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+One thing that I always find fascinating is how an object, or a way of
+thinking, was modeled 25, 50 or 100 years ago, and how we keep going on
+with the same design without trying to think if it's actually the right
+one, or to challenge our way of thinking with a different one. Keyboards
+are one of those things. We all know the
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty][origin]] of the QWERTY layout,
+why the keyboard has this shape, and so on (the
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard][wikipedia]] page is a
+good read). Let's take a look at this tweet from
+[[http://technomancy.us][Technomancy]] (who, for the the record, also
+has some
+[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/technomancy/4397554484/][interesting]]
+keyboard ideas :)
+
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+  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center">
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+  <p>
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+
+I wonder how long it'll be before we can look back and laugh at the idea
+of poking a QWERTY soft-keyboard on a touch screen. Hope it's soon.
+
+#+BEGIN_HTML
+  </p>
+#+END_HTML
+
+--- Phil Hagelberg (@technomancy) January 14, 2013
+
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+That's exactly what I'm talking about: we keep reproducing the same
+design without questioning it's benefits (I've no doubt that people at
+Apple and Google have tried a lot of alternatives, an they probably
+decided to stick to this one because it's the most common and people are
+used to it. Still, it doesn't mean we have to stick with it). But even
+for physical keyboard, we keep the same design: a large space key (why
+?!), a capslock key (who need that one, even remapped to "control" I
+feel like it's a bad place to physically put a key on the keyboard),
+large enter/shift keys, etc.
+
+I'm not a keyboard nerd. But sometimes I take a look at some new and
+strange models, sometimes I try one of them, and I might even buy one,
+like the [[http://www.typematrix.com][TypeMatrix]] (that one I really
+liked).
+
+So, when [[https://twitter.com/obra][Jesse]] announced that he was
+working on a keyboard, I got /really/ excited. His layout is very
+interesting (it seems to be inspired by the kinesis), and the shape is
+also innovative. I also remember reading that he suffers from RSI, which
+mean it's something he will be careful bout. Take a look at the mapping:
+there's only 52 keys, control/shift/alt are repeated, but with this
+shape it makes sense, since they're dedicated to one half of the
+keyboard.
+
+#+BEGIN_HTML
+  <center>
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+  </center>
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+
+You can
+[[http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-1.html][read]]
+[[http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-2.html][about]]
+[[http://blog.fsck.com/2013/01/a-pound-of-sculpey.html][his]]
+[[http://blog.fsck.com/2013/01/pinkies-and-your-brain.html][progress]].
+He's also publishing [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/obra/][pictures]] on
+his flickr account.
+
+I really hope he will be able to build this keyboard and manage to
+manufacture it (maybe a kickstarter project ?). I'll definitely be in
+line to get one.