The Dvorak question. I'm thinking about learning a lot these days. In an Organizational Leadership master's program the L-word is bantered about quite a bit. Can organizations learn ? What environment does it take for people to learn? I ran across this article on the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard by Robert Parkinson on John Shipman's site . It is astonishing to me that we still teach and use the QWERTY keyboard. I was looking for a keyboard that one could use one-handed. Use one hand for typing while the other hand controls the mouse. I didn't know it but the Mac already has that keyboard "built-in", its called the Lefthand Dvorak, along with the Righthand Dvorak and the Dvorak/Qwerty keyboards. Dvorak on the Mac. System Preferences : Language & Text : Input Sources tab. Scroll down the list, check the box beside Dvorak. Why would you want to switch? Take a look at the Gettysburg Address example (from the Parkinson paper - click to get hi-res image) y...