Why Every Freelance Writer Should Switch to the Dvorak Keyboard

The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout.

by Heath Gordon The Dvorak keyboard is a keyboard layout that will save you time and prevent repetitive stress related injuries. I’ll help you get started, but first, a history lesson: The QWERTY Keyboard was specifically designed for the typewriter, eliminating jams, but limiting the typing speed. In 1932, realizing there were far more efficient typing methods, August Dvorak made a keyboard  that took into account letter frequency and the physiology of the human hand. Although it is not widely used, it comes standard as a keyboard setting on Linux and all Mac OS’s, and it is a piece of [Read more…]

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