melling/ErgonomicNotes on Hacker News

…them. I’m always looking for ways to “cope with it”. If you’ve got something that’s not on my list… https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2024-05-03 · in Losing My Hands

…much worse it could be. I’ve got a GitHub repo where I catalog many RSI instances and treatments. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2024-05-03 · in Losing My Hands

Not sure if there’s any one solution that actually works. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes Several people have used Voice input to lessen the need to type: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2021-05-10 · in Ask HN: Has anyone cured their RSI/carpal tunnel without an ergonomic keyboard?

I’ve got dozens of RSI stories here from many people: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes Lots of people have tried many things.

comment by melling · 2020-02-24 · in On Voice Coding

…really hasn’t caught on. I maintain a bunch of links on Github for anyone who might be interested: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2020-02-10 · in Taika Waititi Calls Out Apple's MacBook Keyboard Backstage at the Oscars

There are lots of different stories and reasons for RSI. I’ve saved a bunch of them in a Github repo: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README... I’ve also saved a bunch of Programming by Voice links:…

comment by melling · 2019-08-10 · in What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?

There are lots of keyboard layouts: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa... Isn’t the idea that your fingers travel less so it’s healthier for your hands? If you end up with RSI, you might find you’re using your…

comment by melling · 2019-02-17 · in I’ve used Dvorak for 10 years, and it’s not all that

I have a collection of Programming by Voice links here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2018-12-31 · in Writing and coding by voice with Talon

There are several other newer resources: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2018-11-09 · in Ask HN: How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?

Have you had any luck with programming by voice? https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2018-11-09 · in Ask HN: How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?

I have that and several other resources on a Github page: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2018-09-19 · in Voice Coder – Alexa skill to code by voice

I’ve got dozens of stories about people with RSI here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README... There doesn’t seem to be one cause or one solution.

comment by melling · 2018-08-22 · in The Workman Keyboard Layout Philosophy (2010)

I have some links on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa... There’s a small section for “Build Your Own”

comment by melling · 2018-07-25 · in Custom mechanical keyboards

I’ve read lots of RSI stories and seeing a doctor never seems to solve the problem. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes One example is John Ousterhout, the creator of Tcl/Tk, has had RSI for decades:…

comment by melling · 2018-05-23 · in Stopping the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career (2016)

…prevent issues before he got RSI. https://youtu.be/8SkdfdXWYaI I’ve cataloged lots of solutions: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2018-05-23 · in Stopping the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career (2016)

…on Github I’ve collected several dozen articles and created a table of things people have tried. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes My personal feeling is that if programmers embraced voice input, simply not having to type when…

comment by melling · 2018-05-23 · in Stopping the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career (2016)

Github will display org files. You can have a README.org https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2018-05-09 · in The Many Uses of Org Mode

I have a few links on blind programming. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/blind_... And a lot more on programming by voice: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... The section on Silvius seems…

comment by melling · 2018-04-22 · in Blind since birth, writing code at Amazon since 2013

I have a list of programming by voice resources on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... There’s a section on RSI too: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

comment by melling · 2017-12-15 · in State of Voice Coding – 2017

…source project for this: https://github.com/dictation-toolbox A bunch of other resources are here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2017-11-17 · in Using Python to Code by Voice (2013) [video]

…ttps://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/2574674-how-... ) slightly related/helpful discussion: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by j_s · 2017-06-21 · in Ask HN: Assistive Devices for recently quadriplegic dad

…think it will work. I have that url, along with a few others in my Programming by Voice notes: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... No one said that you have to do everything. Start with what's possible then…

comment by melling · 2017-05-16 · in How a Blind Developer uses Visual Studio [video]

…to one good way to cure RSI. There are tons of stories here with lots of different "solutions": https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

comment by melling · 2017-03-06 · in “Micro Breaks” with Stretching Enhance Surgeon Physical Function and Focus

…you would expect it to be discussed. You'll find someone blogging about their RSI every few months. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes This story always gets the point across: http://www.looknohands.me

comment by melling · 2016-11-26 · in Top Books on Amazon Based on Number of HN Users Linking Them in Comments

There are lots of stories by dozens of people who have RSI here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes There's an extensive checklist of things people have tried but there doesn't seem to be one answer that works.

comment by melling · 2016-11-18 · in How I stopped the RSI pain that almost destroyed my programming career

