By Gary V. Vaughan under Technology, Writing
This is the third part of a short series of articles about implementing Phomnemonal, my experimental typing shorthand. The other parts are listed at the end of the article. If you’re not interested in the theory, please jump right to the abbreviations. An English Spelling Reform Called What? Last time I wrote an article in [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Technology, Writing
This is the second part of a short series of articles about implementing Phomnemonal, my experimental typing shorthand. The other parts are listed at the end of the article. What’s in a Name? Already, I’m tired of calling this thing my experimental typing shorthand, but luckily I had a flash of inspiration yesterday and decided [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Technology, Writing
This is the first part of a short series of articles about implementing Phomnemonal, my experimental typing shorthand. The other parts are listed at the end of the article. Over the last few weeks, a number of seemingly disparate events have lead me towards the idea of creating my own short hand system: My latest [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Personal Growth, Programming
At the impressionable age of 14, I still remember being laughed at by teachers and classmates alike when I selected my exam options, because I had elected to take ‘Shorthand & Typing‘. Unfortunately, I never was allowed to attend that class, because it was “for girls“. I spent the next 10 years picking up the [...]