Perfect Office Wall

If I knew I'd be in the same office for more than a year or so, I'd set up one of these white board walls.  They are so cool.  And then I'd use it for argument mapping.  Frankly, I think all academic offices should have white board walls.  Maybe I'll make that argument during our next contract negotiation!

Comments

[New Kid on the Hallway]

Oooh, whiteboard walls would be SO COOL. Although I think I'd have to have one whiteboard wall and one corkboard wall, so with the latter I could jot notes on pieces of paper and rearranged them at will.

There are lots of expensive things I could do to create the ideal office. Sigh.

[dr. h]

I have a chalkboard covering 1/4 of one of my walls. It's very useful. I use it when grad students are talking through outlines for papers, for example (just writing down for them what they are saying out loud), in addition to my own stuff. I don't keep the info up for long, though. I usually chart things out on the board, then transfer it to paper and erase it. This makes me wonder -- why write it on the board at all? I think I use it more when I am meeting with someone else around a paper or project (colleague, research assistant, grad student) than just for my own stuff.

[Dawn]

We're thinking of getting magnetic paint for one wall of our kitchen when we do the remodel. Not as nifty as whiteboard but it'll look just like a regular wall (important for resale) only it will secretly be magnetic.