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Five Minute Upgrade – Make Your Workstation (More) Ergonomic

Five Minute Upgrade – Make Your Workstation (More) Ergonomic

Sam Dunn on January 21st, 2010 Posted in Articles

Five Minute Upgrade – Make Your Workstation (More) Ergonomic

I’m going to be bold for just a moment and assume that you spend a fair amount of time at the computer.

If you pile on hour after hour in front of a screen, maybe you should take the time to make sure you’re as comfortable as you could possibly be – which is where ergonomics comes in.

Ergonomics is the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker. There are two reasons to have an ergonomic setup – health and productivity.

With that said, why not see what you can do to tweak your work environment and consequently live a longer and more productive life?

The Checklist

There are plenty of articles floating around that can point you in the ergonomically correct direction, but in order to make things easier, here is a quick checklist based off some of those readings. The sources are linked to at the end of the post, for those of you that feel so inclined.

Chair

  • Feet should be flat on the floor, ankles at 90 degrees.
  • Thighs parallel with floor and knees bent 90 degrees.
  • A few inches of space between the back of your knees and the edge of the chair.
  • Elbows at 90 degrees when using keyboard.
  • Sit back as far as possible within the chair, it will force upright posture.

Desk

  • Your armrests should act as an extension of your desk (elbow height = desk height).
  • Keep the most used items within reach on your desk, minimizing reaching up or down.

Monitor

  • Give your monitor some personal space, put it 20″ to 30″ away from your face (an arm’s length).
  • If your monitor allows tilting, aim for a 10 to 20 degree angle, which will help minimize neck movement.
  • Center your monitor in front of you, to avoid unnatural neck/body twisting.
  • Keep your head in a neutral position, so only your eyes have to move to see the screen, not your neck.
  • Your direct line of sight should be closer to the top of the monitor, to avoid bending your neck upwards.

Keyboard and Mouse

  • Relax your hand(s) and fingers.
  • Arm holding mouse should be at a 90 degree angle, allowing for full arm movement.
  • Wrists should be as flat as possible when using the keyboard. (Get rid of the keyboard stands)
  • There have been mixed reviews about soft wrist rests (like those gel pads), although studies from University of Berkeley, California noted that they can cause unnatural angling of the wrist and can sometimes even pinch blood vessels.

Odds and Ends

  • Eye Strain - According to Cornell’s Ergonomic guide, “Every 15 minutes you should briefly look away from the screen for a minute or two to a more distant scene, preferably something more that 20 feet away. This lets the muscles inside the eye relax. Also, blink your eyes rapidly for a few seconds. This refreshes the tear film and clears dust from the eye surface.”
  • Stretching - If you have four minutes and a desire for your coworkers to look at you funny, you might want to consider stretching before beginning your work day. Here’s a wonderful guide to making that possible.

Sources

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A very simple but nice wallpaper


Desktop Nexus: Wallpapers > Technology Wallpapers > Apple Wallpaper

Petição para perdoar a dívida externa do Haiti

A one.org, uma organização, cujo um dos fundadores é Bono (vocalista do U2), está organizando uma petição online para que a dívida externa do Haiti, algo em torno de 890 milhões de dolares seja perdoada.

Tudo o que você precisa fazer é ir neste site e preencher um pequeno formulário com seu nome, email, CEP e país.

Ajude !!!

TunesArt – A companion for iTunes

TunesArt is a free application for Mac OS X which displays cover art on desktop, get notifications on track change, display lyrics, search in library, scrobble to Last.fm.

Main features:
- Ultra-fast search in your iTunes Library
- Get a notification on track change
- Display cover art of current track on your desktop (with 4 different styles and automatic download of missing artwork)
- Rate current played song just from your desktop
- Control main features and iTunes with keyboard shortcuts
- Publish current track name on your Last.fm profile
- Display track’s lyrics in a separate window and automatically download missing lyrics from the web
- Support for Growl notifications

Source.

Site.

Download.

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Perfect multi-column CSS liquid layouts – iPhone compatible

Perfect multi-column CSS liquid layouts – iPhone compatible

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Maximize iTunes no Mac OS X

Quando clica-se no botão verde no iTunes 9.0.2 ele muda o modo “Mini Player”. Para mudar este comportamento do iTunes e fazer com ele maximize quando clicado no botão verde basta digitar o comando abaixo no Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes zoom-to-window -bool YES

Para reverter a mudança simplesmente troque YES por NO no comando acima!!

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Polar Bears Playing

Photography of the day - http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photo-of-the-day/polar-bears-playing-canada/

Promocão: Ganhe o livro “A cabeça de Steve Jobs” e kit com 3 adesivos “Think Different”

A promoção é do blog “Mac Maníacos” e pode ser vista abaixo:

Promoção do Blog MacManíacos

Clique na imagem para ser redirecionado para o Blog Mac Maníacos!!

Para participar é preciso ter uma conta no Twitter e seguir @MacManiacos e tuitar o seguinte texto:

RT @MacManiacos: Macintosh, o computador para o resto de nós! http://bit.ly/7msrtb #promocao

Boa sorte !!!!

Coloque o Google Task na Barra de Menu Mac OS X

Para quem utiliza o Google Task e Mac OS X uma dica simples e prática para utilizar o Google Task é colocá-lo na Barra de Menu com ajuda do Fluid.

A dica é utilizar o seguinte URL: http://mail.google.com/tasks/iphone.

Mãos a obra:

  1. Abra o Fluid
  2. Preencha o campo URL com o seguinte URL: http://mail.google.com/tasks/iphone, coloque o nome que desejar para o App e depois clique no botão “Create”.
  3. Na janela que abre informando que o App foi criado, clique no botão “Launch Now”.
  4. Após o app abrir, na Barra de Menu clique no nome do App e selecione “Convert to MenuExtra SSB…”. Pronto!!

A imagem abaixo mostra como ficou o App criado.

Abaixo um videozinho demonstrando o procedimento.