Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
You know what the problem with problems is? I'll tell you the problem with problems... :)<p>Imagine Jules. Jules likes to put her laptop on the counter and work standing for an hour after lunch, while having her coffee. ...helps her digestion, or neck or something..<p>Personally, I like standing and/or walking while working too. I think better, it feels like. I like walking meetings, especially if we're going to be scheming.<p>Anyway... Jules has a laptop, a counter and she can stand if she likes.<p>The problem (with problems) is that we^  can't live with "Jules likes X." X must be a universal truth, transformational but as yet undiscovered... something worthy of TedX.<p>In comes corporate and bureaucratic fact-finding, maybe some pseudo-science. Occasionally actual science weighs in, but those assholes always seem to hedge with fancy "maybes" and "more studies required." So, we create some corporate truth, a way for Jules to stand up with official, legible backing.<p>It's the same HN debate we keep having about open offices. We can't keep it at "I like/dislike this thing," thing must be quantifiably better.<p>Not all the decisions we make are factual.<p>^We means: HN, HR, OHS, furniture manufacturers, ergonomics auditors, techchrunch...