Click-Clack-Code

A quick talk at Brooklyn.js about my journey into mechanical keyboards and my love for the Kinesis Advantage

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1. Click, Clack, Code: Mechanical Keyboards and You
2. I ❤ my keyboard
3. This is our story
4. I had been typing for 20 years
5. at age 33, my wrist started hurting
6. Hazards of the trade Repetitive Strain Injury vs Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
7. RSI you do something over and over until it hurts
8. Carpal Tunnel
10. Not a doctor
11. So I tried a kinesis
12. it looks like this
13. The struggle was real
14. Instant Advantages » Key remapping » Thumb Keys » Satisfying click » My wrist stopped hurting
15. Key remapping
16. Thumb Keys
17. I was hooked
18. The Kinesis is a "mechanical keyboard"
19. Cherry Cherry MX. They are made in Germany.
20. I started with tactile switches Give you a tactile bump on activation
21. Then I switched to linear switches Cherry Linear switches have a consistent force through out the key press.
22. Clicky switches These tend to be some of the loudest of the Cherry switches.
23. Just the beginning
30. Learn More » geekhack.org/ » deskthority.net/ » reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards » keychatter.com/
31. Go Shopping » massdrop.com/mechanical-keyboards » mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/ » wasdkeyboards.com » amazon.com or whatever
32. I love my keyboard.
33. you should love you keyboard too.
34. We have samples
35. I'm on the Internet » nathanstilwell.com » @nathanstilwell » www.google.com/ #q=nathan+stilwell
36. ᨀᨀ