Standing Desks, Fluidstance Review & Developer Health 

+Mikolaj1406 Oh nice, I haven't seen that one!

+Aquade Nice! Thanks for the comment.

+Russell Moore hey! Still loving it and use it every day. Some days I'll stand on it for 4 hrs, some only 1 or 2. What it does is allow me options for standing more where without it I would sit sooner.

+Nathan Hoeller Nice! I'm glad you got the same results as me.

+Jason Land I've found that since the pressure doesn't hit the same place on your feet all day like a floor does that it's a lot longer till my feet feel fatigued. I thought about cutting up an anti-fatigue mat and velcro-ing it to the Fluidstance just to add extra comfort, but it's really not that necessary.

+Andrew Kenny got em from aldoshoes.com...gotta love em! They have very good sales, too.

+LearnCode.academy What are they called?

+Duskrr Check out all of my node.js videos as they're focused on building "web apps" or "web applications" Web ops is more about server and infrastructure management. Check out my dev ops playlist for some of those videos that bridge the two worlds.

+Axo Sal Nice! My first standup desk was to take the top off of my existing desk and convert it like this: www.david-merrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/standingdesk.jpg just took about $15 of galvanized pipe (which Home Depot cut to size for me) plus a few $1 connectors. I still use it sometimes.

+LearnCode.academy Cool! Time for some DIY!

+kylefcb1 do your work for a company who provides hardware? If so, it never hurts to ask! :)

+Sssmoothy Haha thanks! They're from aldoshoes.com

+Marcel Robitaille I've not tried one...seems like it would work great for people who do a lot of phone calls, etc, but I don't know, kinda scares me for coding??

+LearnCode.academy I have never tried a stranding desk (I really want to get one though) but I have seen people use a treadmill and say the love it.

wow, I'll have to try it sometime.

what do u think of this vs the treadmill?

+Bretton Raymond I know, right? You spend each day searching for that magical 2 hours where the stars align and you get a weeks worth of work done.

+Branko Zivanovic I use it every stinking day for most of the day...standing on it right now!

+terrell vest Thanks, Terrell! Yeah, got swamped there for a bit. But I've got 5 docker/coreos/fleet videos coming up as well as some react videos in the works.

It happens. I'm looking forward to it. Especially the react videos. I think it will be a good way to teach a framework without loosing sight of vanilla JavaScript concepts.

+Ali A Got them at aldoshoes.com...a Christmas present from my wife if I remember correctly.

+jangyman wow great thought. I'll stew on that for a while and put a video together!

+LearnCode.academy ...that's great! You're a Samaritan and a gentleman! :)

+Waqas Ahmed thanks man!

+Carlos de Jesús Aguilera Acevedo Thanks! aldoshoes.com

+Solarplex100 probably getting a treadmill

+ichiroku haha most of my team lives in Texas, so depending on how many conference calls I've been on, the southerner can definitely emerge!

+Mohammed Rabay'a Haha, it's the sliver-streak gray hair...I've had that since I was 20ish, I get it from my mom's side. But yes, I'm 34.

+Nat Bradz Actually... having been a skateboarder and someone who has used a balance board at home... they are not the same thing. Balance boards have one point of contact with the roller/floor... skateboards - 4. Skateboards do roll laterally, and do lean heel-to-toe, but balance boards, in most cases, have many more degrees of movement. Now, a skateboard could be better than sitting at a desk all day, but it's not a waste of money to use a balance board... a bit more difficult to consistently maintain balance on one compared to a skateboard. I made my first board with an old skate deck and pvc pipe. Something like an Endo board is different because it's a larger surface than a skate deck.

cool story bro seriously. At least you didn't go out and spend money on this overpriced plank of wood here. Maybe its not just a piece of wood but for the price he speaks about you'd have to either have more money than sense or be a moron to spend more than £50 on this thing.

+Nat Bradz Funny you mentioned a skateboard...I actually used my globe longboard for a while, because it was the best I could find. While it's only $160 as opposed to $280, it is definitely NOT the same. You can only lean forwards and backwards instead of a full 360º sweep - so my feet still hurt after a few hours. Like I said, I still used it for quite a while, I called it my poor-man's fluidstance haha, fluidstance kicks it's butt for a standup desk board, though.

If you could find a shallow bowl and attach it to your longboard would that not give you the 360 degree movement? something similar to this but shallower and more solid? goo.gl/YFR5e8

Natz, money isn't the same for everyone. It's value depends on the pocket it resides in. While this commercial board may seem overpriced to you... and me... for some folks it beats them trying to take on a task they might not have the time, or skill set, to do themselves. I can strip down a bicycle, to include the wheel hubs, and rebuild it... saving me $40+/hr in labor. But while I might have the skill set, the tools, and the interest in doing it, others do not. Take something as simple as changing out an innertube on a bicycle wheel. . Those same people will gladly pay $10+ to have someone else remove the wheel, remove the tire, and install a brand new tube for them. I can do that in 5-10 minutes and save me that $10. . While you are someone who will spend the extra time to think of a different and possibly cheaper way to accomplish something, it's not worth the effort to someone who feels they have put in all their time/effort in making that money so they can spend it however they like... even if it is more extravagance than practical need. . I'm actually more like you in this respect, but I also allow that people can see value relative to their own little world, that does not reflect the way I see value... and cheer them on as they spend all that hard-earned money! Damn! Sorry.... got carried away here! lol You should build your own board, of your own design, to see if it really works. Then post it on a site like, Thingiverse, if you like to share. Now-a-days, people with your kind of ideas are called, "Makers". Have fun!