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+# Intro to Vim
+
+## Intro to Vim
+
+## Why I use Vim
+
+* Was using too many tools
+  * Sublime Text 2 for editing
+  * Putty for SSH
+  * git bash for git
+  * Cygwin for Rubt commands
+* Can mostly be done in ST2, but with time invested.  Restart with Vim
+  * "nerd cred"
+  * More importantly, server administration
+    * Vim (or vi) works **everywhere**, no matter how broken the machine is
+    * (emacs does not)
+  * Repetitive Strain injury - vim helps enforce better habbits
+  * After 20 years, people are still using it
+* You have to decide what works for you
+
+## Everyone's first Vim session
+
+* Bash.org joke
+
+## But how can we avoid this
+
+* vimtutor - 30-45 minutes is enough to gain usability
+* VIM Adventures - game that finally pushed me into learning
+* Cheat Sheet - I still keep one printed off on a wall
+* Focus on a small set - I picked five that I wrote down and learned each week
+  * and still do from time to time
+
+## You will still struggle
+
+* Some of the things I struggled with
+  * Copy and paste - very different idea, more later (and more advanced)
+  * Not using a mouse - if you don't plan on this, Vim is not for you
+  * Getting to the end of the line example
+    * I used shift+A<ESC> instead of $ for months
+
+## Vim is a modal editor
+
+* TODO
+
+## You can move around
+
+* Focus on home row.  h, l to go left and right, j, k to go up and down
+  * Arrow keys are bad.  Require awkward hand movements.
+* Variants can get you around the screen faster.
+  * Screen: H, M, L
+  * Document: gg, G, :50
+
+## And do things
+
+* insert is a complete mode switch to let you type text, leave with <ESC>
+* delete, change, yank act on things
+* All of them put affected text into a place that can be pasted from
+
+## On objects
+
+* Everything is an object in Vim.
+* Learning to utilize these is the key to effective vim use
+
+## That can be modified
+
+* inside - excludes the surrounding part of the object
+* around - includes the surrounding part of the object
+* till - from cursor to the specific character
+* find - the same as till except for including the specific character
+
+## And finally combined into a language
+
+* das - includes the spaces.  dis would not include the space after
+
+# Example stuff TBD
+
+# Other Talks
+
+* Ben Orenstein - one of my favorite speakers.  more intermediate than beginner
+  * Note comment on saving keystrokes
+* Damian Conway - More advanced and neat plugins
+* Chris Hunt - Shows basics of using Vim in combination with Tmux
+  * I do this
+
+# Other
+
+* Slides along with sample configuration available on Github