The Dvorak transition - Day one
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4 Aug 2011, 19:23
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The first day of my noble quest is nearing its eve. Already I have overcome the first obstacle in my course: I remember the locations of all the keys. However the second, much larger obstacle of getting all the keys to muscle memory still remains.
I've made some progress in that regard - already some more common words, such as 'the' and 'and' come mostly from the backbone - but I'm still far from proficient.
One thing I've noticed is how much I had adapted to qwerty. Typing on it came so naturally it didn't even feel like typing. After ten years, the qwerty had become a part of me. Getting rid of it felt almost like losing a limb. However, I am getting used to this. Indeed this is like learning to handwrite using your secondary hand, except that the initial output is just slow, not slow and messy.
My typing speed is still very slow, although it has improved from the initial 7 words per minute to 16 words per minute. Still feels extremely slow compared to my 119wpm speed on qwerty.
Getting there!
The first day of my noble quest is nearing its eve. Already I have overcome the first obstacle in my course: I remember the locations of all the keys. However the second, much larger obstacle of getting all the keys to muscle memory still remains.
I've made some progress in that regard - already some more common words, such as 'the' and 'and' come mostly from the backbone - but I'm still far from proficient.
One thing I've noticed is how much I had adapted to qwerty. Typing on it came so naturally it didn't even feel like typing. After ten years, the qwerty had become a part of me. Getting rid of it felt almost like losing a limb. However, I am getting used to this. Indeed this is like learning to handwrite using your secondary hand, except that the initial output is just slow, not slow and messy.
My typing speed is still very slow, although it has improved from the initial 7 words per minute to 16 words per minute. Still feels extremely slow compared to my 119wpm speed on qwerty.
Getting there!
There's no stopping me!