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AlexSchell comments on Group Rationality Diary, September 1-15 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: AlexSchell 04 September 2014 03:45:49AM 1 point [-]

What product do you use? For good posture, I want the monitor(s) to be much higher than the surface the keyboard lies on, but most standing desks I've seen have just one surface.

Comment author: aarongertler 05 September 2014 03:48:29AM 3 points [-]

I use a cardboard desk from chairigami.com. Single-surface, but I'm in the process of setting something up for less neck strain. The desk itself was very cheap and portable.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 13 September 2014 06:21:11AM 2 points [-]

I've set up Ikea IVAR so that the middle shelf is at a good height for a keyboard when standing up and the top shelf can hold a display. The keyboard height needs to be pretty precise, so the adjustable shelf height is a very nice feature.

Comment author: therufs 06 September 2014 03:11:09PM *  0 points [-]

If you're not picky about aesthetics, it's almost trivially easy to build a platform for the monitor to go on -- textbooks, sturdy boxes, locker shelves, even small side tables can be stacked atop a keyboard-height platform.

ETA: Obviously, this goes for improving the viewing angles of one's seated workstation too (though it seems like a side table might be a little much.)

Comment author: AlexSchell 06 September 2014 09:25:26PM 1 point [-]

I'm not at all picky about aesthetics, just curious about what people use in case I want to make a more expensive purchase in the future. My own setup is this, with which I'm reasonably happy (though I need to get a larger and slightly taller table/dresser/keyboard surface).

Comment author: therufs 06 September 2014 10:26:48PM 0 points [-]

headdesk I could also just answer your question I suppose:

I briefly had access to a Fredrik desk from Ikea; it was the right height for me so I didn't examine closely but I'm fairly sure it was adjustable. (But it was only briefly. Hence my box experiments.)