I've been on and off the bandwagon for years. I've read tons of articles and done a little work from home here and there. In summary.... it's great for some, terrible for others... it usually means you get more work done at home (when you really have all the network, office, and things set up effecient and effectively...and really work), but folks that depend on you for things at the office suffer at times... some folks communicate terribly over the phone.... some things really should be done "in person"... etc. etc. I could go on for hours. I think the best in most situations is to do both, but have the option to do neither.

Here here. Arms resting is key. I have a pinched nerve and it acts up if my arms aren't resting on the desk. I have to have a ton of space on the desk for my arms, and a chair that slides under the desk, but it works. Oh, and one more thing that helped with my pinched nerve, and I've always gotten grief for doing this. I put the mouse right in front of me. So it's between my hands. So instead of doing the repetitive "move hand to the right for the mouse" I just move my hand a few inches close to me. I also used to have an ergo keyboard where it was split and raised in the middle. The mouse could fit up under it a little and made the movement even shorter/easier. Cheers.

I played around with voice technology about 10 years ago. It has come a long way, but still has a long way to go. If you practice your speach making sure you say everything relative the same way, and specialize and train your VR program, I bet you can get it to do just about anything. It just the specializing and training that can take a while and make in not worth your while. And it would definately be hard for programming, but I'm sure it's doable with enough effort. As far as keyboards, get the best. I had a $150 one a few years ago that was adjustable as all get out. I loved it, but of course I forgot it "onsite" one time and never saw it again. I've been using regular ones now for years and haven't needed an ergo one again. But I've not been doing the 10 hr days on the keyboard nearly as much either. Cheers. -- modified at 9:22 Tuesday 27th November, 2007