Standing While Working Results in Better Work? 166
Bamafan77 asks: "I've recently become fascinated by the idea of standing while working. I've found that I'm much more productive for
longer periods of time while standing as opposed to sitting. The best way to describe it is that my brain feels more 'engaged.' Apparently, many famous people feel the same way including Thomas Wolfe, Vladimir Nabokov, and Winston Churchill. Other benefits include a better ability to control weight. (Guess what? Your slow metabolism ain't the cause for that belly). The Mayo Clinic has gone so far as to do research into a treadmill workstation. Does anyone here have experiences to share when it comes to standing while working, especially in the IT field?"
They say Donald Rumsfeld works this way... (Score:5, Funny)
So ... (Score:1, Funny)
MIcrosoft.... innovating again.
I prefer to sit down (Score:5, Funny)
What, you meant real work? Well...ok...
Hemingway (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, then he offed himself, so maybe this isn't such a good idea...
Re:My job. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:no (Score:3, Funny)
Lame for the sitters (Score:5, Funny)
I sit next to a guy with a stand-up cubicle. The walls of the cubicles are about four feet tall so all day long there's this guy's head looking down on me. He's also a loud talker on the phone so there is a loud phone talking head staring at me all day long.
Have I mentioned his sneezing, coughing and his constant eating of corn nuts? So I have a loud phone talking, coughing, sneezing, corn nut breath head leering at me 8-10 hours a day.
Oh! and he's also a mouth breather.
My standing desk... (Score:3, Funny)