Workrave: Useful or Useless?
Workrave is a free and open source software application aimed at computer users who are suffering from occupational diseases such as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and carpal tunnel syndrome. The program works by encouraging users to take a break every few minutes or so to help heal or prevent those injuries mentioned above.
My "12 Essential Exercises for Geeks" article was mentioned at Free Software Magazine, and Ryan Cartwright, the author, was surprised that I failed to mention Workrave. To be honest, I didn't know about this software until I've read his post. I only had the chance to try Workrave just recently, so I'm writing this quick observation about this program.
Workrave does everything as advertised. It regularly reminds you via desktop notification to take micro-pauses and rest breaks, and it tells you if you have exceeded your daily computer usage limit.
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