---
title: "Multiple==Good"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/11/multiplegood.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/11/multiplegood.html"
published: "2003-11-11T12:28:00"
updated: "2003-11-11T12:28:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Darrel Norton decided he wants to test for himself (and his team) whether doing multiple monitor setups was better for productivity. He came out with a whopping “yes”. God I wish I could be in a position to do the same…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Multiple==Good

By Roy Osherove November 11, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 11, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Darrel Norton decided](http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/darrell.norton/posts/3432.aspx) he wants to test for himself (and his team) whether doing multiple monitor setups was better for productivity. He came out with a whopping “yes”. God I wish I could be in a position to do the same thing.

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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