Scott Kauffman, CEO of SourceForge Inc. (the company behind Slashdot, SF, ThinkGeek and Freshmeat with the Nasdaq ticker LNUX) stopped by Metadot / Das Keyboard during his trip to Texas last week. We spent some time playing with the Das Keyboard and enumerated all the advantages of having an old-style IBM Model M tactile keyboard…
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SourceForge CEO Gets Enthusiastic Typing On Das Keyboard
Advice to Obama: Save $189B a Year by Teaching Touch-typing
For people spending most their working day on a computer, their typing speed has a direct impact on their productivity. The faster they type the more work gets done. Let’s explore what kind of productivity gain could be achieved by someone typing at 80 wpm v.s. someone hunting and pecking at 30 wpm. Say Bill…
Typing Speed Explained
Most poeple know that typing speed on a computer keyboard is measured in words per minute (wpm). Since words are not all the same size it would not be fair to measure someone’s typing speed counting the actual number of words taken randomly from a textbook. Consider the following sentences: I often drink coffee. I…
How to recover from a beverage spill on your keyboard
Drinking and typing don’t go together well. However, since we spend most of the day glued to the monitor typing emails away (some may actually do some real work), drinking and eating at our desk are sometimes a necessity. You know it is just a question of time. It’s going to happen, and there you…