Comments on: RSI in the pinkies

By: Embracing Chaos » Blog Archive » Moving from Typepad to Blogger - Leo Parker Dirac on Business and Technology Trends

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:20:23 +0000

[...] continue work on this at some point. But even a couple hours of work on it has triggered my RSI so I’ll have to take a break. If you want to pick this up, let me know and we can [...]

By: Embracing Chaos » Blog Archive » Why Desktop Computers Matter as Laptops Speed Up - Leo Parker Dirac on Business and Technology Trends

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:06:52 +0000

[...] can trick out its Human-Computer Interface to be super high bandwidth. You can get yourself a really nice ergonomic keyboard, multiple high-resolution monitors, and a real mouse. A friend of mine even built himself a [...]

By: Greg Kuperberg

Greg Kuperberg — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:00:31 +0000

I also have pinky RSI and I wrote up a discussion here:

http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~greg/pinky-rsi.html

By: Bronwyn Bedient

Bronwyn Bedient — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:27 +0000

Hi Leo,
I remember watching you code at our apartment in China and being absolutely amazed. I'm sorry to hear that you've developed RSI. I have a similar problem, though really only in my right hand. I've been able to take care of most of the problem by becoming a left-handed mouser. I also travel for work two months out of the year, so I get frequent respites from sitting in front of a keyboard, though I have never thought of that benefit or travel until now...

By: ASG

ASG — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:07:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I fwd'd your post to both the staff I manage, and the staff I'm a member of as an example of why we spend so much time auditing each other for ergonomically correct behavior – specifically typing. One of my employees brought her pinky finger pain to my attention after reading your post. I'm sorry about your long-term condition, but hopefully because you shared we'll be able to avoid a permanent injury for another person!