How to improve my typing?
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
There's a free one on Linux but can't remember what it's called. [edit] Of course you could always write a program to improve your touch typing! (And then submit it as a CP article :))[/edit]
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
type and type again... you'll end in knowing your keyboard by heart, and will be able to write without even look at it.
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
I can do about 30 with just three fingers (1 on my left hand, two on my right). I don't know how to type, but it's never held me back as a developer. Intellisense holds me back.
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
I can understand typing skills holding back a technical writer, but a developer? :^) š Cheers, Vikram.
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
Buy a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. You have to learn to type properly with one of those. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Buy a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. You have to learn to type properly with one of those. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
Its available as abondonware, if you look around[^] Ryan
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
I tried to learn how to touch-type a while back and found it didn't really help much, even taking into the account that I wasn't very good at it. Typing code is not the same as typing in English (or whatever), there are just so many punctuation marks and other stuff that requires the SHIFT key. I do pretty well with 4-5 fingers; I kinda know where all the keys are rather than having to keep my fingers locked in a home position. As a musician (saxophonist), I just think of it as being like learning how to play an instrument :-)
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I can understand typing skills holding back a technical writer, but a developer? :^) š Cheers, Vikram.
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Voted 5 for the subject line. Poor typing skills are unlikely to hold back a technical writer either, since I imagine - I've done a little myself - that the majority of time is spent thinking about what to write, how to phrase something, researching how it's meant to work. In other words, it's CPU-bound, not I/O bound ;-) It does depend on how well the writer multi-tasks - can he think about what to write next while typing the current thought? I sometimes find myself getting ahead of myself and sticking two half-sentences together, missing out the bit in between. Most commonly pressed key on my keyboard? Backspace! I make a lot of typos but I don't think extra typing training would help. For a pure typist, who types out dictated material, typing skill is the essential tool of their trade, so improving it will improve their productivity. How many pure typists still exist? Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
I learnt to touch-type on a clackety old manual typewriter and although I'm far from perfect I can still do pretty well when typing prose - it's programming that makes me look down!
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
When I took typing in high school, and, yes, it was a typing course, on a typewriter (manual), our keys were all black - no letters, no numbers shown. We learned to type and not look at the keys since looking at the keys would not help. So, either cover your keys to prevent your eyes from straying, or, get a keyboard tray that fits under the desk and can be moved out of sight (this is what I have at home... if I want to see the keyboard, I pull the tray out, otherwise, I just reach in). Beyond that, there should be a host of typing programs available, some freeware, shareware or commercial, but they are not expensive. Tim
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
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Voted 5 for the subject line. Poor typing skills are unlikely to hold back a technical writer either, since I imagine - I've done a little myself - that the majority of time is spent thinking about what to write, how to phrase something, researching how it's meant to work. In other words, it's CPU-bound, not I/O bound ;-) It does depend on how well the writer multi-tasks - can he think about what to write next while typing the current thought? I sometimes find myself getting ahead of myself and sticking two half-sentences together, missing out the bit in between. Most commonly pressed key on my keyboard? Backspace! I make a lot of typos but I don't think extra typing training would help. For a pure typist, who types out dictated material, typing skill is the essential tool of their trade, so improving it will improve their productivity. How many pure typists still exist? Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Buy a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. You have to learn to type properly with one of those. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Amazingly, that works both ways - i can do 70 WPM easy on a normal keyboard, but revert to hunt&peck on the damn split ones...
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing[^] has been around forever and worked well when my wife used it about 10 years ago. I'm guessing the new version will work fine too. Don't let these others tell you that you don't need to bother. The whole "I didn't and look how well I turned out" argument doesn't wash. If you don't learn to use the basic tools of the trade, it will only slow you down; just like in any other profession. Cheers, Drew.
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
I can transcribe nearly 100wpm on a really good day (ok I round cause 100 looks cool). But I only code logic at around 35 or 40. Comments get up there fairly fast especially when they are non-repetitive. However, if I divide the words I type during an average day and divide by the number of minutes worked I would probably be well under 10. One really good way to become a proficient typist is to get a lot of IM contacts and/or use IRC. Then insist that you spell and punctuate everything correctly. Overtime you will develop your typing. Also, develop for about a decade (Im getting old) and you will naturally progress. "Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage" -- Jean Anouilh
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Being a poor typist is definitely holding me back as a developer -- and my typing skill are fairly poor -- yikes. I just tested myself on-line to discover I average about 29 words a minute. Does anyone have a touch-typing training source they can recommend? Is there training software that is worth it?
go to a local community college and take a typing course. It's worth it's weight in gold. I took typing in high school and went from 30 wpm doing the two handed single finger thing to 80wpm touch typing.