The correct posture is the least demanding on body structure. The weight of the body is properly distributed and the stress of activities such as walking and lifting are absorbed without excessive strain on any part. A person working with correct posture can do enormous amount of work for a longer period. Try to do the same work with incorrect posture and you will not only get tired much faster but you may also injure yourself.In our evolutionary process the human body developed the posture for bearing body weight and facilitating body movements with highest efficiency and least expenditure of energy. We can maintain natural posture for bearing ourselves by using the muscles to the extent intended...
At the end of the nineteenth century, Frederick Winslow Taylor went to work at Bethlehem Steel. Upon observing the workers shoveling coal, Taylor had an idea. He assigned each worker a shovel that was of a size and weight ideally suited to the worker's own body structure. With the new shovels, the workers became triply effective, Bethlehem Steel was able to reduce its cost by half, and get the same amount of work out of 140 employees that it once got out of 400. Today, few businesses need concern themselves with optimizing their employees' coal-shoveling potentialities, but workers are breaking their backs at a whole new kind of grind, spending up to fourteen hours a day at a desk in front of a...
Ergonomics and Modern Workspace Design
At the end of the nineteenth century, Frederick Winslow Taylor went to work at Bethlehem Steel. Upon observing the workers shoveling coal, Taylor had an idea. He assigned each worker a shovel that was of a size and weight ideally suited to the worker's own body structure. With the new shovels, the workers became triply effective, Bethlehem Steel was able to reduce its cost by half, and get the same amount of work out of 140 employees that it once got out of 400. Today, few businesses need concern themselves with optimizing their employees' coal-shoveling potentialities, but workers are breaking their backs at a whole new kind of grind, spending up to fourteen hours a day at a desk in front of a...
Installing a PCI Wireless Card
Installing a PCI wireless card might seem like a bit of an adventure -- after all, you have to open the case, find where to put the thing, close it again... and then you have to deal with the software! Even if you've never opened your computer before, though, you shouldn't have too much trouble with it if you follow this simple 10 step guide.Step 1: Look at the Manual. Yes, I know it seems like a dull thing to do, but you really need to at least skim the manual for things if you're going to go putting them in your computer. It's much better to do it now than to realise afterwards that you missed an essential step in the installation. A few cards, for example, require you to install the software...
To Get a Better Deal, Learn How to Use the Vise...
The Vise is a very effective negotiating Gambit and what it will do for you will amaze you. The Vise Gambit is the simple little expression: "You'll have to do better than that." Here's how Power Negotiators use it: Let's say that you own a small steel company that sells steel products in bulk. You are calling on a fabricating plant where the buyer has listened to your proposal and your pricing structure. You ignored his insistence that he's happy with his present supplier and did a good job of building desire for your product. Finally, the other person says to you, "I'm really happy with our present vendor, but I guess it wouldn't do any harm to have a backup supplier to keep them on their toes. I...
Executive Suites and Easy Business Start-Ups in...
Virtual companies give entrepreneurs new opportunities to get started, but a virtual business also gives people the opportunity to create the personal life they want. Technology can level the playing field. It has become so cheap and easy to create a Web presence that looks established and professional. Retail businesses can be run on a virtual basis, selling through eBay or a virtual storefront at or other central Internet sites. In addition, a virtual office can gain some real world status, by using Executive Suites, and have an official looking address to receive mail and have meetings with clients. You can have your phone calls screened by a receptionist. Alternatively, you can have calls...
How to Choose Computer Peripherals
When buying a computer you must consider not only the quality of the internal components, but also the external ones that make the entire multimedia experience possible.Computer peripherals, from printers to web cams, are an important part of our lives and activities, if not the most important one, depending on our needs and habits. When you are faced with the situation in which you have to choose peripheries, consider a few aspects before making your move: utility, price/quality combination and purposes they should serve.Relying on these criteria, when we buy a printer we must think of why we are buying it. For example if it is meant to be an office printer and it will be mostly used to print out...
Do you spend a lot of time doing things you wouldn't choose to do, if you had a choice? Perhaps your life feels out of control or maybe you hate your job. If you've nodded your head at all, your life is off balance. But it's your choice: you can find balance before it's too late. Chicken or Egg: Identifying the Causes According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, imbalance is "the state of being out of equilibrium" and stress is "a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension." So does stress cause imbalance or does imbalance cause stress? Both. And neither. While they feed off one another, there are common underlying reasons for both. The Federal agency NIOSH (The...
Network Marketing The Organic Way
Network marketing is, or should be, organic by definition. After all, it comes about as a natural product, or byproduct, of normal actions of you, the network marketer. Like most things organic, it might benefit a little from some planting, fertilizing and removal of parasites.A genuine "network marketer" is concentrating more on the network than the marketing side of the equation. Many of the sales made by network marketers come more often from the trust and relationship the buyer has with the marketer rather than from the perceived qualities of the product itself. Make no mistake here, a good product at a reasonable price can influence a lot of potential buyers, but the trust in the seller...
