I'm Givin' Her All She's Got, Captain...

This post initially was just a quote of the complete St. Crispin’s Day speech from King Henry V. But I thought that might be a bit opaque. So, in the interests of providing a pop culture touchstone, I’ll say “Houston, we have a problem.”

The above photo is my little work desk on any given day. Some days, you can replace the Arduino stuff with splicing tape and reels of 1/4”, or various little desktop synths, or like four laptops, but in general, that’s what I’m looking at. That needs to stop. We need to think about WORKFLOW, basically. Part of the problem is that my office is equal parts R&D lab, light industrial assembly, recording studio, and graphic design shop. I’m hoping, at some point in the not-too-distant future, to move the “light industrial assembly” portion of the proceedings to points elsewhere. (This depends on you, dear customer. Make it so!) So I’m left with the other three, all of which are messy.

Anyhow, my point, such as it is: with our new house, which we’re (finally) moving in to this week, I have a blank slate. Cooks always talk about the Triangle (stove, refrigerator, sink) and I feel that musicians generally use a similar setup. What I’d like to hear about are crafty solutions for the instruments <-> desk <-> multi-purpose area. What did you do that solved like 18 problems and left you with a ton of storage and a clean work surface? Please tell me.