Stylish Ergonomic Backpack?

For stylish ergonomic alternatives to the regular backpack, the Bum Back Pack or BBP Hybrid Bag are great choices.  You can also find them under the name Bak2Pak. Even with a well-fitting bag, the tendency with a regular backpack is to lean forward to counteract the added weight on the shoulders and back.  The Bak2Pak [...]

Shopping!

We all know that the best way to go shopping is to BYOB –no, not Bring Your Own Booze, but Bring Your Own Bag. Still, we sometimes end up with regular bags that we carry around. While plastic bags are disappearing from the grocery stores in San Francisco, they are still pretty common at other businesses.  [...]

Save your hands and improve your productivity!

Do you find yourself typing the same words over and over?  Email after email, paragraph after paragraph, do the same phrases keep coming back?  Do you contort your hand on a regular basis to reach multiple keys at once? For most people, the answer is yes. Think about simple key commands that you use all [...]

ERGObaby!

A few months ago I had the opportunity to travel to Mali in West Africa while volunteering for Interplast on a medical mission.  While my duties on site had nothing to do with ergonomics per se, I could not help but notice the stunning posture of the Malians.  Their beautiful way of standing and their strong sense [...]

Roomba iRobot

I was raised in a household so clean that you could eat off the floor.  As an adult, I also keep a tidy house, but I am definitely not as dedicated as my mother was, and I find cleaning truly to be a chore.  We live in a small apartment and storage is limited.  Every [...]

Free your hands!

I first discovered My Page Up when travelling through Belgium with my father in 2001.  We were in a boutique looking for small presents and souvenirs to bring back when these cute paper-holding gizmos caught my attention.  There they were in all sorts of colors:  little document holders!  They make adorable presents, very useful and [...]