To save your thumbs, I’ve often recommended using the eraser tip of a pencil to click the keys of a Blackberry or other phones. The pencil technique doesn’t work on touch screens such as the iPad or iPhone, but there are a plethora of styluses on the market — none more unusual than the “meat [...]
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What’s more important to you with a new gadget — style, look and feel, or ease of use? The Apple iPad is shaping up as a fascinating case study of form vs. function. People are absolutely wild for it — sales passed the 1 million mark twice as fast as they did for the original [...]
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The iPad is beautiful and does a lot of cool things, but it’s an ergonomic disaster. Remember the “Blackberry Thumbs” of the 90’s? We might be on the verge of a new medical diagnosis — the “iHurt.” Don’t get me wrong, I can see the appeal of the iPad, but here’s what I find problematic: [...]
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We do our best to try to help the environment. In my house, we recycle, we compost and Toddy takes a shuttle to work, but one way we can do better is to remember to bring our own bags when grocery shopping.We have all kinds of bags around, but most of them never leave our [...]
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The word “ergonomic” has become rather trendy in the last 10 years. It is used to describe just about everything: chairs, computer equipment, garden tools, clothing, handles … I could go on and on. In the deluge of ergonomic claims, I nearly lost it when I heard an advertisement about ergonomic panty liners! Now do [...]
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