Relearning time

Changes are underway. Yesterday I received my new Dygma Raise 2! After researching for quite a while I finally pulled the trigger and placed the order. It will take a few weeks to get used to working with layers and some of the characters and keys that are only available through a layer.

As someone who works on a computer all day, every day, each year I try to improve my setup in some way and this year I had the budget to splurge on this upgrade. The two next things I think I’ll upgrade are the monitor and my microphone setup.

There are lots of choices for mechanical keyboards and Dygma had a lot of features I was interested in trying out. One of the hardest decisions was the switches. After much contemplation, I decided to go with the Kailh Silent Brown. I don’t want a mechanical keyboard for the sound so I knew I wanted silent, but there are a great different types of silent switches. I realized after a bit that replacing the switches won’t be that expensive if I decide to do that later.

A couple hours of use yesterday and I could start to feel some muscle memory starting to build. I’m also starting to customize the layers a bit to work around some of my terrible typing habits, and to align keys with what my fingers/mind are expecting (command key placement being one of those).

I’m going to take it easy on myself while I adjust. Yesterday I got a bit frustrated there was no ~/backtick key. Easy enough to add to a layer, but I have to work to remember what layer, and how to access that.