…s://github.com/melling/ios_topics/blob/master/README.org https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

comment by melling · 2016-11-03 · in Org mode 9.0 released

…On the topics of standing desks, keyboards, RSI, etc, I've created some org-mode notes on Github. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2016-09-07 · in The Metaprogrammer

…group of people who would benefit from it. Here are a group of resources if anyone is interested: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2016-09-01 · in Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin on Mobile Devices

…an Ergodox compare, for instance? I've also got a Github page dedicated to ergonomic keyboards: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...

comment by melling · 2016-07-26 · in We have an epidemic of bad posture

…on your fingers. Here's a collection of other RSI stories, along with other ergonomic information: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2016-07-26 · in We have an epidemic of bad posture

…completion, the future might not need a keyboard. Here are some other gesture solutions: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes#gesture-computing

comment by melling · 2016-07-01 · in Tiny Radar Chip Revolutionizing Gesture Recognition: Google ATAP’s Project Soli

…I've got resources for the various keyboard layouts on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa... Some information on split and tenting keyboards can be found here: https://h4labs.wordpress.co

comment by melling · 2016-06-11 · in Workman Keyboard layout

…Here are a few other ideas gesture devices like the Mylo, FingerIO, and Intel Real Sense: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

comment by melling · 2016-05-31 · in Project Soli – touchless gesture interactions by Google

…their nose as an input device: http://www.looknohands.me There are lots of other RSI stories here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...

comment by melling · 2016-05-31 · in Project Soli – touchless gesture interactions by Google

…- Stanford professor and creator of TCL Here are plenty of other stories: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2016-05-19 · in New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

…Soli would recognize small movements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNiZfSsPc0 There are others: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes#gesture-computing

comment by melling · 2016-05-10 · in SignAloud: Gloves That Translate Sign Language into Text and Speech

…requires a lot of setup. http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html More resources here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra...

comment by melling · 2016-04-03 · in The Tools of a Blind Programmer

…directly on Github from a laptop, iPhone, or iPad browser. https://github.com/melling/ios_topics https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages

comment by melling · 2016-03-30 · in Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

If you're interested in ergonomics, there's a lot more here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

comment by melling · 2016-03-24 · in Ergonomics Podcast Every Developer Should Listen To

…some notes files in org mode directly on Github. https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes However, when I want to make big changes, I work locally. Ideally, I'd be warned if I forget to update…

comment by melling · 2016-03-18 · in Orgmode for Sublime Text 2 and 3

…lot of recent work with gesture based computing: Intel Real Sense, Google's Soli, Myo, Leap Motion https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README... Leap Motion made huge improvements a few weeks ago with their Orion SDK:…

comment by melling · 2016-03-18 · in FingerIO: Using Active Sonar for Fine-Grained Finger Tracking

You can use Github to use create org files. I have several repos of org files: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages https://github.com/melling/MathAndScienceNotes…

comment by melling · 2016-03-17 · in Emac’s Org Mode will improve your software engineering

If you're interested in exploring alternative layouts, I have some references here: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...

comment by melling · 2016-03-15 · in The Origin of QWERTY

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Ergonomic keyboards and mice, programming by voice, RSI, and standing desks

story by melling · 2016-03-12 · 0 comments

…community are working on voice solutions to help program with off the shelf programs, for example: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... Someone could probably use the same solution to help the visually impaired.…

comment by melling · 2016-03-02 · in My Journey From Blindness to Building a Fully Conversational User Interface

…http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html I've got more notes on Github: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/progra... We really seem to be at the point where voice is ready to become part of our daily use once a

comment by melling · 2016-02-25 · in Google launches voice typing in Google Docs

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GitHub Notes on RSI, Standing Desks, and Ergonomic Keyboards

story by melling · 2016-02-20 · 0 comments

…out to register a keypress like the cheap rubber domes. I don't have much about Matias in my notes: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...

comment by melling · 2016-02-19 · in PCB design now supports LEDs and Matias switches

…personal but I started breaking them out a couple weeks ago so I could keep them in public repos. https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes https://github.com/melling/EditorNotes Why not work directly in the version controlled cloud?…

comment by melling · 2016-02-18 · in Upload files to your repositories

…There are more links under "Alternate Keyboard Layouts" on this GitHub page: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...

comment by melling · 2016-02-10 · in Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad