Comment by d_burfoot

Comment by d_burfoot 9 hours ago

I feel like we are due for a revolution in computer interface design that will free us from our desks. I want to be able to do work while walking on the bike trail or sitting in a lounge chair by the pool. All the core concepts of GUI design - "mouse", "window", "file", "folder", "desktop" - were developed in a previous era with far tighter constraints on what could be done. Now we have voice understanding, wearable computers, AR / VR, LLMs, cellular internet, etc. Even though the tech has advanced by leaps and bounds, the underlying UI concepts haven't changed much.

orbital-decay 9 hours ago

Desks were invented hundreds of years ago (at least) and are ergonomically ideal for doing prolonged work. It's not related to computing in any way. I don't see them going away any time soon.

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4gotunameagain 6 hours ago

They are not ideal, they cause all sorts of lower back/neck & circulation issues, even with a tuned ergonomic setup.
But it's true that it is the best we got, sort of the cringy but effective treadmill desk.

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- AstroBen 4 hours ago
  
  Does spending 8-10 hours on your feet every day fare better? I think the solution there is mixing it up
  
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MobiusHorizons 8 hours ago

I have been thinking about this a lot recently. There is a lot you can do to work through programming problems away from your computer if you have enough of it in your head. Unfortunately, it seems harder and harder to keep the project in my head the more I rely on autocomplete, linters or other IDE features. These bring my process of reprogramming out of my head and into a more constant conversation with the editor. Autocomplete disincentivizes me from remembering the interface of my dependencies. On personal projects it’s much easier, since I have usually written all the code myself, and I have been using basic vim with no plugins at home.

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transpute 9 hours ago

The division of "operating system" labor across devices and network is an open technical, business and political challenge. Many would-be gatekeepers competing for control, even as prior gatekeepers are being slowly regulated out of their monopoly roles.

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realinfktop 8 hours ago

>I want to be able to do work while walking on the bike trail or sitting in a lounge chair by the pool

I think this is only a bandaid to the problem that we're still spending so awfully much time at work, despite massive improvements in worker productivity. I _don't_ want to be working on the bike trail or while lounging or by the pool, I want be in places that are not work

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