An Upstanding Solution
Standing Desk 1.0 Beta
I’ve read a lot lately about how sitting for prolonged periods of time every day can shorten your life. While I’m skeptical, it seems like common sense that sitting down all the time just isn’t good for you. As programmers, we know what it feels like to only get out of our chairs once every few hours (on a good day).
An idea that seems to be making the rounds right now is using a standing desk on a regular basis instead of a normal one. It’s intriguing, and I’ve thought about it for a while now… I figure it’s time to give it a shot, at least for a few days.
Since this is something I’m not entirely sure about, I’m using the “cheap-as-free” standing desk conversion kit. It consists of a plastic bin I store cables in, a black box to provide a mousing surface (it’s the box that Final Cut Studio used to come in) and a book to put under the keyboard since the lid of the bin has raised edges. My iMac does a great job of tilting up to a comfortable angle without having to set the computer on top of something.
This may not last, or it may be completely awesome and cause me to look for a more permanent (and probably non-free) solution. We’ll see what happens!
For those that have read the articles on sitting making you 54% more likely to have a heart attack, please remember that’s 54% more than whatever risk you already have. So if you have a 1% risk normally, sitting all day puts you at 1.54%. Don’t freak out. Fear sells news.
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