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I can't stand writing. It's slow and it's messy, and I can't read a lot of other people's handwriting. I write about 30 words per minute and I type 167 wpm.
by Xcelerate 12y ago
I can't stand writing. It's slow and it's messy, and I can't read a lot of other people's handwriting. I write about 30 words per minute and I type 167 wpm. Perhaps there are some cognitive benefits but I'm willing to give them up in exchange for the ease of getting my thoughts down quickly.
The only case that I still prefer handwriting is doing math. It's much easier for me to write out equations and "explore" things with pencil and paper over using a program. That said, I normally find that having something like Mathematica or a Julia notebook open in addition to pencil/paper is the best combination. One tool for drafting and thinking, and another tool for testing my ideas out.
- ohquu 12y agoWhat are you typing at 167 wpm? I played on typeracer.com and topped out around 130 wpm.
- Xcelerate 12y ago10fastfingers.com. I was pretty proud of that run because I was 4/120,000 (I normally average about 142 wpm though). I think my Typeracer record is like 150-155 wpm but I don't play that as often.
- MichaelCrawford 12y agoJust now I tried typeracer, the best I could get was 61 wpm. However I am very tired, lying on my back in bed with my legs cross and my laptop resting on my stomach, propped against one leg. I do know for sure I can type a lot faster when I am just thinking about what to type, than when I am transcribing someone else's text.
- Al-Khwarizmi 12y agoI just tried, exactly 100 wpm. Wow, I thought I was a fast typer, but it seems I still have a way to go...
- decasteve 12y agoAlthough I still handwrite/sketch math I'm actively working on, I always LaTeX it afterwards. As a math student I take typed notes into LaTeX (in emacs) during lectures. Even with the extra typing for symbols it's still faster for me to type and I'm only a ~120 wpm typist. The only thing I take down on paper are diagrams/figures.