With Washington state under the new “Stay Home, Stay Safe” proclamation, I have now been working out of my home office for about 4 weeks. And just the other day, this order was extended another 30 days. So we’re in this for the long haul. In the spirit of helping those who are either working from home for the first time, or simply not used to doing so full time, I thought I would share my setup, how I’ve adjusted, and what I’ve learned along the way.
Adjusting to Working from Home – Don in Labs
I am the Scientific Computing adviser here at Puget Systems. Many of us are sharing our work-from-home stories for coping with the changes to our normal life and work routines during the COVID-19 quarantine. I have already been working from home for a few years and wanted to share my setup and offer some tips that I hope will encourage you if you are suddenly finding yourself bewildered by disruption to your work-life.
Adjusting to Working from Home – Matt in Labs
With the all the COVID-19 quarantining going on in Washington state, I have now been working out of my home office for about 3 weeks. In the spirit of helping those who are either working from home for the first time, or simply not used to doing so full time, I thought I would share my setup and strategies on how to be productive from home.
A week of ups and downs
This was a pretty wild week. Well… as wild as being stuck at home writing code can be.
Adjusting to Working from Home – William in Labs
This is the first entry in a series of blog posts from various folks here at Puget Systems, showing how each of us are coping with the changes to our normal life and work routines during the COVID-19 quarantine. In this installment, William George shows his work-from-home setup and talks about the struggle to focus on work in the midst of a family of five.
Making the benchmark more flexible
With much of the scripting done, I turn my attention to making the benchmark somewhat customizable.
The Search for Scripts Continues
After a couple weeks of smooth sailing, things get a bit rocky.
Scripting in 3ds Max
This week we continue the development of a new benchmark and dive into scripting within 3ds Max
Developing a New 3ds Max Benchmark
An ongoing series on creating a benchmark, from inception to completion. This week, identifying areas of 3ds Max that hardware creates slowdowns or bottlenecks.

How I Used to Select Components for My Computers, and Why I Was Wrong
For a long time I helped customers here at Puget Systems select the right hardware for their computers, but I didn’t apply a key principle that I used at work to my own builds. Realizing that, I want to share this insight with other PC enthusiasts.




