ErgonomicNotes

RSI is a common problem among programmers, etc, so you would expect it to be discussed. You'll find someone blogging about their RSI every few months. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes This story always gets the point across: http://www.looknohands.me

There are lots of stories by dozens of people who have RSI here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes There's an extensive checklist of things people have tried but there doesn't seem to be one answer that works.

I'm a fan of using org mode files on Github. Hopefully, Github continues to expand org support: https://github.com/melling/ios_topics/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

That's the way people are about everything. Read many of the comments on HN and you will come to the same conclusion. We like to "bullshit" and tell anecdotes. This is fine for being social but it's a very inefficient way to learn and pass on knowledge. In all the noise, however, there is a lot to be learned so I decided to extract some of the information on various topics. For example, On the topics of standing desks, keyboards, RSI, etc, I've created some org-mode notes on Github. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

Well, that person suffers from RSI, so there's a certain group of people who would benefit from it. Here are a group of resources if anyone is interested: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

The Kinesis Advantage has MX Cherry Brown switches. It would be great to understand what makes this keyboard effective. How does an Ergodox compare, for instance? I've also got a Github page dedicated to ergonomic keyboards: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...

He's still not using an ergonomic keyboard. Typical keyboards require the user to press the key to the bottom to activate it, like pushing your finger into the desk. A mechanical keyboard switch activates halfway from the bottom, reducing the extra stress on your fingers. Here's a collection of other RSI stories, along with other ergonomic information: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

Yeah, most developers say they'll stick with a keyboard. I'm still holding out for the clever person who integrates gestures into a keyboard killer. You can use gestures chords, for example. With intellisense and other intelligent completion, the future might not need a keyboard. Here are some other gesture solutions: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes#gesture-computing

Why wouldn't you want both? An efficient layout means that your figures move less. You can remap most keyboards to get a more efficient layout, even the $20 keyboard. You can analyze the distance your figures travel for a given text here: http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/#/main I've got resources for the various keyboard layouts on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa... Some information on split and tenting keyboards can be found here: https://h4labs.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/the-model-01-an-heir...

The Leap Motion uses infrared light. It was hugely disappointing at first. Supposedly it got much better after the Orion SDK release. http://blog.leapmotion.com/orion/ Here are a few other ideas gesture devices like the Mylo, FingerIO, and Intel Real Sense: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

It could also be huge for ergonomics. Many people develop RSI issues through repeated keyboard and mouse usage. People have as gone as far as using their nose as an input device: http://www.looknohands.me There are lots of other RSI stories here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

"Also, programmers seem to be far more interested in keyboards as a subject that most people." They worry about keyboards because it's one of the professions where RSI is common. http://www.looknohands.me http://markmcb.com/2014/10/13/severe-hand-rsi-pain-and-recov... http://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php - Stanford professor and creator of TCL Here are plenty of other stories: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

Someone could devise a more subtle set of movements for text entry. Google's Soli would recognize small movements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNiZfSsPc0 There are others: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes#gesture-computing

I imagine that if we tried to make programming by voice more practical, that would help solve part of the problem. A few developers have made it work but it requires a lot of setup. http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html More resources here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

I've been using Github and org-mode to organize a lot of the notes that I collect. It's great to be able to edit notes directly on Github from a laptop, iPhone, or iPad browser. https://github.com/melling/ios_topics https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages