Took the weekend off and didn't do a lot of typing either.  Had a bunch of really nice rain and thunderstorms ... well nice assuming ya weren't in tornado's path hehehe.

Got to work, did a 3min Qwerty test, and am typing this message out in Colemak as a warm up.  My hands hurt a little this morning - possibly weather related (it's a lil nippy). 

If this message is any indication, I am going to bomb the Colemak test. A LOT of typos :(.  In fact I think I'll have to aim for higher accuracy on purpose, although I know it won't matter - fingers just aren't in a cooperative mood today.

Took the Colemak test deliberately slow...

Qwerty: 85 wpm / 96% accuracy
Colemak: 31 wpm / 96% accuracy

Not having to correct constant typos helps keep effective speed up. Who would have thunk :P

The chattering E is *really* starting to get on my nerves and *really* effects typing speeds / accuracy.  I'd switch back to the membrane cheap Dell keyboard - but once you get used to typing on a mechanical, there is just NO going back :D.

Morning 3 min typing tests.

Qwerty: 71wpm / 95% accuracy.
Colemak: 36wpm / 93% accuracy.

I'll admit that half of the Qwerty speed dip is the chattering E, the other half being Colemak-isms :).

Slept in.

Morning 3min typing tests:

Qwerty: 87wpm / 96% accuracy
Colemak: 34wpm / 94% accuracy

Last night in replying to some other forum post somewhere (about keyboard layouts no less), I had noted that I had no clue what keyboard layout I was in when I started typing that message - it wasn't until I hit caps lock to backspace (and it worked) that I found out hehe. Slowly getting there :D

Qwerty: 96wpm / 97% accuracy
Colemak: 36wpm / 92% accuracy

First test was Colemak, which started out great, but after 90 seconds all the qwerty-ism typos started to kick in - which is a shame, felt like it was flowing nicely. And by flow I mean "felt completely natural".  I did a bit of Qwerty before taking the Qwerty test....

Took the weekend off from Colemak, wasn't around computers much as far as typing, and what time I was around them, was work or swapping hardware.

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Progress is steady, although not a rocket ship. The switching back and forth is prolly to blame. I'm content with the progress thus far - in particular being able to switch back and forth without losing any Qwerty skill etc.

Colemak: 39wpm / 91% accuracy
Qwerty: 95wpm / 96% accuracy

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I'd get into a stride and then make constant Qwerty mistakes. It's really weird - like I want to just zone out and type subconsciously at a decent speed, but then the Qwerty-ism's kick in.

F, D, and G are still my most hated characters.  Using shortcut commands can prove interesting - I'm thankful that most common shortcut positions are preserved in Colemak and that CTRL-R is typically unbound :D

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Type this bit in Qwerty as a warm up for typing test.  There are times when I've been using Colemak for the last couple hours or so, and feel the need to switch to Qwerty for something, only to have my typing get reqt by the change... defeating the purpose of switching... thus I'll end up switching back to Colemak heh.  Doesn't happen all the time, but it has happened at least three times in the last few days.  There's a thread on here where some unfortunate soul lost his ability to type qwerty and couldn't pick up colemak - it feels the same way during the quick-transition back to colemak sometimes.  And then trying to go back to Colemak, I'll even be more befuddled.

That said, there are times when I can switch back and forth between the two with absolutely no grace period needed and it all just comes out smoothly :D

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addition: I think, and I should note this on my thread, that most of my non-qwerty-typos are standard learning to touch type out of order key strokes.

Congrats on breaking 40 WPM.

TY TY!

Sadly, need to get accuracy up now.  I've been quite happy with how Colemak flows now, just need fewer typos.

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edit: the most unfortunate key, other than the semicolon, IMHO, is L.  There is just something about it's positioning that irks me.  Been meaning to add it to my list of unliked characters, but just haven't.  IE: typing the word "like" is totally weird. Possibly because of the vault, but I dunno.  I typo the L alot, but not because of Qwertyisms...

My finger ends up straightening completely out, and my forearm does move forward maybe a quarter inch to hit it.

I might have my wrists too far away at this particular moment, dunno.

And yes, it's in a strong spot, and I never had any problems with Qwerty U... so... I really dunno why I'd have some issues with Colemak L.

It's possible cause at my normal wrist position I end up brushing the Qwerty I ? I dunno.

I'll pay more attention to it as I go to see what's going on.

I think I had some problems with L during my first month of my switch, but like RS, EIO and PG problems, it will solve itself out after a month or two.

I get that sometimes, too. I think it's the unaccustomed reach for 'd' that then makes you overreach.

Still in a sour mood from yesterday.  I'll try to get some speed tests in tomorrow.

Something fun to note, it may take 5-10 minutes before i can type qwerty.... since i've not practiced every day this will be interesting hehe.

Been real busy with real life.

Am still Colemak all the time.

Dont practice Qwerty, so I know that it's suffering badly.