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[MaulingMonkey]

> Visual distractions are almost as bad but are harder to block.

I find a second row of monitors helps for this.

[TeMPOraL → MaulingMonkey]

I run out of monitors already. My current office looks like this:

           |
          O|O
        ---+---        |
          O|O         O|O
           |        ---+---
                      X|O
                       |
             +----|       
      |   |  |    |
    --+DDD+--+    |----------
      |   |

  X   - me
  O   - other people,
  DDD - doors.

The +-like lines are desk areas, we have no dividers there; everyone is facing each other. I've managed to block off the two people in front of me with monitors, and the one to the right of me is hidden behind his own monitors. But I still struggle with the space to the left and behind me, and I'm seriously considering building a cubicle out of pizza boxes...