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Ryan Gilbert

What are some gift ideas under $100 that would upgrade your workspace?

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The holidays and new year are quickly approaching... the perfect time to upgrade your workspace! What are some gift ideas that cost less than $100 that would help upgrade someone's setup? Could be either for productivity or just the atmosphere of the space. I publish a weekly newsletter (https://www.workspaces.xyz/) that highlights the individual WFH spaces of creative individuals and would love to be able to share some additional tips on what others are looking to add to their setups!

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Kate Kosaya
I can tell you what employees CHOOSE as gifts via Goody. Goody is a gifting platform, and thousands of companies use us to send gifts to their teams. One of the benefits is that your recipient can swap their gift for some other item they prefer (and 50% of them do!), so you know they are getting exactly what they want. Here are some of the WFH top choices: • Ember temp-controlled mugs; • LARQ self-cleaning water bottles; • Candles (of course! Favorites include Apotheke, Homesick, Brooklinen); • Lula's Garden desk plants; • Mini wave Therabody massager; • Coffee (another of course!)
Aphelia T.
@kosaya interesting platform!
Jeff Reckseidler
Satechi stuff in general. But one in particular - their desk mats. $30~ and make your desk just that much better.
Ryan Gilbert
@jreckseidler Desk mats are a great suggestion! I have a Grovemade wool one and don't think I could go back to not having a desk mat.
Krzesimir
@jreckseidler @ryangilbert I'm thinking about buying a desk mat for quite some time now. I'm curious, what other advantages do you see in having a desk mat, apart from making the desk look nicer? :)
Ryan Gilbert
@jreckseidler @krzesimir_ostrowski I like to use a mouse and the wool desk mat that I have make it super smooth (my desk has a rigid texture so this might not be an issue for everyone)
Jeff Reckseidler
@ryangilbert @krzesimir_ostrowski I like the desk mat to give an extra source of grip to the desk for my keyboard. And if you aren't picky about mouse pad / material for what you glide your mouse along - the desk mat can also serve that use case well. Ultimately it visually puts a little structure to your set up, and formalizes it a bit. At least that's how I see it!
Michael Silber
I really like my Buddha Board. It's a slate-like board that is meant to be painted on with water. It sticks around for a few minutes and then disappears, which makes for a nice relaxing creative break without too much pressure. https://buddhaboard.com/
Ryan Gilbert
@product_at_producthunt Woah this is cool 🤯 Giving me Harry Potter vibes haha
Here are a few: — Ergonomic wrist rest: https://a.co/d/9LHl2Sf — Sturdy metal laptop stand: https://www.dsptch.com/collectio... — Quality desk speaker: https://www.apple.com/homepod-mini/ — Metal utility cart: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ras... — Textured desk mat: https://a.co/d/9CR61Sq
Ryan Gilbert
@jdsimcoe Great suggestions! 🙌
Aphelia T.
Getting a subscription to some platform can be a good gift. For instance, premium Spotify can help in creating a positive working atmosphere with music playing at the background. As of tangibles, with a team we have been taking it easy and giving a chance for a gift receiver to choose - so gift cards to stores like Amazon etc. are really savers. Speaking of the team productivity, I'd be a loyal product marketer here and suggest Timesheet by Technuf to improve the employee management - so quite a gift for HR specialists and managers ;) Otherwise, great question and interesting to know what others suggest!
Jeff Reckseidler
@technufllc It's a great idea. Get everyone a subscription to the paid tier of the crazy good SigmaOS browser.
David
Anyone have some good smart lighting solutions? Preferrably non-nanoleaf stuff and for smaller desks (clamp lamps for example) 😅
Lyndsay Donhoff
Hi @ryangilbert! Our ThoughtfulPost app can help you with this 💡 we help people level up their gift giving and discover thoughtful gifts for a wide range of budgets. We use machine learning and natural language processing to search through over 70+ different brands and partners (we are adding more and more each day) to recommend ideas specifically tailored to the unique interests and hobbies of your friends and family. I did some quick brainstorming for you and found some cool gadgets, plants, and design pieces that might be a fit for what you are looking for! Shoot me an email at lyndsay@thoughtfulpost.com and I'll add you to my gifting "moment" where you can see and interact with all the ideas I've saved for this request😊 Let me know what you think!
Jasper Ruijs
Smell Candles, Massage balls, Air freshener on the toilets, and weekly fresh fruit basket.
Hannah Dao
I would say... - Laptop stand - Tropical desk plants (If your coworker is a plant killer then go with cactus lol) - Coffee gift cards - Chair cushion or neck pillow (I highly recommend this!)
Sean Song
https://www.kickstarter.com/proj... HiDock is for sure doing the job.
David Honey
For gifts under $100, ergonomic accessories, stylish organizers, or desk plants are practical choices. These items contribute to both productivity and a pleasant atmosphere, suitable for holiday upgrades or new year improvements. https://dgme.info/