Unfortunately we might have hugged the site to death. Am now seeing:
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Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review
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#12I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.
If you get a drafting stool you can sit at your standing height desk for whatever you need to do while sitting but it's still much more natural to transition between sitting and standing/pacing which can encourage not sitting all day/hashing things out on a white board/grabbing a book off the shelf (plus you can remain seated and still be mostly eye level with people that drop by for a chat).
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#13Uncaught Exception for me. Here's a mirror: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:w-GWDIB...
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#14I didn't think a review for a piece of IKEA furniture would ever make it to the top of HN :)
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#15I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.
You ever pace around the room while thinking about a problem? That's not the same as just standing in place, but put a treadmill under one of these and you've got a great way to get your mind working. There's something about moving your body that unblocks the brain.
Light physical activity does facilitate good thinking for some reason.
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#16It's been up 13 minutes and the DB is already toasted
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#17I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.
I find it hard to really concentrate on a problem when just sitting in a chair. I'll often get up and walk around the room or pace up and down the corridor. Standing at my desk alleviates some of that need for me, while still letting me be in front of a computer. That being said I rarely stand for a full day, preferring to alternate between standing and sitting during the day.
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#18I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.
That is why adjustable is key. Reading some emails or in a meeting? Good time to stand. Need to deep dive in some crazy code - sit.
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#19I still don't get standing desk, how can you can concentrate deeply while standing? I guess not for everyone.
I find it a lot easier, these days, than sitting. I can move around, I can pace a little. One of my clients only has sit-down desks and, in addition to being really stiff in the knees afterwards, I always feel cramped and a little restricted. I notice it, and it distracts me from what I'm working on.
My standing desk is also just high enough to fit my exercise bike under it (if I take off the handlebars), and that is really nice.
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#20How low can the desk go?
26 inches (+1 inch for the thickness of the desk surface).