I am tall, not lanky. I never properly learned to touch type, at least not via Ms. Mavis Beacon or Mario's teachings. I found practice was very useful, but with

I am tall, not lanky. I never properly learned to touch type, at least not via Ms. Mavis Beacon or Mario's teachings. I found practice was very useful, but with programming in particular, it's been my experience that consistent speed helps me get into a flow. If I'm not sure what I'm going to type next, my brain focusing on what to tell the computer to logically do next 'crosses the stream' with what last statements I want to write out and causes typos. As far as general touch typing goes, my dad showed me the keyboard he connected to the Gateway Win 98 box and said "that there is an IBM Model M keyboard, and if you learn how to use it right, it will last your whole life". I was inspired to learn to type without looking at the keyboard, so over the age 9-12 years, I worked on it. These days, I don't have to look at it much, but still do things like typing 'ahve' instead of 'have'. Oh, and that IBM keyboard was lost in a move, since replaced by a identical-if-i-didnt-otherwise-know keyboard I 'disposed' for my work with the evilest grin.