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Count On Me��Home Office Technology Supporting Health and Productivity

Help in the time of COVID

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Hello!

I am Katrina Howe

and I dream of using technology to help people

stay healthy and productive.

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Problem: �People working from home

  • No professional ergonomics personnel arranging an ergonomic workspace
  • Lack of outward cues for taking breaks
  • Need to track time for time keeping and billing

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Merriam-Webster defines �ergonomics as

“an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely.”

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Solution: �Count On Me

  • Software for time management
  • Hardware for easy task switching
  • Handy reference sheet for ergonomics and stretches

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Software

  • Time tracking abilities for tracking multiple projects and giving break reminders
  • Several pre-set timers available; also set custom reminders and timers
  • Tally function
  • Information on creating an ergonomic workspace and stretches

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Hardware

  • Tactile interface works with muscle memory
  • Prototype has 16 programmable keys
  • Assign keys: count-up timers, count-down timers, and tallies
  • Keys: All black, All white, or multi-colored
  • Customizable labels
  • Compatible with the time tracking app, OfficeTime

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Choose which keys

correspond with

which kind of timer

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Customize labels for your specific needs

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Choose key colors that best fit your

desk aesthetic

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Foundation Health Partners �Office Reference Sheet

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Special thanks to Foundation Health Partners for Office Reference Sheet and to Productive Monkey Ltd. for OfficeTime imagery

Works Cited

Enders, Giulia, and Jill Enders. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ (Revised Edition). Revised, Greystone Books, 2018.

“Ergonomics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ergonomics. Accessed 9 Apr. 2021.

McGonigal, Jane. “The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life.” TED Talks, uploaded by TED Talks staff, 9 July 2012, www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life/transcript?language=en.

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