Jericho: Finger Bender
So, here I am, 34 years old and I have no idea how to type. I mean, sure, I can hunt and peck like nobody's buisiness. But, when it comes right down to it, I can't type to save my life.
When I was in high school, they offered touch-typing, but I took computer programing instead. I thought it would serve me more than learning to type - besides, it was more fun! Now, seeing that I'm not programing in BASIC for a living, I wish I had just taken the darned class.
I do a heck of a lot of writing these days; here in the blog, at work and sometimes I think that if I could type faster, maybe I wouldn't be so frustrated with writing - maybe I would be doing that for a living.
So, I have come to the conclusion that this old dog is going to learn a new trick. Starting late last week, I began looking for free typing tutors on the Internet. I found a few and improvement is happening. I took a test last week and scored a whole 5 WPM. I took another tonite and I scored an 8. Well, it's a little better. Of course, I took the same test last week, using my trusty hunt & peck, I scored 29 WPM. Right now I'm TTing and it's taken nearly a half hour just to type this simple paragraph. Sigh!
When I was in high school, they offered touch-typing, but I took computer programing instead. I thought it would serve me more than learning to type - besides, it was more fun! Now, seeing that I'm not programing in BASIC for a living, I wish I had just taken the darned class.
I do a heck of a lot of writing these days; here in the blog, at work and sometimes I think that if I could type faster, maybe I wouldn't be so frustrated with writing - maybe I would be doing that for a living.
So, I have come to the conclusion that this old dog is going to learn a new trick. Starting late last week, I began looking for free typing tutors on the Internet. I found a few and improvement is happening. I took a test last week and scored a whole 5 WPM. I took another tonite and I scored an 8. Well, it's a little better. Of course, I took the same test last week, using my trusty hunt & peck, I scored 29 WPM. Right now I'm TTing and it's taken nearly a half hour just to type this simple paragraph. Sigh!
posted by Jericho Brown at 3/07/2005 08:11:00 PM
4 Comments:
I learned to touch type in high school- on a typewriter. It was required. One thing our teacher did to help us out was to put a piece of cardboard over our hands while we were learning. It helped us keep an eye on the paper/screen rather than on our hands. I could type at about 30 WPM after that class.
However, what helped me really improve was talking in chat rooms. If you want to keep up with the conversation, you have to learn to type fast. Now, I type at around 65 WPM and that looks kinda nice on a resume'.
You're 33, doofus.
Now that is funny. Laughed about 5 minutes before I could write this.
Oh, like there is a difference between 33 and 34!
Anyway, I'm proud to annouce that I recorded 11 words a minute just a bit ago. If I could quadurple that score, I would be up to merely adequate!
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