Walking Desk Is More Annoying Than A Standing Desk

Programmer Humor@programming.dev – 233 points – 7 months ago

Walking Desk Is More Annoying Than A Standing Desk

I feel like there was a missed opportunity to use some of the spare computing power on the desk to add some helpful navigational autonomy. Like using a backward facing web camera for lane assist, obstacle avoidance, route following, etc. Could leverage something open source like Autoware.org to get most of the way there.

Source video by Joel Creates:
https://youtu.be/mDndd_EzkgA

I feel like a treadmill desk would have been way simpler. Unless you like sun glare and spotty wifi.

Okay, now put the whole thing on wheels. I can finally go grocery shopping during my scrum.

Wolfram uses a walking desk but it’s more of a laptop support like a baby bjorn. I kind of want one but looks like they need a bit of customizing.

There are also under-desk treadmills that you can use with an existing standing desk. You need to be able to raise it a bit higher though.

The point would be to be outside. Were traveling right now and I can’t find the link but if you search for wolphrams life hacks type of thing there’s an article he wrote about it which was a fascinating read.

Personally I have an elliptical at home with a laptop stand on it and I love it.