Author: Francesco Riganese

Francesco Riganese edits Makerstations. He reads every desk setup readers send in, talks with the makers behind the ones we feature, and writes the site’s reports on jobs, pay and the companies people work for. If you have a setup to share or spot something we got wrong, he’d like to hear from you.

For people with a penchant for American football, playing NFL-themed video games appeals. They can score touchdowns with their heroes and lead their favorite franchises to glory. For many, when their working day is over, they do exactly that and more in games like Madden NFL 26.  A much-loved series, the latest installment from the Madden franchise is shining overall. However, it can be improved further with the addition of some useful accessories, all of which are designed to enhance a variety of gaming experiences, including football-themed titles. For fans of the sport who listen to leading podcasts like The…

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Email rendering issues can make an otherwise well-designed campaign look broken when it reaches subscribers. A message that appears perfect in a design tool may display differently across Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, or mobile devices. Using reliable stripo email templates can help reduce some of these problems, but marketers still need to test their emails carefully before sending them. Understanding the most common rendering issues and following a practical checklist can help ensure that campaigns look professional across different inboxes. Why Email Rendering Problems Happen? Email clients do not all interpret HTML and CSS in the same way. Some support…

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An ergonomic desk setup comes down to three measurable positions: monitor top at or just below eye level, elbows bent between 90 and 110 degrees at the keyboard, and feet flat on the floor or a footrest, with hips slightly above knee height. Most desk-related pain traces back to one of these three being wrong, not to the price of the furniture involved. Why Most Desk Setups Get Ergonomics Wrong? The typical home desk setup starts with a laptop placed directly on a table, which forces the screen ten to fifteen degrees below eye level and pulls the neck into…

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Browse enough desk setups and you start noticing a pattern in the “about this workspace” write-ups. Someone built a great little command center — dual monitors, a proper chair, cable management dialed in — and mentions almost in passing that they’ve been running their business from that exact spot for two or three years. The setup has clearly evolved. Ask how the business has changed in that same window, and a lot of founders go quiet. It’s not that they haven’t been working. Most of them have been working constantly. The problem is that the hours have gone into running…

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Mobile shooters used to mean one thing: twitch-fast, fast time-to-kill, chaos. Call of Duty Mobile, Warzone Mobile, Free Fire. Fun, but not tactical. Tactical shooters are a different breed. They test map awareness, team comms, gear choices, patience. The kind of game where the player who set up an angle 30 seconds before the engagement wins, and the one who rushed through the doorway dies. If you grew up on Counter-Strike, Rainbow Six, Tarkov or the old Operation Flashpoint, you know the difference in a single round. We tested every entry on this list across the first five months of…

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