They told me.

Curiously, forced to work remotely from one day to the next, many of them asked me: “How do you manage to work productively from home?“It’s like scratching, it’s all about getting started…and having the right space and equipment.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in 10 years of working from home, it’s that the equipment you use has to be right. At the same time, you already have 80% productivity. In the office, you have a large desk, a comfortable chair, and ergonomic devices designed to be used throughout the day. This equipment is rarely seen in homes where one thing is lacking is space.

In recent months I have been testing various devices which have shown me that it’s now much easier to create a more efficient remote work environment than a decade ago. Design, connectivity and features designed to improve remote work.

An example of this a new trend for brands to develop technologies focused on remote work The one that saves space at home is the Samsung M8 smart monitor that we’ve been testing for the past few weeks.

An interesting hybrid between a smart monitor that combines a 32-inch 4K and HDR TV. Perfect for working with a lot of screen real estate, taking up minimal space on your desk, with which you can go from boring Excel cells to watching the best premiere series on one device.

With this proposal, Samsung seems to be going in the opposite direction of LG or Sony, which are downsizing their high quality OLED TVs up to 48″ and 42″, respectively, to turn them into high-quality TVs that you can also play or work on. Two sides of the same coin for the most important element tune for remote work: screen.

One of the things telecommuting has brought us is the perpetual video calls, which can be solved with a simple email. Since there is no other alternative but to do them, unless the ears or eyes bleed with their very poor picture and sound quality.

After a decade of laziness and a certain passivity of manufacturers, it took a pandemic to discover that webcam image quality was good in the 2000s but was embarrassing in the middle of the fiber and 4K era.

The Dell Ultrasharp 4K webcam, which we have also tested in recent weeks, is the most professional response from the American brand that Integrates a sensor with better low light performance is able to follow you around the room, even if you move while staying in the frame. You can’t escape even in your own house anymore.

Saving table space for so that the office takes up as little space as possible It’s also reached companies like Apple, which has taken the miniaturization of its professional hardware to the extreme in the new Mac Studios to achieve this. a workgroup that used to take up as much space as your sofa now fits under your monitor.

The list of devices does not end there. Logitech continues to release new, smaller keyboards that take up less space on your desk and mice designed to improve ergonomics and performance in quieter versions so they don’t disturb the rest of your home.

Probably now after a period of adjustment, what you don’t want to do is waste hours and hours of your life in endless traffic or put up with noisy officesbut prefer the smell of coffee in the morning and work in slippers. Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.