A Personal Journey with Ergonomic Keyboarding and the Dvorak Layout
By
Twey
10mo ago· 29 min readenOpinion
100/100
Golden Brown
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Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
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Summary
The article discusses the author's personal journey with ergonomic keyboarding, starting from their early experiences with RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) and their switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout. It highlights their long-term use of Dvorak and their broader interest in human-machine interaction. The piece is reflective and informative, blending personal anecdotes with insights into ergonomic solutions for heavy computer users.
Key quotes
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For the last 17 years I’ve been a Dvorak user.
I’m really interested in human/machine interaction and ways to get the contents of the human brain into a machine as fluently as possible.
Even before I started pressing buttons for a living I was always a
pretty heavy computer user. When I was about 18 I started
experiencing symptoms of RSI. At around the same time I learnt of the
Dvorak keyboard layout, and so I switched, hoping it would
