I haven't blogged in a while now. It was mostly due to the right wrist pain I was having (carpal syndrome) and so I was unable to type a lot. When I could I had to focus on my work. I moved to using left hand for mouse control and I learned Dvorak keyboard layout.

Learning a different layout was not too hard and I am glad I did. I like it much better. I moved keys around on my keyboard to help me learn faster. Nobody have mentioned doing this anywhere when I did my research on what Dvorak layout is and how to learn it. I'm almost sure that modern keyboards allow the keys to be popped out and popped back in at a new location, so if you ever want to change your keyboard layout you can just move the keys around.

I also think trying to memorize where the keys are located was a good mental exercise. I had to give less attention to what I was writing, but having to focus at every thing I was doing was challenging. This has helped me to learn to focus better. The new layout also allows to type faster and with less stress on the hands. If you are interested you can read about all this from the aforementioned website. As a bonus most of the keys for common operations (copy, paste, etc.) are now located under the right hand. That compliments the way I'm using the mouse with my left hand.

The pain is almost gone now and I am trying to resume my tasks. I want to write more often here.