First Steps; or The Sound of Blue

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Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read

So I spend a fair bit of time with my computer keyboard. It’s small, only a 60% size, but I’ve found it fits perfectly with my dual monitor set up given the size of my desk. I love the feel of the cherry blue key switches, and how it feels like my fingers are flying as I type away, although my boyfriend says it sounds like I’m bashing the keyboard with the way I bottom out on each stroke. I’d never heard the problem. I knew the blue switches were the loudest option, but it never seemed like a deal breaker for me. The noise wasn’t that bad — if anything, they made a reassuringly bassy thud as I…

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