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How I learned typing for four time
20.06.05 | filed in e, Tools
Improve your typing skillsMany people say 'I don't have the time' or 'I am already spoiled!' but let me share my experience with you.
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No matter how fast you thing you are with 2 fingers, you will always be faster with 8-10. It is not so much about hitting keys faster with one finger at a time, it is about muscle memory and your body knowing "this word, these keys, in this order = these fingers move now! ". With a 2-5 finger system it is about "move one finger from this key to another"
Less time used in typing down your blog entries means more blog entries in the same amount of time. And you will start to do more editing, because it is not so much of a hassle. Improving your typing skills also does speed up mails and IM conversations. Being able to position your hands on the keyboard without having to look at it, just start typing, etc, all adds up over the day.
If you can type blind, you also can look at your notes and type them down, instead of reading the notes, looking at the keyboard, refocus again on the notes, and so on.
When I started with my computer, of course I did the 2 finger system, which I did for about 3 years of light usage. Luckily, I was forced to attend a training class for 10 finger system before I could start my education. This lead to learning for the second time, this time the 10 finger system. I never forget the teacher telling me "Oh, you are so clever! You can learn two keys in one lesson!". :) After that initial lesson, I did write in 10 fingers, but all in lowercase, because I was chatting and mailing with friends.
Writing correctly in upper / lowercase was awfully slow compared to all lowercase. After my education was finished, I had to write notes, documentation etc - so I went through the hard process of learning.
It took me another 2-3 years to finally being able to type in a good typing speed as I can do with my lowercase typing, but this is also attributed to the fact, that in non chat / mail enviroment you use more complicated words. ;)
So, after 3 times of learning, I type fast and in upper/ lower case. So why do I say four times?
You are just looking at it. My fourth time of learning, is learning to type as fast in English as I can in German. And this time it is easier because it is 'just' expanding my vocabulary, but at the same time it is much harder, because I have to relearn "everyday sentences / word fragments" because they are suddenly written differently.
Even worse: I have to completly switch my brain to English - and don't hear anything German while typing, because then I am screwed. :)
German and English do have many similar words, but they are spelled differently. For example Deusch / German is easy, but words like bevor / before or Englisch / English are much harder. I do recognize that my brain is in "confused" mode when I want to write peace but type piece.
Training again, but it works.:) I would rate my typing skills now as efficient enough. And in case you want to object on that - you probably mean my spelling and grammar. ;)
comments (2):
Ryan Latham 27.06.05
Well to be honest I do not do the homerow thing but my method somehow works for me. I do typically use every single one of my fingers but I do it in a methodology that may be a little different than anyone else’s. I look at the keyboard the first character I type just to know that I am starting in the right position and then it is nothing but me looking at the screen (if that) from that point on.
I don’t know how to explain my method to people who can’t see it. Personally I have named it the fastest finger method. Which ever finger is closest to the next key I intend to press at that particular moment is the one that is going to go there. People look at me program and they think that I can’t type that fast using the method; then they see me write copy and it is a whole different story. It truly is an odd method but it works for me. I think using my method I do around 60 words per minute…hold on…72 a minute with an accuracy of 97%.
I do know that a lot of people who type “properly” get really irritated that my method allows me to type faster than most of them. But hey; it works for me.
By the way I have noticed that you have a very common spelling error yourself. I have seen you on more than one instance be it your posts (this one), comments on other blogs, etc type “think” as “thing.” Just thought I would bring that to your attention. My downfall is there, their and they’re…I know the difference between them but sometimes I type them differently than I think them.
Well to be honest I do not do the homerow thing but my method somehow works for me. I do typically use every single one of my fingers but I do it in a methodology that may be a little different than anyone else’s. I look at the keyboard the first character I type just to know that I am starting in the right position and then it is nothing but me looking at the screen (if that) from that point on.
I don’t know how to explain my method to people who can’t see it. Personally I have named it the fastest finger method. Which ever finger is closest to the next key I intend to press at that particular moment is the one that is going to go there. People look at me program and they think that I can’t type that fast using the method; then they see me write copy and it is a whole different story. It truly is an odd method but it works for me. I think using my method I do around 60 words per minute…hold on…72 a minute with an accuracy of 97%.
I do know that a lot of people who type “properly” get really irritated that my method allows me to type faster than most of them. But hey; it works for me.
By the way I have noticed that you have a very common spelling error yourself. I have seen you on more than one instance be it your posts (this one), comments on other blogs, etc type “think” as “thing.” Just thought I would bring that to your attention. My downfall is there, their and they’re…I know the difference between them but sometimes I type them differently than I think them.
Nicole Simon 03.07.05
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I see it as “getting used to the langauge” that I have those special mistakes now in English also. I will try to pay more attention :)
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I see it as “getting used to the langauge” that I have those special mistakes now in English also. I will try to pay more attention :)
