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 … Continue reading
Ergonomics Resources: Product Design
Getting around the city easier WITHOUT a car
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 … Continue reading
Disabilities and Ergonomics, Engineering Our Way Through Barriers
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 … Continue reading
High Heels Have A Future After All (with Crocs)
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 … Continue reading
Ergonomics outside the office: Guitars
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 … Continue reading
Why the iPhone just straight up stinks…(but will still sale butt loads)
Reading this review (Tom Yager @ InfoWorld) really drove me to a “final” conclusion on the iphone. (Please keep in mind that I’m really looking at this from a human-computer interactions (HCI) perspective as that is the scope of this … Continue reading
iphones, smart phones and generally dumb ideas
So, I’m still pretty excited about the iphone and I’d love to hear personal stories of use. That being said, I was speaking with a client of mine the other day when the iphone came up. My client was saying … Continue reading
Skype Mouse: Does it Make Sense?
I commented in my last post that many of the highly lauded features of the iPhone don’t’ really make any practical sense. In this post, I’d like to explore that a bit more because it seems like a lot of … Continue reading
New Logitech Laptop Stands and a Cool New Contributor!
I’ll start with the new contributor since that’s me and I love talking about myself. Adria asked me to join the Ergonomenon team to help deepen some of the great posting that’s been going on, help reach out to all … Continue reading
Microsoft Surface: Better Than Pac Man?
I have to agree with doane paper, Microsoft’s new touchschreen interface, Surface, may well be the future of human computer interaction, but it has an “old school” design flaw…straining the neck to look down at the screen is not ergonomic! … Continue reading