Current wpm: 20 (stable from 20).

A weekend away from the computer has prevented any further speed improvements. Maybe tomorrow will see a better result. I’m starting to remember where all the keys are, but am not at all fluent and have to make heavy use of the “backspace” key.

On a side note, in these days of hackers and malware, Dvorak is noticeably less secure. This is because I can no longer be bothered to type in passwords, and therefore never log out of anything.

Current wpm: 20 (up from 12).

Did some serious practice today. Also made another keyboard layout so that I don’t have to re-learn all the punctuation. Will this process continue until all the keys are restored?

Using the computer is very frustrating. Typing long passages is tiring, and it’s really annoying when doing something as simple as renaming a file to have no stop and think about every keypress. Most infuriating is that something which used to be second nature is now really hard.

I probably won’t be able to get to the computer tomorrow, so will take a well-earned rest from typing.

Current wpm: 12 (down from 100 or so).

Using the MS Keyboard Layout Creator, I’ve put together a UK Dvorak Variant. Am considering using speech recognition instead of typing, which is now tedious.

I’m currently typing this very slowly having changed my keyboard layout to the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. It’s proving quite slow-going, but will hopefully speed up my typing and reduce the strain on my wrists. Next report to follow.