…or editor, or proofreader, or anyone who does most or all of their work in a sitting position. There was a lot serious continuing education at the American Society for Indexing’s 2018 conference, like software exploration, specialty indexing, controlled vocabulary, and indexing music sessions. There was also a session that still applies today entitled “Kinks […]
Computer Vision Syndrome
Computers and electronic devices have become part of our lives. It’s not only with “mouse elbow,” wrist pain, and muscle tension that we see signs of this. Optometrists and ophthalmologists are seeing a collection of symptoms that they call computer vision syndrome (CVS) or sometimes digital eye strain. This constellation of symptoms includes tired eyes, dry […]
Mouse Use, Egonomics of
Using the mouse more seems like an obvious answer you if are experiencing pain from keyboard use. While that can be helpful—simply substituting mouse use as much as possible has its own set of problems. By increasing mouse usage, we have opened another can of worms: in trying to avoid stress injury in one place we […]
