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But Neil Stephenson works at a treadmill desk... I want one. On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Baumer, M <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Philip Roth wrote at a standing desk for most of his career. Here's an > outdated look at his > setup<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zvCk5aitYz8#t=201s> > . > > I don't have a standing desk, but I use this > timer<http://www.dejal.com/timeout/>. > I have it set up to go off every fifteen minutes for a thirty second break. > I usually standup, look out the window, and take a sip of water. > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]> 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 <[log in to unmask]> 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:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >> > Mark Pernotto >> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:09 PM >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Nate Hill >> [log in to unmask] >> http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ >> http://www.natehill.net >> -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com