Network marketing is, or should be, organic by definition. After all, it comes about as a natural product, or byproduct, of normal actions of you, the network marketer. Like most things organic, it might benefit a little from some planting, fertilizing and removal of parasites.A genuine "network marketer" is concentrating more on the network than the marketing side of the equation. Many of the sales made by network marketers come more often from the trust and relationship the buyer has with the marketer rather than from the perceived qualities of the product itself. Make no mistake here, a good product at a reasonable price can influence a lot of potential buyers, but the trust in the seller...
Office Furniture for Your Home Office
If you are looking to create a home office or you are looking to redecorate your current one, you will want to consider the various types of office furniture available. Having the right office-furniture in your can make all the difference in the world: a comfortable home office is an efficient home office. Therefore, let's consider the various types of office furniture and what might be right for you and your personal tastes.First, you will want to select furniture for your home office that is just the right color. Neutral colors are wonderful for offices as are natural wood colors. However, don't feel confined to neutral colors if you prefer wild colors like hot pink and neon green! If that...
Ergonomic Products - For Stress Free Life
According to the definition given by International Ergonomics Association in 2000, Ergonomics is the scientific discipline which is concerned mainly with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data, and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. The person who takes Ergonomics as the profession is called an Ergonomist. Design Principles: Ergonomists mainly uses the principles of psychology, industrial engineering, biometrics and even bioinformatics up to an extent. They use all these principles to design various ergonomic products. These ergonomic products mainly...
The Ergonomics of LaptopsLaptops are becoming more popular than ever as an easy way to keep one's documents, games, personal information, music, and many other things convenient. However, as more and more people ditch their desktop in favor of a lighter laptop, there are important ergonomic safety considerations that still need to be considered no matter what style of computer you use. You may wish to shrug these away, but disregarding proper posture will lead to painful problems in the future! Here's some quick tips to help keep you healthy while using your laptop, wherever you may be:1.) Position yourself correctly:No matter who you are, it's important to realize that it's easy for...
Network Marketing The Organic Way
Network marketing is, or should be, organic by definition. After all, it comes about as a natural product, or byproduct, of normal actions of you, the network marketer. Like most things organic, it might benefit a little from some planting, fertilizing and removal of parasites.A genuine "network marketer" is concentrating more on the network than the marketing side of the equation. Many of the sales made by network marketers come more often from the trust and relationship the buyer has with the marketer rather than from the perceived qualities of the product itself. Make no mistake here, a good product at a reasonable price can influence a lot of potential buyers, but the trust in the seller...
Ergonomic Office Chairs And The Technical Writer
If you work at a technical writer, there are a few things more precious to you than your workstation and your chair. Whether you do technical writing, technical editing or some other form of documentation development, these two pieces of equipment will become the foundation from which you will conduct your work. So in this article we will look at the ergonomic chair, as related to technical writing.Regardless of how many hours a technical writer spends in their office chair, there are some important things to consider when selecting a good ergonomic office chair. But what exactly is ergonomics? In plain language, ergonomics is the study of how a human body functions in a particular environment...
Desk Sets: the Perfect Gift for Work Colleagues
In the case of a home, apart from designing and buying a beautiful place, one needs to start working out plans on furnishing the place with the most suited, exquisite, yet affordable pieces of furniture to suit the home needs. In a similar fashion, one needs to buy and decorate a desk with appropriate, suitable, and compatible desk sets. Desk sets are set of desk accessories like desk pad, cup holders, pen cups, card holders, memo holders, and letter openers that are an essential part of the office furniture. The same articles can also be used for the home office needs of a remote working person. These items, even if they seem insignificant and small, play a very important role to help a person...
Gift of a Letter
"What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions." Letter from Heloise to Abelard (from Gift of a Letter by Alexandra Stoddard)Just returning from the National Stationery Show in New York City, I was struck by the energetic "forward motion" of the thousands of vendors still enthusiastic about the power of the hand-written note. Artists proudly displayed their watercolors on letterhead, invitations and place cards; sales reps extolled the creative spark of polka-dotted and beribboned stationery; and entrepreneurs remained full of hope that the power of the hand...
Network marketing is, or should be, organic by definition. After all, it comes about as a natural product, or byproduct, of normal actions of you, the network marketer. Like most things organic, it might benefit a little from some planting, fertilizing and removal of parasites.A genuine "network marketer" is concentrating more on the network than the marketing side of the equation. Many of the sales made by network marketers come more often from the trust and relationship the buyer has with the marketer rather than from the perceived qualities of the product itself. Make no mistake here, a good product at a reasonable price can influence a lot of potential buyers, but the trust in the seller...
