Describe your ideal cubicle. What cubicle, desk, or computer position makes you feel most comfortable and at ease? I'm not talking about the regular worker who works his regular 8 hours and then goes home. I'm talking about the other people who excel and do "more than just work".

First, I think it's important to sit facing traffic. Any slightest movement in your peripheral quickly triggers the subconscious ALT-TAB reflex. This is the best situation aside from owning your own office. In this facing-outward case, I prefer my cubicle be the first when entering a row of cubicles. By being situated near the outside, you can slip away from your cubicle as many times as you'd like without coworkers "behind" you noticing. One thing I've noted in that position is how often and how long my coworkers leave their desks. It's an important statistic.

But if you aren't fortunate enough to have your monitor hidden, then of course you'd want to sit as far in the back as possible - preferably so hidden that most people don't realize the office extends that deep. This means that the only people who might pass behind you are those who coming looking for you. In this case your senses and reflexes become indispensible, and heightened auditory acuteness is natural. I notice as I leave my cube, my eyes can't help but to lock onto each monitor I pass -- perhaps out of curiosity, perhaps out of love for TV (and hence naturally drawn to anything ressembling a TV), either way, I know exactly who's working all the time and who's MSNing most of the time.

I am of the bunch whose backs are turned from onlookers, but I sit deep in my row of cubicles. Furthermore I have a concave mirror (like the "Objects are closer than they appear" side mirror of a car) that sits on my monitor keeping me in tune with everything behind me...

... of course, I don't need to worry because I work hard all the time, and if it's not work-related, it doesn't appear on my monitor.

So, how do you like to sit at work?