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I highly encourage this advice. If you want to have a little gaming fun while you are out for a walk try this https://www.ingress.com
I was just remarking to a colleague today how beneficial a lunchtime walk really is. The walk provided: 1. Fresh air 2. Exercise 3. A chance for the eyes to change focal range from the fixed distance of the shitty monitors work provides. 4. A chance to take a brief phone call from a recruitment agent to discuss a better job 5. A chance meeting of an old colleague I had not seen for nearly twenty years as he also took…
> A chance for the eyes to change focal range from the fixed distance of the shitty monitors work provides.
is followed by me daily. I have a cute nice wallpaper hanging behind my pc. Every say 10 minute, I change my vision to point to the wall-paper from regular pc vision.
After following this, I haven't faced any eye stress. Really helped me.
Anyone follows over here?
I live fairly far North (above 60deg.) so getting outside while the sun is up during the winter is hugely important. I take a walk at lunch every day, even when it's -40. Getting sun on your face changes everything.
Where are you? I'm at 57deg north, and I totally agree that getting outside is important when you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.
How about you?
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Walking and talking is nice because it actually seems like the conversation moves figuratively to match the literal movement of the walk. My conversations are less likely to get stuck at an impasse or wallow in minutiae. While walking and talking on the street or sidewalk conversational "goals" or "points" seem to be met or solidify at major landmarks. This is in no way quantified, but just something that seems to ha…
Do the walks/talks always follow the same route and physical milestones?
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I hate the walk-and-talk idea. I've been walking at lunchtime for over 10 years. For some reason, co-workers think they're being friendly and companionable when they come along. I hate hearing the cheerful: "Hey I'll come and walk with you." NO. That's my time to be away from you guys. I use that time to think about what I have to do in the afternoon, what I need to include in the report that I'm writing, how I'm goi…
I think the suggestion is to turn your meetings into walks, not to turn your walks into meetings.
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Where are you? I'm at 57deg north, and I totally agree that getting outside is important when you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.
Whitehorse, Yukon. How about you?
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Whitehorse, Yukon. How about you?
I'm in Sitka, AK. Nice to know there are some other HNers not too far away!
Here in Whitehorse if you're in tech you can basically work for the incumbent telco, or the government. I'm with the former.
I highly encourage this advice. If you want to have a little gaming fun while you are out for a walk try this https://www.ingress.com
It appears the game works only in a high pedestrian areas like downtown SFO with defined landmarks. Does the game work if you are in a suburban office with walking trails around ponds?
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I'm in Sitka, AK. Nice to know there are some other HNers not too far away!
Are there many (any) tech jobs there? Here in Whitehorse if you're in tech you can basically work for the incumbent telco, or the government. I'm with the former.
I'm just starting to do some professional work around programming. This is a great natural environment to do technical work - you work when it's gray and rainy for days on end, and go play when it's sunny and nice out. A lack of programmers also means there are a number of businesses in town that could really use some tech support. There's a critical business in town that still stores all of its customer information in 4 large filing cabinets. Their work is incredibly inefficient - if I pursue freelancing I'm going to approach them and see if they want a simple electronic system built.
Happy to tell you more about our local scene, my email is in my profile.