Colemak: Day 2

I completed a quick speed test online and increased my speed to 9 wpm. You may be wondering why I am torturing myself with this change. With my travel schedule, I find it m’re effective to listen to audiobooks. I’m currently working through Josh Kaufman’s The First 20 Hours: How to learn anything fast. In applying his methodology, Kaufman utilizes his methodology to learn several skills including using the Colemak keyboard.

This feels like learning a new language. I hope that as my typing speed increases, the quality of my posts increase as well.

Diving Into Colemak

Today I decided to take the plunge into using a Colemak keyboard. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a keyboard layout improving upon QWERTY. The going is slow, but I expect it to improve steadily over time.

I typically type at up to 107 wpm, but am now at approximately 6 wpm with Colemak. Obviously I will need to improve significantly to be effective. My posts will continue to include updates on this along with my next project.

More to come soon.