I've long thought I probably should stand vs sit in front of the computer, but never made it happen. Now it looks like a sore tailbone will force me to, at least for a while. I have so many questions, and will appreciate any thoughts and advice.
Ideally I'll find a way to keep using my beloved Captain Kirk Chair which is ergonomic for my hands and wrists if not my butt, but maybe I'll need to mount the keyboard on a standing desk.
If any of you own a Kinesis Advantage 360 & a 3D Printer, I've just uploaded my "wide bridge" to keep them separated farther than the one Kinesis provided. Also helps to keep them from slowly wandering around your desk as the day progresses.
Easy to snap on, and off. I've also included a model of the clips at the ends that hook on to the keyboard. That way you can easily make a wider / different one for yourself.
Was knitting this sock in the car today and realized the needles were backwards and that's why my hand was starting to hurt. 🤦🏻♀️ So I'm swapping them before I forget!
(For anyone wondering how knitting needles can be backwards: for my on-the-go sock I use a short asymmetric circular with one long and one short needle. The short one is perfect on the left but makes my hand a bit crampy if I use it on the right.)
A common #ergonomics question I hear is if someone should get a standing desk.
With few exceptions, I'd say they’re great, but not for the reasons you think.
Most furniture is designed around the concept of the "average person" which was defined ages ago as male, around 80kg, 175cm tall, and right handed.
Adjustable height desks are just better because you can change the height to your own dimensions, but also adapt it to what you're doing at the moment. Even if your desk is the perfect height for typing, you're probably also doing other things at your desk.
If you're reading a book or writing with pen and paper, you'll want the table surface higher so you're not hunched over. If you're doing crafts or delicate repair work, you'll want that surface even higher so your elbows are fully supported and you can move more easily and see better.
Ergonomics is about adapting your environment for the task at hand. It's not a set form factor. What's ergo in one situation isn't in another.
In sci-fi shows when the captain says to the second in command, “you have the bridge”, there’s never an uncomfortable period of chair adjustment. 🤔 #ergonomics
#vim and #NeoVim users on ergonomic keyboards, what did you do when you realized that the hjkl binds for navigation are not ergonomic?
I have just set up my layout on my new column staggered split keyboard, and found that using i for up, jkl for left down and right is just the most convenient for me for navigation. This of course interferes greatly with my neovim use.
I keep seeing a career training ad with this photo.
All I see is the bad posture, straining to reach out to the keyboard. That's going to lead to a lot of back and neck pain. Arrrrggghhh.
Arms should be at your side with your elbows at a right angle.
Do not rest your wrists on anything.
IMHO
Well, it's taken me 3 months, but i finally cleaned the stuck key in my #Kinesis Advantage Pro 360. I must admit that I was so annoyed with the experience up to that point that I dragged my feet.
In the meantime I've been typing on the MoErgo #Glove80. It's a very decent keyboard with a dramatically superior software experience, when it comes to customizing the layout.
Does any geek out there who doesn't use Vim want to buy a #Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro? (not kidding)
I am NOT going back to a world where I am screwed every time I try and type on my laptop keyboard because of having to remap Escape to some stupid place on the Kinesis.
Ebay says > $400. How about $380 shipping included (in the US)?
how stupid of an investment is a bigass bean bag chair?
IDK if it'd be bad for my posture or whatever. Quality of all furniture and furniture adjacent things seems to be shit anymore so I assume it'll eventually explode?
Spent some quality time with my Glove80 and Engram-based layout yesterday. I think this is, in fact, the end game. I’m still at 0 wpm on MonkeyType (having not used it or practiced for a couple of weeks), but it just feels really nice.
After many years, I've discovered the reverse tilt setup for my desktop keyboard. I've been using it for about a year this way. While I can't say for sure that it's more ergonomic, it does make sense to me that it should be.
Troy Grady put together a series of videos called "Cracking The Code" which was about trying to understand how various guitar players achieve high speed playing. It's an absolutely fascinating analysis that he has developed over the years. He just posted this video about wrist motion and I find it absolutely fascinating. If you like this, trust me that there's a big rabbit hole waiting for you. #guitar#mechanics#ergonomics#analysishttps://youtu.be/NWuGkXhj0T8?si=r-4gr1-V4D1jNW_q
Are there like, REALLY good compression gloves? mostly typing/gaming. I have cheapos from amazon that seem to help but fall apart after a few washes. I'd prefer a permanent set if such exists.
How do you press all left shortcuts, like Ctrl W? I have a habit of pressing Ctrl with my left pinky which works well in many cases, but in case of those left shortcuts it's really painful to bend it that much while extending the index finger to reach W.
So I'm trying to teach myself to press modifiers with my thumb instead, and same goes for capital letters on that side... that's more brainpower I'm used to allocating to #typing! #ergonomics#keyboard
I’ve often heard people describe Microsoft’s Arc Mouse as a carpal tunnel syndrome machine, but I wonder how much of the ergonomics are psychological.
I don’t want to go all Steve Jobs and say, “You’re holding it wrong,” but I definitely caught myself avoiding putting any weight on it for the first few weeks. Six months in, though, I feel like I’m doing a good job treating it like any other mouse and I’m not experiencing any discomfort.
I have some nerve damage that makes it painful to sit at my Free Software desk, the one in the attic where I've spent, like, the past 7 years doing Calamares and then in a much reduced capacity FreeBSD things.
It's manageable, if I don't spend much more than 15 minutes at a time, but is also a serious brake on getting bigger things done.
@kdedude
Do any other work positions work okay for you?
Laying down, standing desk, threadmill desk (like Linus Torvalds had in an interview a few years back), bicycle "spinning" pedal desk (my dream)
Remember the days when Germans would order their PowerBooks from Austria, because the DIN refused full ergonomics certification for white-on-black keys, so all German Apple laptops came with black on light grey keys?