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I made the switch from Qwerty to Colemak over ten years ago. How long for me to transition from being quite fast at Qwerty to being happy enough with my Colema
by xpe 3y ago
I made the switch from Qwerty to Colemak over ten years ago.
How long for me to transition from being quite fast at Qwerty to being happy enough with my Colemak speed? I'd guess roughly 2 to 4 weeks. As an independent software developer and entrepreneur at the time, it worked. I was mostly writing code, not having to write some heroic quantity of emails as a manager.
In addition to the "typing feels better" benefit, I found the very process of changing to be quite beneficial in two ways:
(1) I did more thinking in advance and more planning and therefore less unnecessary typing. This was very niiice. Please imagine Borat saying it for full effect.
(2) The cognitive challenge of switching my primary mode of interaction with computers had a much broader effect on how I appreciated learning and habits in general.
Conclusion: you have should switched yesterday from Qwerty to an APL keyboard. /s