IF YOU WORK from home, and are anything like us, your desk may have begun to resemble the looping “Spaghetti Junctions” that bridge our interstates. Managing the sprawl of cables required to connect one’s devices can feel as daunting as solving an infrastructure crisis. But with the bevy of handsome organizational tools now available, it doesn’t need to be a bleak proposition.
Begin by restoring your desk to a more primordial state. Unplug all your devices and move them to another surface. Then, one by one and before you plug anything into a socket, arrange your items in a way that seems most functional. “When we’re setting up a new desk, most of us just want to get straight to work,” said Sam Beckman, who makes videos about technology for YouTube. But if you take the time to try several arrangements, he said, you’ll eventually find the most efficient, tidiest setup. Once you’ve landed on a favorite and added the vital cables, consider using these management tools—ranked here by ascending levels of neat-freakiness—to help keep things straight.
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