17 Apr 08 Two Spaces

Who remembers the ‘two-space rule’ from high school keyboarding (a.k.a. typing) class?  You know – it’s the one where you’re supposed to put two spaces after every sentence-ending period (and also after certain colons that break sentences up).¹ So of course, this little rule doesn’t apply to web documents, as a general rule, since HTML formatting compresses everything down to just one space after a sentence-ending period, no matter how many spaces you actually type.  I’ve always thought this ends up making things look pretty scrunched and claustrophobic.  Well, I’m pleased to say that I’ve now adopted a new WordPress plugin that adds that extra space back in and puts end-of-sentence formatting back to the way it should be.  I gotta say, I love it. 

1. From what I understand, this rule isn’t even taught much anymore.[back]

Tags: punctuation, typing

10 Nov 07 This Post Was Made Using Dvorak

I just discovered a “new” keyboard layout that’s actually been around for several decades called Dvorak.  I feel like I’m learning how to type all over again, which I kind of am – but the layout is more logical.  It’s just a matter of retraining my muscle memory to a new system after all these years of using the Qwerty system (the standard one that everyone is used to).  Go check out the link and see what you think.  I’m still a brand new convert, but already I love it, even if it is a bit maddening to have one’s typing speed drop to a snail’s pace in the meanwhile.

Tags: Dvorak, Technology, typing