- there is the concept of a trigger in tmux; a key combo that allows you to follow up with other keys to do some tmux specific stuff
- the default trigger is ctrl+b; this is awkward for some people so they use ctrl+a (I do this)
- hitting ctrl+b followed by : will let you go into a mode similar to the vim command mode (where you can type out some commands)
- open a new tab
- trigger (ctrl+b) followed by c
- c stands for create
- go to next tab