http://ergonomenon.com Where Human Meets Machine Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:39:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I should have known it was too good to be true. The Olympic comittee has ruled against Oscar Pistorius and his Cheetah feet--he doesn't really have the feet of a cheetah; that's the name of the prosthetics he uses to compete at an international level. The South African won't ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=487 If it has the word 'button' in it, it's a good blog.  At least that seems to be the case in my experience so far.  I recently came across two excellent interaction design blogs,  "The History of the Button" and "Upressable Buttons"  which talk about buttons in more depth than you ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=486 I wrote in the past about the "walking while working" movement composed of a small but growing group of people abandoning their desks for a healthier alternative-- a workstation jerry-rigged to a tread mill.  You just may be able to get a treadmill-workstation at your local office supply store sooner than ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=485 Judging by how often I see my coworkers do this (and yes, I do it too), and the plethora of images I found on Flickr when entering the tags "lunch" and "desk," eating at one's desk is a common occurrence in offices everywhere. The days of hanging out in the break ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=483 In his recent posts, Lance Ulanoff has been bashing ergonomics. Typically, I take in criticism of ergonomics quite calmly because, to a certain degree, I also doubt the extent to which ergonomics can change the course of a workday. Most of Ulanoff's two ergonomics posts are devoted to how he can't type. I've ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=481 Aside from being in control of a company just purchased by HP for more than 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS CASH, has Mr. Anderseen taken a dive off the deep end? In this recent post, he sites an AP article claiming that the German government is investing in a next-generation search engine. ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=480 I don't know how many of you readers live in a city (but I suppose I could easily figure that out thanks to Google Analytics) but I stumbled upon an interesting innovation: Its called the MagicWheel. I've read studies (and will post links here when I can find them) that show that ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=479 Wednesday's NYTimes editorial on Oscar Pistorius was a truly eye-opening experience for me [when I read it Wed; I've been thinking about it ever since]. I'd been completely ignorant of the situation prior to reading the article. And dang am I excited about the prospects. For those of you ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=477 Crocs, a Boulder based shoe company, began as a niche item for kayakers (they're light and they float) and were soon adopted by gardeners, chefs and hospital workers. The first edition of the shoe, although hideously ugly, has become an icon up there with the Birkenstock. The key to Crocs' ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=476 We had a couple of comments from an ergonomics blogger with a focus on guitars. I thought I'd link to his site as well as to an interesting project. The first site will be great to keep an eye on for the music enthusiast looking for a few ideas in ... http://ergonomenon.com/?p=474