Office Chairs: The Importance of Sitting...
Today you will find that there are many different styles of office chair available on the market and finding the one that is right for you can be an eye opener.One of the first and most important things you must think about when deciding to purchase an office chair is the amount of time that you will spend sat on it throughout your working day. You need to remember that being able to sit comfortably for extended periods of time is a must. By not providing yourself with a chair that will provide you with comfort and support during your day at work can result in back problems later on. You will find that there are a lot of options that come as standard on both normal and ergonomic office chairs...
Take out your photo viewer and everybody will want to look at your photography. In fact they are so fun to use, you may not get them off of it. Get your photos out of the camera or computer and into a your multimedia player, so people want to look at them. A must for all amateur and professional digital photographers. Quickly transfer and view photos from your digital camera in crisp thumbnail galleries or fullscreen. Free up memory space, transfer and view photos from your digital camera. You have alot invested into movies, music and photos and this is the perfect way to get the make of it. This little outfit ties it all together. Personal Media Centers are HOT right now.JOBO Giga Vu Pro 60GB and...
Office chairs - make sure you feel comfortable...
Office chairs or desk chairs are the proper chairs for your desk, at work or at home. This type of office chair is very comfortable. In addition, we are talking about an adjustable piece of furniture. These office chairs come in different sizes, shapes and colors. Moreover, they come at various prices. Lately, the office chair has become one of the most important items of office furniture. As people seem to be growing more and more attached to their work at a desk, it is understandable that office furniture is getting essential for the comfort during the time spent as such. Therefore, people try to buy office chairs that can be in concordance with the rest of the office furniture. This is why people...
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
How to Choose Computer Peripherals
When buying a computer you must consider not only the quality of the internal components, but also the external ones that make the entire multimedia experience possible.Computer peripherals, from printers to web cams, are an important part of our lives and activities, if not the most important one, depending on our needs and habits. When you are faced with the situation in which you have to choose peripheries, consider a few aspects before making your move: utility, price/quality combination and purposes they should serve.Relying on these criteria, when we buy a printer we must think of why we are buying it. For example if it is meant to be an office printer and it will be mostly used to print out...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
For most of us non-professional body builders the Weider Home Gyms can be a great addition to our exercising needs. Driving times, busy and active schedules makes this product a must have tool in the convenience of your own home. The Weider Home Gyms are not cheap but still priced much more aggressively than many of its counterparts. It may not be the best (not sure what that would require) but for most of us it provides all the features we need. Never has a exercise routine and regime been easier to maintain.Features:1.) High Pulley--Allows for fine tuning of your lats and back.2.) Seat Material: 4-Position, Adjustable, Ergonomic--Perform a variety of different exercises with this adjustable bench...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
When buying a computer you must consider not only the quality of the internal components, but also the external ones that make the entire multimedia experience possible.Computer peripherals, from printers to web cams, are an important part of our lives and activities, if not the most important one, depending on our needs and habits. When you are faced with the situation in which you have to choose peripheries, consider a few aspects before making your move: utility, price/quality combination and purposes they should serve.Relying on these criteria, when we buy a printer we must think of why we are buying it. For example if it is meant to be an office printer and it will be mostly used to print out...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
Reviewing Weider Home Gyms
For most of us non-professional body builders the Weider Home Gyms can be a great addition to our exercising needs. Driving times, busy and active schedules makes this product a must have tool in the convenience of your own home. The Weider Home Gyms are not cheap but still priced much more aggressively than many of its counterparts. It may not be the best (not sure what that would require) but for most of us it provides all the features we need. Never has a exercise routine and regime been easier to maintain.Features:1.) High Pulley--Allows for fine tuning of your lats and back.2.) Seat Material: 4-Position, Adjustable, Ergonomic--Perform a variety of different exercises with this adjustable bench...
Here's how it was. This was way back in the very early seventies. I had recently arrived in Los Angeles from Iowa, where I had been completing a doctoral program and working in the Writers' Workshop in Iowa City. I was a poet. I had never taken much interest in art-though I was educated enough, of course, to be aware of "modern" artists like Picasso and Matisse. I had even, at my boarding school in England, enlarged a blue Matisse flower cutout to reproduce as a mural on my study wall-to the considerable consternation of my "housemaster". But though I had lived in London for three years in my early twenties, I had not stumbled across anything that would qualify as "contemporary art." Then at...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
Office chairs come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Ergonomics tells us about a healthy design for the office chair. Chairs can come with adjustable parts. Yet, the human body also comes in a variety of shapes and sizes.Some are tall some are short. Some require a bigger chair width and some would prefer a smaller width. Sadly, the body cannot be as flexible as an ergonomic office chair! Although, it is not possible to find the 'perfect' office chair to suit everybody, it is quite possible to adjust us to all types of seating arrangements.You do a lot of sitting around as part of our lifestyles. You sit at park benches, at home in front of the TV, in the car and spent most of your time in...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
Aeron Chairs and Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
Desk Lamps and Coffee Breaks
Everyone has been through it before: burning the midnight oil just to make a deadline. Whether it's for filing your taxes, studying for a final exam, or even for finishing up a really, really good murder mystery, staying up all night wouldn't be possible if it weren't for two God-sent, man-made inventions: coffee and desk lamps. Without coffee and desk lamps, staying up at all hours of the night to get things done wouldn't be possible. Drinking coffee is like a daily ritual for the white-collared, clue-collared, and student. Some even prefer to have it more than once a day, while others just need a quick jolt in the morning to get them through the day. But more importantly, a cup of Joe (or two...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
Aeron Chairs and Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
We live in an age of technology and as such we are always looking for ways to make life easier or ways to make things look better. In the home or office (or even the home office) making things look better involves getting rid of clutter. This is where the wireless desktop comes into play. No wires means less clutter and because when using Bluetooth wireless devices line of sight is not needed, you can use your desk space to its optimum with no worries.There is more to the wireless desktop than you might think as well. You will all be aware that you can get a wireless keyboard and mouse. But wireless technology and Bluetooth in particular stretches much further than that. Your mobile phone if a...
Staying Organized While Working at Home
Staying organized while working at home can be a difficult task, especially when you have a family to take care of also. If your home and family are neat and organized then your business will be too. One of the hardest things to accomplish when running your own home business is staying organized. With so much going on around you and having a family to take care of at the same time can make for a difficult challenge. If you do not have a separate office for your home business it can make it even more difficult. It can be hard to keep all the other stuff out of your office area. Your office area may spill over into the other areas also if it is not well maintained and organized. So now the question...
Micro$oft Speaks to Windows Mobile 5 Upgrade...
It's possible that advances in the Windows Mobile OS are somewhat dependent on the gaming community.We certainly have a few innovations that warrant a robust, stable OS capable of high-level API coding to partake of the best of the Pocket PC gaming realm.The desktop PC owes a debt of gratitude to gamers. Unless, of course, you think that the user base was doing nothing else but playing with their MS Office apps on a routine basis.The large drive towards hardware and processing power innovation is driven by folks largely like myself.Video card manufacturers like ATI and nVidia have been posting record sales of high-end 3D hardware acceleration cards for years, with desktop PC gamers more than...
So here I am again, on another short excursion away from home. I've been awake for an hour already and decided the best thing is to get up and put my first impressions on paper. Since there is only a one hour time difference between Toronto and Chicago I decided yesterday I wasn't even going to change my watch over. So when I came down this morning to use the free computer at the Arlington Youth Hostel in Chicago, I realized it's not 7 am, but actually only 6 am. Well, even better, that'll give me more chance to explore.A trip to Chicago has been in the works for a while. I have been here twice before, once in 2001 with 3 of my friends, and once in April of 2003 to meet my friend Linda who I have...
Hello from Chicago - First Impressions
So here I am again, on another short excursion away from home. I've been awake for an hour already and decided the best thing is to get up and put my first impressions on paper. Since there is only a one hour time difference between Toronto and Chicago I decided yesterday I wasn't even going to change my watch over. So when I came down this morning to use the free computer at the Arlington Youth Hostel in Chicago, I realized it's not 7 am, but actually only 6 am. Well, even better, that'll give me more chance to explore.A trip to Chicago has been in the works for a while. I have been here twice before, once in 2001 with 3 of my friends, and once in April of 2003 to meet my friend Linda who I have...
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
Aeron Chairs and Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...
Are we sitting on a Health and Safety Time Bomb?
The explosive growth of computers and the home means that more people are being sidelined with repetitive strain injuries, although exact numbers are not available. These startling facts came about from a report carried out by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health who then went on to allege that 20% of people who work with Computers in the office also suffer from RSI. Millions of dollars each year, the equivalent of the GDP from a small third world country are spent trying to find the cure for these ails and sadly we don't appears to be getting very far. Sadly we are lacking in complete professional research into this area "What is the scientific basis for these devices?" asked...
Aeron Chairs and Ergonomics
Ergonomics is a term dating only as far back as the 1940s. It well describes the science of adapting work and working conditions to suit the worker instead of the other way around - the worker adapting to the machine.One of the most interesting things about the science of ergonomics (or perhaps the most frustrating) is the fact that all individuals are of different height, weight, arms and hand size, etc. People have so many different dimensions that the combinations are practically endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle with missing pieces.With the immense expansion in the use of computers and associated equipment in the workplace comes the need for less...