Gift Guide: 7 great gifts for anyone working from home - TechCrunch

Nov 23, 2020

The transition hasn’t been an easy one for everyone, but here are a handful of gifts that can help ease the transition and make someone’s home office a…well, a home, I guess.

They’re not necessarily the most fun gifts, but odds are someone in your life can really use them.

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I never truly appreciated the value of a good office chair until this pandemic.

There’s truth in the conventional wisdom that you get what you pay for when it comes to office chairs.

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Well, consider this a gift for the person in your life who was really good this year.

If a good office chair is an investment, a computer is a lifeline.

There is, of course, a big Apple Silicon redesign coming in the next year or two, but that won’t do you a whole lot of good in the meantime.

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Much like the office chair, Webcams were one of those those things I really didn’t pay much mind to before the pandemic.

I do suspect there’s a good chance this will finally shift in the next year or so, but for now, you really want to avoid using your computer’s built-in camera for those important Zoom meetings, if you can.

But if conference calls are central to work days, a good mic is a great way to up that game.

It also has the advantage of size and a removable stand that will make it a good travel companion if we’re able to travel again.

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Google Assistant is great for all of the smart stuff and the new hardware sounds really solid.

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I’ve been working from home for a few years now, and honestly the most important change I’ve made this year is vastly improving my home office’s lighting situation