I work at a Library and I am using an old card catalog table as a
standing desk. I am 4 ft 10 and this is a perfect height for me. I use
this all day long and wish I had the same thing at home. I am 65 and
never get tired from standing. Chairs have never fit me and my back
feels better than I can ever remember. Thomas Jefferson and Donald
Rumsfeld used standing desks.
c.deane
On 2/7/2013 12:32 PM, Nate Hill wrote:
My team of four is currently designing/building/recycling together our
office space on the 4th floor in Chattanooga- a raw 14,000 sq ft open
space. We have plenty of old desks to use, and on our first iteration we
are each giving ourselves a personal sitting desk, but we will have
stations for shared standing desks/workbenches. Something about standing
makes me want to make physical stuff rather than just digital stuff. I'm
really curious to see how it all works. Happy to report back.
Nate
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Bohyun Kim <[email protected]> wrote:
I use a bookcase in my office as a standup desk (photo below in the link)
but it is really a matter of willpower I think. I get tired when I try to
do concentrated work while standing and my experience is that I cannot stay
standing and working at the same time more than 15 min even if I try hard
although this may depend on each person. =) Even with the alarm I often
ignore it and don't stand up. Then everything is in vain. Something to
think about before investing in a new piece of furniture.
http://www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archives/2407
Cheers,
Bohyun
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Mark Pernotto
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Stand Up Desks
Despite my best efforts of sitting up straight, getting an ergonomic
chair, making sure my desk is a proper height (I'm a tall guy, so my desk
is 'modified' to reflect this), and I make sure I stand up and at least
stretch every 30 minutes (or so), my back still bothers me some days.
I saw a Wired article a few months back hailing the benefits of stand up
desks (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/mf-standing-desk/), and
also found an article in NY Times (
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/stand-up-desks-gaining-favor-in-the-workplace.html?_r=1&;
)
and wondered if there were any other developers/list members who used them.
In my mind, I'm trading one problem for another, and I'm not sure I want
to be standing up all day long. On the other hand, my back is killing me
today.
Suggestions?
Mark
