Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Workrave

take breaks to prevent RSI

Workrave is a program that can assist you in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). It monitors your computer activity and frequently reminds you to take short micro-breaks and, less frequently, longer rest breaks. The micro-breaks are designed to let you relax your hands for about 30 seconds, while the rest breaks provide a set of exercises that you can follow to heal existing injuries or prevent future ones. You can optionally block input during a rest break, forcing you to cease all activities and actually take a break (Of course you can skip or postpone the break at any time). The frequency of the break reminders as well as their duration can be completely customized to your personal needs. Workrave also supports networking, allowing you to enforce your pause scheme across multiple computers.

Freeware