The Computer User's Survival Guide

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Summary: A whole lot carefully wrapped into one book
Review: The "Computer User's Survival Guide" makes a great package!

I really think "The Computer User's Survival Guide" is splendid. I frightfully read the book, worried that I'd ignore all the information jumping off the pages.

The chapter headings and subheadings outline every aspect of how to healthfully use your computer. The author Joan Stigliani writes in depth about the health implications of computer use. For example, her coverage of ordinary work stress includes detailed discussion of what stress is, its signs, its consequences, its contexts, and how to reduce it in every context that commonly causes it.

An appendix covers equipment selection for work with computers. A second appendix includes pointers to further resources relevant to the topics her book covers.

Some people I've known who work in the computer industry claimed that their prior exposure to carpal tunnel or repetitive stress injury educated them about how to properly use a computer. And they didn't follow my suggestions to read "The Computer User's Survival Guide". And they have or will go through the same problems again, thinking that they already know enough to avoid their problems again.

Some physical problems of a computer user require a simple adjustment to the height of the chair they're sitting on. Those problems can be solved quickly and easily. But if a person doesn't know any better, they may never solve those problems. Ms. Stigliani's book addresses such physical problems efficiently, including what those problems are, how they are caused, and how to solve them.

All computer users can learn how to solve their physical computer-use problems by reading "The Computer User's Survival Guide". But you need to have some conviction to do so, at least enough to buy the book and read it.