Different but kind of related: try to avoid finding the “best setup” and over specializing in it. I started using the eloquence speech synthesizer in 1997. It hasn’t had any updates since 2002. But I got so good at listening to it at extreme rates of speed, that it’s now nearly impossible for me to switch to something else. I have to go through all kinds of silly nonsense to keep this ancient 32-bit synth running on modern platforms. If I had only forced myself to use multiple different synthesizers, even if I was slightly slower with each individual one, I now wouldn’t have this horrible lock-in. When I am finally forced to switch to something else, it’s going to slow me down for months or possibly years, because of how much I’ve over-specialized in understanding eloquence at over 800 words per minute, and how much of my workflow I’ve built around my ability to listen that quickly.

For those of us using screen readers, this is a way bigger deal. Honestly I probably shouldn’t use a bluetooth headset and a bluetooth keyboard for my banking. We focus so much on SSL/HTTPS and wifi security, but I wonder how much effort goes into wireless keyboard security? Not nearly as much, I’d bet.