Comments for Andrew Jesaitis http://www.andrewjesaitis.com the attic of my mind Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Learning Colemak by Stan http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2011/06/learning-colemak/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Stan Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:56:11 +0000 http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/?p=1934#comment-4715 I used to practice every chance I get when I took the train to work and back; it helped pass the time... (~30-40 minute rides. Luckily, it's summer break for students!) And now I stopped, for the time being. I think normal typing is enough to keep my ~70 top speed ant ~50-60 comfort speeds. (Those were my QWERTY speeds, afterall...) The reason for my stopping was because I got to obsessive with keeping 100% accuracy and high ~80 wpm speeds. It's bad [~_~]. Don't let the graph displays take over you!! (It's like playing a video game and wanting to keep a high score high...) It got so bad that I spent an entire day (sneak-practicing at work too...) trying to get the score. Yeah. So don't be like me. It's okay to have dips in your progress charts. I sure did :) Keep practicing! You'll get there in no time. I used to practice every chance I get when I took the train to work and back; it helped pass the time… (~30-40 minute rides. Luckily, it’s summer break for students!)

And now I stopped, for the time being. I think normal typing is enough to keep my ~70 top speed ant ~50-60 comfort speeds. (Those were my QWERTY speeds, afterall…)

The reason for my stopping was because I got to obsessive with keeping 100% accuracy and high ~80 wpm speeds. It’s bad [~_~]. Don’t let the graph displays take over you!! (It’s like playing a video game and wanting to keep a high score high…) It got so bad that I spent an entire day (sneak-practicing at work too…) trying to get the score.

Yeah. So don’t be like me. It’s okay to have dips in your progress charts. I sure did :)
Keep practicing! You’ll get there in no time.

]]> Comment on Learning Colemak by Andrew Jesaitis http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2011/06/learning-colemak/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 Andrew Jesaitis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:33:10 +0000 http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/?p=1934#comment-4684 Nice! Well I'm still in the 45-50 range. Mostly due to my own fault. A lot of days I just can't bring myself to sit down for a concentrated hour of practice. So it ends up more often than not with me taking a couple runs over at Ryan Heise's site and telling myself it's okay. It's just hard after staring a screen all day to do another hour. On average, how much do you practice each day? I just downloaded Amphetype and am liking the key specific stats. Klavaro is what I used previously and it's okay for learning the keys, but speed wise it pretty much just says, "Go faster!" Yeah, that helps... Nice!

Well I’m still in the 45-50 range. Mostly due to my own fault. A lot of days I just can’t bring myself to sit down for a concentrated hour of practice. So it ends up more often than not with me taking a couple runs over at Ryan Heise’s site and telling myself it’s okay. It’s just hard after staring a screen all day to do another hour. On average, how much do you practice each day?

I just downloaded Amphetype and am liking the key specific stats. Klavaro is what I used previously and it’s okay for learning the keys, but speed wise it pretty much just says, “Go faster!” Yeah, that helps…

]]> Comment on Learning Colemak by Stan http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2011/06/learning-colemak/comment-page-1/#comment-4656 Stan Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:12:34 +0000 http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/?p=1934#comment-4656 A little update on my part-- I was recently able to break 80 wpm on Amphetype. Been practicing ever morning on the train ride to work. However, it's not varied practice (mostly the same text -- I'm trying to aim for high accuracy too). On usual typing, I can probably get a sound ~50 or ~60 wpm (compared to 40 on QWERTY). Almost a month now. Keep on practicing :) !! A little update on my part– I was recently able to break 80 wpm on Amphetype. Been practicing ever morning on the train ride to work. However, it’s not varied practice (mostly the same text — I’m trying to aim for high accuracy too).

On usual typing, I can probably get a sound ~50 or ~60 wpm (compared to 40 on QWERTY).

Almost a month now. Keep on practicing :) !!

]]> Comment on Learning Colemak by Andrew Jesaitis http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2011/06/learning-colemak/comment-page-1/#comment-4650 Andrew Jesaitis Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:16:45 +0000 http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/?p=1934#comment-4650 Stan- Sounds like you're doing great! I'd be happy with that progress, but as I said I haven't been practicing as much as I should. I do like the feeling of typing in Colemak--it's much more relaxed. Stan- Sounds like you’re doing great! I’d be happy with that progress, but as I said I haven’t been practicing as much as I should. I do like the feeling of typing in Colemak–it’s much more relaxed.

]]> Comment on Learning Colemak by Stan http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2011/06/learning-colemak/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Stan Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:17:12 +0000 http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/?p=1934#comment-4649 Hey, any progress reports? I actually started learning Colemak around the same time you did, and I want to parallel my development to yours. It was hard at first, but I am finally getting to the ~50 wpm area (took ~3 weeks). But my accuracy still needs work and I still haven't yet reached my QWERTY speeds (~65wpm, sometimes 70) Hey, any progress reports?
I actually started learning Colemak around the same time you did, and I want to parallel my development to yours.

It was hard at first, but I am finally getting to the ~50 wpm area (took ~3 weeks). But my accuracy still needs work and I still haven’t yet reached my QWERTY speeds (~65wpm, sometimes 70)

]]> Comment on Blue Seattle by Daniel http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2009/03/blue-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Daniel Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:37:32 +0000 http://andrewjesaitis.com/?p=268#comment-463 This site is like a goat rodeo with a soup sandwich on the side. This site is like a goat rodeo with a soup sandwich on the side.

]]> Comment on Husky Baseball by John Feeney http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2009/05/husky-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-443 John Feeney Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:31:02 +0000 http://andrewjesaitis.com/?p=292#comment-443 Excellent shots! The top three are as good as some classic baseball shots I've seen from sports photographers. Excellent shots! The top three are as good as some classic baseball shots I’ve seen from sports photographers.

]]> Comment on Bryant Peak by aly http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2009/01/bryant-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-406 aly Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:26:06 +0000 http://andrewjesaitis.com/?p=194#comment-406 geeeez aj... that is an amazing photo. btw the cloud on the left looks some kind of an animal. maybe if you stopped eating them, their spirits would stop infiltrating your photo sessions. just a thought. geeeez aj… that is an amazing photo. btw the cloud on the left looks some kind of an animal. maybe if you stopped eating them, their spirits would stop infiltrating your photo sessions. just a thought.

]]> Comment on Drink? by Andrew Jesaitis http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2008/12/drink/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Andrew Jesaitis Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:39:24 +0000 http://andrewjesaitis.com/?p=132#comment-402 Just a quick strobist set up. A 580ex snooted behind and left of the glass. I shot it at 1/250 @ f/9 to black out the background. Just a quick strobist set up. A 580ex snooted behind and left of the glass. I shot it at 1/250 @ f/9 to black out the background.

]]> Comment on Drink? by Daniel http://www.andrewjesaitis.com/2008/12/drink/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Daniel Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:26:37 +0000 http://andrewjesaitis.com/?p=132#comment-401 Nice shot! What type of setup? Nice shot! What type of setup?

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