Companies, organizations, and individuals are coming up with proposals to make it easier to work from home with the scale of the coronavirus pandemic rising regularly. As much as we would advocate high-quality Android tablets as work-at-home accessories, the lack of solid apps means that it is still very difficult to recommend real productivity. We have developed a list of technologies that can take entertainment and streaming to the next level, gadgets that can boost your work and home productivity without major investment.
If you want to create a more functional workplace at home, here are some accessories and gadgets for the home office that can make working remotely a little more comfortable, even if your space is limited. If you like smart home tech in your living room, bedroom, or office, we would like others to release it in other rooms of your home.
This list of gadgets can help you concentrate at home while working, even if you work in a home office. This blog helps you find the best technical equipment to set up an efficient home office and ultimately survive your work from ergonomic laptop stands to smart home devices.
Create a Comfortable Portable Office
Typically, the ergonomics of working from home, cafes, and coffee shops are quite awful. Uncomfortable chairs, wobbly desks, and being hunched for hours over a laptop are not a pleasant mix. A small but important way to boost things is to raise the computer up to eye level, as it helps reduce the neck strain associated with working for long periods on a laptop. As the first step in making your very own portable office, Amazon sells hundreds of laptop stands.
A Fast Internet Connection
You are likely to burn through your internet bandwidth while operating from home twice as if you are using video conferencing. If you’re on a restricted plan at the moment, then you might want to consider upgrading this, it might be a good time to find a better price too because when you least expect them, you don’t want limits or additional charges to start kicking in.
External Hard Drive
We also love to have an external hard drive, even though we upgraded our laptops to have more than 2 TB of SSD disc space each. Make sure that you choose an SSD and not an HDD if you’re shopping for external hard drives. The older model of hard drives is the HDD (Hard Disk Drives) and has a very small needle and disc to read the data. This means they are incredibly fragile.
Conference Speaker
The PowerConf is a conference speaker that sits in the center of your desk or conference room and makes phone calls and conference calls more fun and efficient using its six built-in microphones and powerful speaker. It has a built-in battery, and it can also serve as your gadgets’ power bank. The standard of the call is incredible, and it sounds genuinely professional. On top of that, it allows you to move freely around the room when making and taking calls.
Noise Cancelling Headphones
As a remote-based specialist, it can be difficult to get your head down and focus on work while you’re at home or constantly on the move.
Noise-canceling headphones are a perfect way to adjust background noise so that you can concentrate on a job, not to mention allowing you to relax if necessary.
HELLO- The Most Advanced Video Communication Device
HELLO turns every TV into the ultimate networking interface for cross-platform use. For video conferencing, wireless screen sharing, live streaming, security monitoring with motion detection, and more, it is an all-in-one, voice-controlled smart home or office system. In reality, their most recent Kickstarter stretch goal update says that Microsoft Skype, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts, and Cisco WebEx will all have additional support for HELLO.
ParcSlope for MacBook
Most desktop stands raise the entire MacBook into the air and then require a separate external keyboard and mouse to be used. ParcSlope is a new form of hybrid stand that lifts your MacBook screen higher for more relaxed typing while tilting your keyboard at the desk level.
A Decent Web Camera
It probably has a webcam if you have a laptop, but it’s worth getting a better one if you’re planning to use a desktop computer in your home office. Look for camera features such as reduction of noise, correction of low light, and a built-in microphone. Impressing customers is about the quality of your job and the professionalism of your presence. A professional webcam and a smart setup are sufficient measures to give trust to your customers and co-workers that you are taking your job seriously.
Hire Alexa as Your Personal Assistant
You might not have expected to be able to afford a personal assistant, but then you have Alexa if you have an Echo or a Dot. You can help make calls, set reminders, order supplies, conduct research, and keep track of your to-do list with this digital assistant. Alexa is also useful for other things around the house, such as adjusting the temperature, operating the safety system, or entertaining children with games such as The Magic Door, so that you can squeeze in a little extra productivity.
Plants To Boost Your Mind
Plants are more than mere exquisite ornaments. Studies show that it’s good for your well-being to be around plants; they clean the air and their presence is soothing. Plants brighten up and bring color to indoor spaces that are otherwise barren. Plants help us handle stress better and refocus our resources, and psychologists have found that it can improve efficiency by up to 15 percent by getting some flora into a workspace.
Create a checklist of the most important things in the home office and remove anything that doesn’t help you become more productive when you work remotely. Once you have selected the best room in your home to furnish your workplace, you will begin to list everything you need to turn your room into a productive home office.
Your desk is a big part of your life when you are a distant worker. Now and then, you deserve to splurge a bit. All ten of the things on this list are going to help change your life and make your day at work a little easier.
These are the best home accessories to consider, whether you are looking to modernize, redesign, or enhance your office’s look and functionality. And even though some upfront costs might be expected, the return on productivity and efficiency is well worth the investment.
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Originally published at upstack.co on Jun 21, 2021, by Sheetal Munjal.
