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March

A Mark to Identify IT Peers

Posted by Hariharan Ragunathan

Douglas Engelbart never would have though that he would imprint a mark in every computer geek, and people who have to work with computer most of the time. Last week I noticed a mark in my right rist which was not present in my left wrist. This mark was so prominent that it would have occured due to over stress in that particular area which you can find in the picture below.
For Left handed people who will be using their computer mouse often can find the similar mark in their left wrist. After identifying this I started to observe the same in all the people who I interact. Two days before I had a group discussion where I had to meet a group of 12 people who work in different companies. In that lot after the group discussion was completed, though we did not have an introduction with each other I made a probably a good guess on who were from IT field and who probably are not from IT. This I identified just from the mark they have in the right wrist. After reading this you may also start observing this mark in every one’s wrist. The horizontal mouse which is widely used creates a stress in our wrist, and also creates a forearm twisting. Evoluent has come up with a new vertical mouse which will eliminate these problems. Even Steven Feuristein once made a remark on this mouse long time back.
Probably I need to shift to vertical mouse and an ergonomical keyboard to avoid any personal mark. Ofcourse its upto individuals to decide on what they want :)
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 HARIHARAN RAGUNATHAN
 Hyderabad, India


This is a place to express my opinions on things which I stumble on in my day to day life. The views which I have expressed are my own opinions and not meant to disparage anything or any one.