Refinements: Keyboards

Nate and Michael discuss their favorite keyboards and how they've come to this point. This is a blisteringly interesting episode!

Show Notes:

The AlphaSmart NEO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart#mediaviewer/File:AS_Neo.jpg

(I was wrong about when they stopped making NEO 1 models. It was lat least 2008)

Microsoft’s Natural 4000:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A6PPOK/

Logitech calls their switches the “perfect stroke” technology. These are the K720 and K800 keyboards Michael was talking about:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-illuminated-keyboard-k800

WASD keyboards: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com

Cherry MX switches are not “all metal”. I don’t know what I was saying.

National Novel Writing Month, A.K.A. NaNoWriMo: http://nanowrimo.org

Dvorak keyboard stuff:
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~shipman/ergo/parkinson.html

Oh, and that “good book” about vim: http://painlessvim.com

Good article about key switches:
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-choose-the-best-mecha