Touch Typing and Colemak

Alright, I admit it. My Ruby practice time has suffered as of late. It’s for a good cause though. I made the switch to Colemak. I’m not perfect, but at least I’m back up to 50 words or so per minute.

If you are wondering what this Colemak thing is/ does, I’m not going to explain it. This link does a much better job than I could. The key is to make a systematic transition and not to look back.

As a reward for making the transition I purchased myself a new mechanical keyboard. We’re going old school. For the benefits of mechanical keyboards, “click here” (yes, pun intended).