Learn Dvorak

After seen this comic, the only conclusion that I can come up with is that QWERTY is evil!

I found a somewhat good typing tutor called Stamina that seem to help me type “real” sentences. It also allows you to create your own lessons, so I can place snippets of source code to help with my issues with coding speed.

I attempted Dvorak years ago, but the software support sucked at the time. Today, as a professional software developer, my keyboard usage is most likely contributing to my wrist pain, but nothing is confirmed.

A few weeks ago, I decided to attempt Dvorak again. This time around, software support is great on most operating systems. So, switching is a snap. I started to just dive into it using a cheat sheet for my laptop, which has a standard QWERTY layout.
I started to use this typing tutor to start execises. It was going well, until I realize that I keep looking at the keyboard! I tried using stickers, but they did not stay on.

Then a revelation: my notebook
has scissor keys with flat keycaps that are all the same size! This means I can swap them easy, unlike most of today’s keyboards that have contoured keys of different sizes and shapes. So, I carefully swapped the keys (see photo).