Conjecture: keyboard shortcuts increase productivity not so much by increasing speed as by facilitating continuous attention.
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Replying to @NateMeyvis
@NateMeyvis they increase speed BY facilitating continuous attention. (As well as eliminating keyboard-to-mouse-to-keyboard movement)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Ontario_Tory
@Ontario_Tory Sure. I just think motion-elimination is way overrated as a component of the productivity gain.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NateMeyvis
@NateMeyvis@Ontario_Tory part of programming is repetitive behavior, which is psychologically costly (annoying/boring) that shortcuts fix!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @denizkural
@denizkural @Ontario_Tory Right. My point is that those (# seconds saved) * (repetitions per year) calculations are somewhat misguided.
5:51 AM - 13 Aug 2013
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