Posts Tagged ‘keyboard’

A Brief History of Typing–and Why The Dvorak Layout Won’t Heal/Prevent RSI

Monday, December 29, 2008 2:30 No Comments

I once read an account of the peace negotiations following the Second World War—secretaries stayed up all night, painstakingly typing and retyping official documents. Since this was before the computer era, they used typewriters, and had to retype any page where edits or errors were made.
On reading the historical accounts, my wrists twinged and [...]

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New Laptop Stand from Ergotron for Comfortable Laptop Use

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 21:44 1 Comment

Laptops are great tools for business users and students on the go, but they’re from an ergonomic standpoint they’re badly designed. They lead us to hunch over, push our necks forward and squint at the screen till we look a little too much like Quasimodo…
but there are solutions! One is to use a notebook [...]

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