@davbm

8vim: https://github.com/8VIM/8VIM

with the idea coming from #8pen

Learn at this video how the keyboard works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OuCR0EpGo

#DailyBloggingChallenge (51/100)

Good news, the challenge continues!

Things that were realized:

• The monthly long form article sub-goal seems like the hardest part of the challenge. Although many have made it to the draft stage, they seem to wait in purgatory until deemed onto them further processing.
• With the recent shift in the #MappingChallenge from daily to weekly, it is permitted to use the required blog post as a daily blog, thus removing myself from generating two posts on Sunday’s.
• After using #8pen / #8vim for a good 50 days, it is my preferred keyboard over the default one. Plus it comes with the added benefit that it is another security measure against potential physical attackers. Well, only those who are not savy enough to know how to exchange the keyboard. Though still have nostalgia for the swipe functionality existing on the #Google #Android keyboard. Still missing a solution for emojis.
• In the 26th (https://qoto.org/@barefootstache/110905515359438394) edition it was mentioned about the struggle of writing in the first hours of the day and have concluded that is only true if either no topic or theme exists. If either is present, then it is much more fruitful compared to waiting the last minute, where it feels those are rushed.
• Having a theme makes writing so much easier, which I have realized with the past 6 days talking about #rucking. Plus being a so-called expert in the theme simplifies the writing even more and makes it more joyish over a chore. The same can be said with a topic.
• I am still hesitant with “hashtag bloat” or “hashtag spam” - quite popular on other social media platforms - though when well used on (evergreen) content, one can harvest its bounty many days later, usually through being favorited or boosting. Thus, where applicable trying to integrate the hashtags directly into the post (as seen here) and mitigate them at the end. Though since hashtags are one of the ways for posts to cross instances it is something that should be monitored more closely.
• 52% of the first 50 were written via 8pen.

#DailyBloggingChallenge (02/10)

After using #8pen for about two days, I came across some conclusions:

• If one makes the center circle a bit bigger one is less prone in over rotating the key selection plus on learns to go further out from the center to choose the correct letter.
• Initially always ended the word/phrase in the center, which would then automatically make a SPACE there after. This became quite painful when writing a password, since after the substring a SPACE happened and one would need to delete it before continuing. So if one had lots of these substrings where one frequently needed to jump between letters and numbers/special characters the process became painstakingly annoying. Simple solution: just end outside of the circle.
• Instead of doing a full circle to get The capitalized letter, it is much easier to hit the SHIFT-
• The letters located on the third ring are the hardest to navigate to.
• Still trying to figure out how to add emojis.
• Still inconclusive if I am missing the auto suggest feature of words.
• Navigating is a bit flimsy and haven’t figured out how I accidentally trigger it.
• Sometimes I wish I had a visual confirmation that a key or functions was activated like on the other pages of the keyboard.

The theory claims once you are familiar with the layout, you won’t need the keys anymore. Once this state happens, one technically could keep one’s phone in one’s pocket and swipe away the next new novel or short story.

I am just imagining, you are swiping away in your pocket and onlookers think you are masturbating in public…