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Travel Ergo Advice in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean this is what https://reddit.com/r/ergomobilecomputers is for . Try searching there for 'sonshi' setups so you can just put a small ergo keyboard on top of your MacBook.

one example is the corne: https://Reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/u3xcfb/ergomechkeyonlaptop_corne_foldout_travel_case/

Has your ergomechkeyboard helped you recover from RSI pain? in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting to hear the pop socket helped with the phone! Been meaning to just wean my phone use but may consider that.

Has your ergomechkeyboard helped you recover from RSI pain? in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Thanks for sharing and nice to hear the argument that " a split keyboard is absolutely 100% mandatory"

Yeah, part of the reason I'm asking is because I was originally set on a rather subtle design (split monoblock with a bit of angle, not much space in-between). I had some slight pain on occasion but largely viewed many users on here doing more 'preventative' setups.

The recent pain has been making me ask myself again whether to do that approach or go for a more complicated sparatable split design. I've used fully split setups before but they weren't travel-friendly.

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Has your ergomechkeyboard helped you recover from RSI pain? (self.ergomechkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by seltzered to c/ergomechkeyboards

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Hi, I've been meaning to make a travel-friendly ergonomic keyboard setup for a couple years ago after starting /r/ergomobilecomputers, so far just been on a raised tablet setup with a regular keyboard (a setup I've enjoyed, but will confess I've some slight pain from using a standard keyboard with it)

What kinds of recovery stories have you experienced yourself or heard from others in using a certain ergomechkeyboard?

Were there things outside of having a more ergonomic setup that helped (i.e. just better sleep, diet, hygiene, mood) too?

Basically curious to hear some stories of how these things have helped fellow jank-embracers!

I did try searching around the original sub for 'pain' and 'rsi' but feel like it may be worth asking again on here.

UPDATE: Thanks again for all the stories so far both here and on the related reddit thread! Made me revise a brainstorm keyboard idea that could facilitate redirecting pinky use on the left control key + right arrow keys to something that uses the thumb + index finger instead.

Easily replaceable battery for wireless splits while travelling? in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Felt like it might be worth sharing this: https://www.reddit.com/r/olkb/comments/1521gim/a_corne_with_aaa_batteries/

One good argument I saw for aa/AAA is that it can be hard to find certain lipo batteries and such in other countries. I think a more important thing is having a keyboard that can also work in wired mode over USB.

Options for integrated pointing device in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There’s a more active discussion in the ZMK discord on pointing devices: https://discord.com/channels/719497620560543766/845285481888743434 or click the discord link on https://zmk.dev/ See also the trackpoint_builders subreddit.

My personal bias is still using a separate trackpad, but have thought about doing something like a cirque with haptic feedback.

Pointing device options in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's a more active discussion in the ZMK discord on pointing devices: https://discord.com/channels/719497620560543766/845285481888743434 or click the discord link on https://zmk.dev/ See also the trackpoint_builders subreddit. All this said I'm still biased to just using a humble Magic Trackpad 2.

How do you use your keyboard on your lap? in c/ergomechkeyboards

[–] seltzered 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm using a non-ergo keyboard, but to note I still use this setup on the lap: https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/tcwep0/raised_tablet_setup_weight_comparison/ - Someday want to switch to a monoblock ergo keyboard.

You may want to consider the folding tentable keyboard design btrfld: https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/119b5gi/v2_of_the_btrfld_a_foldable_low_profile_tenting/ -> https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/118nzbs/v2_of_the_btrfld_a_foldable_low_profile_tenting/

[UPDATE] Now Open! This sub is now open as a 'sister' community for /r/ergomobilecomputers in c/ergomobilecomputers

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[UPDATE] Now Open! This sub is now open as a 'sister' community for /r/ergomobilecomputers (reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by seltzered to c/ergomobilecomputers

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Hey! I started https://reddit.com/r/ergomobilecomputers two years ago and watched where communities went during the whole reddit debacle over summer 2023.

**As of Sept. 13, 2023, I've opened this sub up for submissions, as an experiment to see how things go. ** /r/ergomobilecomputers will for still be the primary place from observing that:

I do most of the posts there, as /u/rinspeed .
Many of the posts are crossposts from other reddit subs.
It's a slower, niche, curated sub, with at best a couple posts a month.
Ideally I'd love to do a full migration but still have questions around the site reliability and governance of lemmy.

Let's try to share and play on here and see what happens!