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A typing tutor for the visually impaired

I have just had a very interesting conversation with Kajarii where we discussed keyboards ergonomics, alternative keyboard layouts, and typing tutors. Kajarii is blind and touch types on a QWERTY...

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Colemak roundup

I have written a few times about colemak keyboard layout, its benefits, how i switched, and advice for other people wishing to make the switch. This is not going to add anything new; i just want a...

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How to learn Colemak

A few days ago Javier emailed me asking how to get started learning Colemak. I wrote quite a long reply (uncharacteristically long for me who likes short emails) and i thought it might be worth turning...

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aimee’s 2011 retrospective – a year in review

This is going to be a long post, all about me! feel free to skip it! :) Set the stage This has been a very exciting year in many ways, and a challenging year in many others. I am interested to review...

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Colemak is easy to learn!

If you touch-type QWERTY you already half-know Colemak. Many of the keys stay the same, which means many of your shortcuts remain the same. On a Mac, these shortcuts are Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Bold,...

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Colemak and vim: “But what about h/j/k/l?”

I have my phone set to alert me when anyone mentions Colemak on twitter. It’s a fun one to follow, you get new people trying out Colemak at least once a week, and i love to encourage people. One thing...

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QIDO for Colemak please!

As most of my followers are probably well aware, i’m a bit of a nerd on the matter of keyboard ergonomics and keyboard layouts. For any Dvorak typists, the QIDO (QWERTY In, Dvorak Out) is a very useful...

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Ask aimee: When/why did you decide to switch to Colemak?

Here is the start of a new series of questions that i get asked on twitter but the answer is too long for a tweet. It’s egocentrically called: “Ask aimee” :) Ash Moran asks: @sermoa When/why did you...

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OS X: So you think you’re password protected?

To quote Bob Marshall: “Security is always relative, never absolute” When i started contracting, i thought it would be a good idea to make my macbook require a password on booting up or waking up from...

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News from TypeMatrix

I’ve just had an email reply from TypeMatrix. Two things really excite me: 1. They are intending to get Colemak skins printed very soon, and when they do they’ll be advertising it on their site. 2....

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Colemak on a mac

These are the steps that you need to take to get Colemak keyboard layout fully working on your iMac or MacBook, including remapping Caps Lock to Backspace. Installing the layout Download...

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