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Learning touch typing. I've never been 100% on typing without looking at the keyboard when going fast, and I think that learning to do so would boost my product

Learning touch typing. I've never been 100% on typing without looking at the keyboard when going fast, and I think that learning to do so would boost my productivity.

rovr138 6y ago
Another useful skill that I’ve found helps is getting good at reading from a source and typing it as you go. When someone’s presenting, I can quickly type something they’re showing. Usually quicker than interrupting, asking them to copy & paste and then waiting for them to get on track. Another is if for some reason you get sent a printout, an image or something, transcribing whatever you need from it is super quick. If it’s too fast I don’t internalize what it says, I just type, but it’s nice. A personal story, My grandma and my mom where both secretaries. I used to sat down on the typewriter at home for fun. As soon as I did and started typing you would hear, “back straight!, hands!, feet on the ground!” When we finally got a computer, it died a bit. They couldn’t hear the keyboard when I typed so I had some time to slouch before they walked in and saw me. That’s of course if I remembered to turn off/down the speakers when I booted the computer up.
- thosakwe 6y ago
  Ah, definitely. I'm in a work-from-home situation right now, and have been trying to type things during video calls (being careful to mute my audio and not show the typing on video, of course). I can imagine that within two weeks, I'll be at least at my old speed, if not far faster.
Jefro118 6y ago
What are you using to learn and how are you finding it? I ask because I myself am working on a touch-typing course for developers[0] because I wasn't satisfied with the other options available. It's one of my two quarantine projects. [0] - https://typeright.herokuapp.com https://typeright.herokuapp.com
- thosakwe 6y ago
  I've been using https://typingclub.com https://typingclub.com, and finding it excellent so far.
  - Jefro118 6y ago
    Ah fair enough, I used that to learn natural language typing and thought it was great but then found it lacking for learning to touch type when coding. I'm taking a lot of inspiration from the design of typing club though.

Learning touch typing. I've never been 100% on typing without looking at the keyboard when going fast, and I think that learning to do so would boost my productivity.

rovr138 6y ago

Another useful skill that I’ve found helps is getting good at reading from a source and typing it as you go. When someone’s presenting, I can quickly type something they’re showing. Usually quicker than interrupting, asking them to copy & paste and then waiting for them to get on track. Another is if for some reason you get sent a printout, an image or something, transcribing whatever you need from it is super quick. If it’s too fast I don’t internalize what it says, I just type, but it’s nice. A personal story, My grandma and my mom where both secretaries. I used to sat down on the typewriter at home for fun. As soon as I did and started typing you would hear, “back straight!, hands!, feet on the ground!” When we finally got a computer, it died a bit. They couldn’t hear the keyboard when I typed so I had some time to slouch before they walked in and saw me. That’s of course if I remembered to turn off/down the speakers when I booted the computer up.

thosakwe 6y ago
Ah, definitely. I'm in a work-from-home situation right now, and have been trying to type things during video calls (being careful to mute my audio and not show the typing on video, of course). I can imagine that within two weeks, I'll be at least at my old speed, if not far faster.

Jefro118 6y ago

What are you using to learn and how are you finding it? I ask because I myself am working on a touch-typing course for developers[0] because I wasn't satisfied with the other options available. It's one of my two quarantine projects. [0] - https://typeright.herokuapp.com https://typeright.herokuapp.com

thosakwe 6y ago
I've been using https://typingclub.com https://typingclub.com, and finding it excellent so far.
- Jefro118 6y ago
  Ah fair enough, I used that to learn natural language typing and thought it was great but then found it lacking for learning to touch type when coding. I'm taking a lot of inspiration from the design of typing club though.