Bram Moolenaar, the creator of Vim, emphasizes @ Google TechTalks about beeing effective in the text editing process.However not only Vim is empowered with such great type-ads (might be the crushing winner of this race) but a lot other text editors.The original text.

Nailing down the process of creating something [developing] it comes that text-editing would be the foundation. Being effective here means being effective throughout the entire process.

Here is one of my favorite vim tips.