I'm writing again after a too-long absence. My fingers on the keyboard take on a new energy when I'm blogging rather than during other activities. When I'm working, the keyboard is just a tool to be used. When I'm blogging, it feels more like I am the keyboard's tool and the keyboard is using me. To be needed is a good thing.
Backspace gives me a workout any time I'm writing. He has been lonely lately without me to push around. Backspace enjoys the determined reach of my right pinky in the same way we enjoy the outstretched arms of a loved one. The left pinky doesn't offer the same experience because Escape really wants to be left alone. Escape isn't touchy-feely; touchy-feely is the last resort.
Shift is a dancer. She is well-rehearsed, agile, loose, and limber. She really hasn't noticed the difference between whether I'm blogging or working. because she gets her exercise regardless of my intentions. For Shift, dance can be work and play at the same time. Her name is really a misnomer if you are thinking she is shifty in a Chicago kind of way. Not only is she essential in a big way, she has taught me to network. Check out Caps Lock and you'll see what I mean. ESSENTIAL!
The key that presides over these activities is, of course, Control. Control is not an easy reach, not to be used for frivolous purposes. Control is Escape's twin brother, slightly larger and more dominant than Escape. Control hangs out a lot with Alt and Delete; that says a lot about why Escape is the way he is.
Then there is Alphabet. Who doesn't love ABC's?
I know I shouldn't have a favorite but I can't help myself. I'm very fond of Enter. I can't quite put my finger on exactly why. Here again, I think her name is a misnomer. I think her name should be More. Want to continue? Want more? Just press Enter.
See how that worked? And who doesn't want more?
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Enter is a nice key, mostly because I always want more.:) I never looked at my keyboard as individual keys. For me a key board is about the tension of the keys, the smoothness of movement, the comfort of the same letters and symbols always being in the same place. I experienced a different keyboard a few weeks ago and found it slightly disconcerting at first. It was ergonomic. And while ergonomic keyboards are supposedly more comfortable I did not find that the case. The odd angle of my wrists seemed more a hinderance than a help. No matter how a key board is designed you can't rest your wrists and type with anything like smoothness. The keyboard requires a stretching of the fingers and hands that requires wrist movement. On the other hand :) I enjoy the dexterity of typing. My keyboard does have personality and is personal, although frankly I never thought of it as such until I read the blog. Take care. Heather
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