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    • AmbarishrhA
      Ambarishrh
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      Anyone using standing desks?
      http://readwrite.com/2013/09/26/standing-desks-productivity#awesm=~oyTO2T0bYNnmTQ

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Someone at my office does. I kind of want one.

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        • AmbarishrhA
          Ambarishrh
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          Me too looking for one; found this
          http://lifehacker.com/the-two-best-standing-desks-for-any-budget-1247630057

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          • Minion QueenM
            Minion Queen Banned
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            It sounds like a good idea in theory but I am not sure I would really like it over the long haul

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            • RoguePacketR
              RoguePacket @Ambarishrh
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              @ambarishrh Article has a couple good points—

              • Standing is being treated as the new smoking
              • Adjustable desks are good to allow one to sit when tired

              Keep an eye on Lifehacker, they tend to have their short snippets on office space infrequently. Each has lots of options for making your workspace more productive.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @RoguePacket
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                @RoguePacket said:

                @ambarishrh Article has a couple good points—

                • Standing is being treated as the new smoking
                • Adjustable desks are good to allow one to sit when tired

                I also liked the bit about they felt the more abstract work was better done sitting. Would be interesting to see a more scientific test done for longer than a week.

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                • AmbarishrhA
                  Ambarishrh @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch Check this article from lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5881393/one-year-at-my-standing-desk

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    I would like to try it. Not sure whee it would fit into my collection of workspaces though.

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                    • C
                      Carnival Boy
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                      I've been wanting to try it. There's a filing cabinet in my office that is the perfect height to use as a standing desk. I've persuaded my boss to go standing, which he's been doing for about a month now. The biggest thing that puts me off is that my co-workers would think I'm nuts. Either that, or they'd think I'm just copying my boss to suck up to him. Or probably both.

                      I'm really looking for a setup that allows me to spend half my time sitting and half standing, but that's difficult with two monitors.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Fog Creek was famous for having convertible desks so that people could switch back and forth all day.

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                        • MattKingM
                          MattKing
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                          We're going to have convertible sit/stand desks at our new facility; I'll post some pictures once we get settled in next month! 😄

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen Banned
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                            I am getting a new mount for my monitors that I can raise and lower easily so I might thing about a small stand for my keyboard mouse so I can change back and forth. Might be worth it.

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                            • MattKingM
                              MattKing @Minion Queen
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                              @Minion-Queen said:

                              I am getting a new mount for my monitors that I can raise and lower easily so I might thing about a small stand for my keyboard mouse so I can change back and forth. Might be worth it.

                              We were on the verge of getting the Versa-Desks for that; a little chunky but might be worth looking into!

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @MattKing
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                                @MattKing nice. Look forward to feedback on those.

                                What kind of price are they?

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                                • MattKingM
                                  MattKing
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                                  @scottalanmiller Honestly I wasn't involved when we were looking at them; looks like Amazon has them for $275 on the small one.

                                  Note: Called the Vari-Desk.

                                  http://www.amazon.com/VARIDESK-34620-Single/dp/B00BBFRN8K

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                                  • DominicaD
                                    Dominica
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                                    As long as you can switch between standing and sitting, it seems like a good idea to me. It's being in the same position for an entire workday, whether it be on your feet or on your bum, that causes problems.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      At least on your feet you can shift around more.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @MattKing
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                                        @MattKing said:

                                        We're going to have convertible sit/stand desks at our new facility; I'll post some pictures once we get settled in next month! 😄

                                        That will be cool.

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                                        • MattKingM
                                          MattKing @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @MattKing said:

                                          We're going to have convertible sit/stand desks at our new facility; I'll post some pictures once we get settled in next month! 😄

                                          That will be cool.

                                          I'm actually really pumped, I'll post some pictures of our new facility as well... I don't think they'd get the same appreciation on my Facebook haha.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            What is the new facility?

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