Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into?
Matt Mullenweg has been preaching the benefits of Dvorak for many years now. After his latest sermon, I decided it was finally time that I give it a go. I’m only using Dvorak here and there as it murders my WPM (I type like a letter per 5 seconds — this post took forever to write), but I did rearrange my keyboard keys to help me out:
(The F and J keys on my keyboard have their connectors turned 90 degrees, so they and the keys that replace them had to be rotated.)
Currently I type with only 2 or so fingers (hunt and peck without the hunting), so I’m hoping that switching to home row Dvorak will be better on my hands even though home row is really uncomfortable. We’ll see. 
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about 3 months ago
Good luck! I’ve tried to switch twice, and failed. I’ve not had a two-week vacation where I could power through. It’s maddening trying to get any real work done at 8 WPM.
Oh well. My job doesn’t require fast typing skills. 80% of what I do is thinking, not typing. I don’t think I’ll attempt again, though I may have my future children learn on it.
about 3 months ago
LOL. Good luck
I considered changing about 10 years ago but it was too difficult to have QWERTY at work and Dvorak at home 
about 3 months ago
In Reply To Ozh:
From what I hear, it’s like being multilingual. It’s easy to type on either layout once you learn Dvorak.
To be honest though, I think the chances of me actually switching permanently are really low, but it’s still kinda fun to give it a go.
about 3 months ago
You can do it!
about 2 months ago
I’ve heard that having the letters on your keyboard can actually make it harder to learn. Instead you’re supposed to have a printout of the letters taped next to your monitor or something. That way you don’t get into the habit of looking at the keys all the time. When I did it, I used a keyboard that had been used so much the markings had worn off, so the qwerty letters didn’t confuse me, but Das Keyboard is a high-end option that would accomplish the same thing.
about 1 month ago
I know this is a (very) late response, but clean your keyboard!
Also, you need to just type war and peace into your favourite word processor for a weekend and you’ll have DVORAK down quite decently. Not stupid fast by any means, but it only gets better from there.
about 1 month ago
In Reply To Clegko:
That picture was taken after I literally disaseembled the entire keyboard and washed every key and plastic piece of the keyboard in the bathtub and sink. Hard to get much cleaner than that.