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Setting up arrow keys on your home row

Submitted by Evan Lovely on Tue Apr 10, 2012 - 03:34pm
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For Mac, I find this to be AWESOME (seriously): Go into System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys, then change Caps Lock to Control, which is helpful because Control is hard to hit, then install KeyRemap4MackBook, then enable the Diamond Cursor, which makes it so:

  • Control+J is your left arrow
  • Control+L is your right arrow
  • Control+I is your up arrow
  • Control+K is your down arrow

Basically, you hold caps lock, and then your right hand's default position on the home row is now sitting on your arrow keys. This way, you can use arrow keys without leaving the home row, which greatly increases speed. I'm now to a point where I cannot use another Mac without this installed.

Awesome Auto-Versioning System using Dropbox and Coda

Submitted by Evan Lovely on Thu Aug 26, 2010 - 04:26pm
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I just came across an awesome, better way to work with web files doing what I do, which is usually spending a lot of time working with CSS, jQuery Javascript files, and images to create themes for Content Management Systems, my favorite being Drupal. Setting up a proper versioning system, like Git or Subversion, can be a little time-consuming and overkill for one person working, but everybody knows that backup and versioning is essential.

Kick Ass Mac Applications

Submitted by Evan Lovely on Tue Oct 20, 2009 - 01:00pm
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I love Apple Macs. Steve Jobs and his team has created one of the best platforms for enjoyable and effective creative outlets. But that's just what it is: a platform. What you build upon it is what makes it unique and amazing. Technology is what you make it. Read on to see a list of the applications I install almost as soon as I reinstall my computer's OS.

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