How to save time remembering keyboard shortcuts

Have you ever wondered how much time you could save if you used keyboard shortcuts every day? The Brainscape guys have the answer, and, between us, they counted something incredible!

You know, they say that repetition is the key to learning. This is how the guys from Brainscape came up with the idea to create an application that will teach you how to save time at work, remembering the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts.

They did an interesting quiz to see how much time the user wastes when he uses the mouse instead of keyboard shortcuts, and the results are extremely amazing. According to their calculations, the user can save an average of 8 days a year if he uses keyboard shortcuts instead of mouse clicks.

Brainscape is all about learning how to make things faster and increase productivity to such an extent that no time goes to waste. Do you know how much more productive you would be at work if you knew all the keyboard shortcuts in Gmail or Excel? Brainscape estimated that we usually lose about 2 seconds out of a minute using our mouse instead of keyboard shortcuts. KeyRocket is based on this trick.
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Here's Andrew Cohen (born Andrew Cohen), the founder of Brainscape, explains how 15-20 minutes a day spent on learning the most important hot keys will help us save time and work more efficiently.

Want to return your 8 days?

Of course, it is possible, and Brainscape can teach you how to do it. If you work 8 hours a day, like most people, using shortcut keys is a must. It will not only save you working time, but also increase your productivity by 3%. This may not seem like a very large number, but when you calculate all this, you will realize that the savings of 8 days out of 240 is simply huge. For any company with hundreds of employees, this solution can save not only time, but also money.

Making the first move is easy with the Keyboard Shortcuts application. It is available for both iPhone and iPad, as well as absolutely free, so why not download it today and start right now? This application is ideal when you are traveling and not able to use KeyRocket on your computer. Indeed, Brainscape will help you practice your keyboard shortcuts while you are on the go. Thus, no matter where you are, at your desk or in a cafe in another country, KeyRocket and Brainscape can help you easily recognize keyboard commands.

So, how can this app help you learn keyboard commands without making you feel like a teenager in high school who crammed stuff for a test? The Brainscape application uses cognitive science and a mental imaging algorithm, which is a repetitive card in a specific pattern, to make the absorption of new information for your brain faster.

For example, if you want to open a new tab in the browser, then you usually grab the mouse and move it to the "+" button, then click on it, and then return to the keyboard and enter the URL address. But how about making it faster and easier with a simple keyboard shortcut, such as CTRL + T (or CMD-T on a Mac)? This alone saves you a few seconds, so imagine how much time you can save if you used keyboard shortcuts for most commands.

You can browse through the hundreds of available cards and search through them to find the shortcut key to use. In addition, the tool tracks your progress, so that you can see how much your productivity has increased over time.

About Brainscape

For those of you who haven't heard of Brainscape yet. Their team includes former leaders of the Princeton Review and Kaplan, as well as cognitive scientists from the University of Colombia and Yale University.

Original: How To Save Time By Memorizing Keyboard Shortcuts .