Stephen Wolfram explains his "personal infrastructure"

Rudy Ruckershared a link to this wonderful and idea-rich piece from Stephen Wolfram's blog. In the article, entitled "Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure," mathenaut and "undisputed king of the computerites" (Rucker) shares some really useful tips and ideas on personal workspace hacks and his ideas on productivity and workflow.

...I found out that by putting a gel strip at the correct pivot point under my wrists (and putting the mouse on a platform) I can comfortably type while Im walking. I typically use a 5% incline and go at 2 mphand Im at least fit enough that I dont think anyone can tell Im walking while Im talking in a meeting. (And, yes, I try to get potentially frustrating meetings scheduled during my walking time, so if I do in fact get frustrated I can just walk it off by making the treadmill go a little faster.)

Id actually been thinking about walking and working for a long time. Twenty years ago I imagined doing it with an augmented reality display and a one-handed (chorded) keyboard. But the technology didnt arrive, and I wasnt even sure the ergonomics would work out (would it make me motion sick, for example?).

...Last spring, I was at a fancy tech event, and I happened to be just out of the frame of a photo op that involved Jeff Bezos walking with a robotic dog. I wasnt personally so excited about the robotic dog. But what really interested me was the person walking out of the frame on the other side, intently controlling the dogusing a laptop that he had strapped on in front of him as if he were selling popcorn.