The past few days, I have been trying out a program called WorkRave. This program monitors activity on your desktop in an attempt to prevent RSI problems. It has a set of three timers. One timer reminders you to take a short break every ten minutes or so. The second time reminds you to take a longer break every forty-five minutes or so and move away from you computer. The third keeps track of the amount of total time spent on the computer. Each of the times is configurable. The program includes a set of exercises to do at the start of the longer breaks. There is a Windows version (which I haven’t tried) as well as a Linux version.
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I’ve been using workrave for quite a while now, and it’s helpful most of the time…although sometimes it’s annoying to be told to get up when I’m in a “flow state”!
It’s been even more helpful, though, with my sprained knee, where I absolutely have to move every so often.