Ask Slashdot: What Is the Future of Standing/Walking Workstations?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 5, 2012 @03:45AM from the join-the-army-and-you'll-see dept.

secretrobotron writes "As a developer who spends most of each day at the same desk in the same chair, I'm concerned about ergonomics and what I can do to keep my body from wasting away while I program. Some IT professionals have the relative luxury of being able to walk around on a headset, solving problems, installing equipment, etc. My utopia (albeit a pretty low-bar) is a world in which technology exists to allow me to walk about as I program. My question is, what's available? Are people working on mobile-programming in this way? Are there hybrid standing workstations which allow me to take advantage of pacing-enabled programming?"

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I would imagine by james_van · 2012-06-05 03:49 · Score: 4, Funny

that slapping some wheels onto a standing desk and pushing it with your elbows while you type would accomplish the task. Not entirely sure what pacing-enabled programming is though.....
Re:Plantar Fasciitis? by ColdWetDog · 2012-06-05 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't stand (or anything else) ALL DAY.
Move around.
I suggest sprinkling toddlers throughout the workspace. That would keep everybody on their toes.

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