In the office I have a triple monitor solution, maybe the last one it's an overkill but as someone who does front-end programing and content creation I can see the productivity advantages of this setup, when I have to work from home where I only have one monitor I feel a little claustrophobic.
In my case usually I use it something like this: [youtube/google music/docs][code][browser] or [folders/video files/script/client brief-indications][video editor][preview fullscreen]
I think this it's the kind of stuff that depends a lot on the way some people feel with multitasking, distractions and specially on their nature of the job.
Like the article says, probably writers, spreadsheet people, or even programmers who needs little documentation and makes all the testing in the IDE can benefit from this approach to "focus" only in one monitor.
In my case usually I use it something like this: [youtube/google music/docs][code][browser] or [folders/video files/script/client brief-indications][video editor][preview fullscreen]
I think this it's the kind of stuff that depends a lot on the way some people feel with multitasking, distractions and specially on their nature of the job.
Like the article says, probably writers, spreadsheet people, or even programmers who needs little documentation and makes all the testing in the IDE can benefit from this approach to "focus" only in one monitor.