[linsomniac]

I've always felt like I should switch to Dvorak, but because of hjkl I never ended up doing it. What I DID do was get rid of my qwerty bad habits. I could touch type fairly well, but I just had some bad habits (typing b with the wrong hand, only using the left shift, looking when I type numbers).

Around 6 months ago my USB thinkpad-like keyboard died. Turns out if you shock the shit out of it with static electricity 3-4 times a day for 2 years, it'll eventually stop working). A coworker had an Ergodox with blank keycaps that I'd wanted to try...

I spent around 2 weeks feeling like I couldn't type. Every time I did the wrong thing I'd go back and fix it. After about a month, I was starting to get comfortable with it. After 2 months I felt like I could type dramatically better than before (and people previously would comment on how fast I typed).

And best yet, I avoid the pains of vi key mappings and of walking up to someone else's keyboard and having to switch back to qwerty.

LOVE the Ergodox.

[twoquestions]

Thanks for the recommendation! My keyboard is getting pretty old, and I've been looking at the Keyboard.io because of how it uses your thumbs, but you can't get one yet :(