Markdown, Git and GitHub

Up to now, I've been using simple text files as notes/documentation for nearly everything as I find most word processors to be clunky overkill. However as my notes expand, the lack of a few formatting features e.g. headers, becomes apparent.

Over the next few weeks I'll be looking at how to combine Markdown, Git and GitHub into a quick, effective and portable note taking system. I'll also be looking into common collaboration techniques with GitHub.

Naturally GitHub is the ideal place to demo progress on this product, as well as many others. 

Colemak Keyboard Layout

I probably won't be first in line for a Neuralink 😞, so better to learn how to touch type comfortably and efficiently. Building upon a mechanical keyboard, the layout is next. Comparing keyboard layouts, Colemak seems to have a clear edge over Qwerty in this regard but without the rather large shift of Dvorak. Colemak seems to be available everywhere I need it without having to install it except Windows.

The average typist's speed is typically (🤭) between 30-40 wpm. I think this is a good goal to start with at 97% accuracy, working up to a consistent 50-60 wpm over the next few months. This is probably going to really hurt productivity for a while but apparently slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

There are plenty of sites and applications to learn and demo progress but gtypist and typingstudy.com have caught my eye. Gtypist feels like it will compliment my CLI learning 🤷.