Can You Type?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by SprintKing
Mrs Mavis is old school

you guys need Typing Of The Dead
thats right ... now you can blow things up whilst you type

My son who is 6 wants to put up his own website and I told him he could if he'll learn to type, I'd like to find a learning program that is also fun and includes a game, but probably not this one...


I would be open to less gory suggestions!

[gb387]

I just start typing... from time to time I need to look down to get my hands back on track. I get lots of practice on MOL! yeah and at work.

[Shiny Lil Detlr]

Originally posted by Mike Phillips
My son who is 6 wants to put up his own website and I told him he could if he'll learn to type, I'd like to find a learning program that is also fun and includes a game, but probably not this one...


I would be open to less gory suggestions!

Back in the old MS-DOS days, I had a program called "Super Mario Typing Adventure" or something like that.... it was fashioned after the original NES game. I dunno if anything like it is still arround.

I'll have to look through my old-school floppy disk boxes later

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by Mike Phillips
I can type around 90 to 100 word a minute if I'm reading something and typing it up

Wow, I and thought 60 wpm was fast.

[kellyinkc]

Hey R.B.
I can 10key without looking but typing??? I hunt and peck Getting better though.

Kelly

[Rollman]

When I first got my computer many years ago I was one of those hunt and peck people. I have become very proficient at it now .

[Blue Thunder]

Sometimes old school typing can get you in trouble when PC's first came out (yes I am that old) the old school typing methods had you using a lowercase L for a numeral 1 and that would cause a lot of trouble trying to write programs. Also you had to shift to get numbers instead of punctuation unlike the reverse on PC's so now a phone number would look like this
9&!$0_%%%_!@#$
I think the shifted punctuation was the hardest thing to overcome.


Dean

[Michael Stoops]

I took a typing class in Junior High because my parents said it would be good if I could type reports in High School and College rather than hand write them (guess they'd seen my handwriting!).

It just stuck with me I suppose, but it's funny seeing the look on the face of a guy I work with when he realizes I'm composing an email all the while looking up at him while we carry on a conversation. Talk about multi-tasking!

[Shiny Lil Detlr]

Originally posted by Mike-in-Orange
(guess they'd seen my handwriting!).

My parents always told me that in college, the only major I could get accepted into was pre-med, because my writing was as sloppy as a doctor's!

[Accumulator]

Besides the high school typing class, my mother was a typing instructor for a long, long time; I still remember the WWII-era typing drills. And PC keyboards *still* feel weird compared to manual typewriters.

My issues with CT went away after I started doing better grip/forearm exercises- heavier weight and fewer reps. But then I'm not typing for hours every day the way I did when I was teaching either.

[SprintKing]

Originally posted by Mike Phillips
My son who is 6 wants to put up his own website and I told him he could if he'll learn to type, I'd like to find a learning program that is also fun and includes a game, but probably not this one...


I would be open to less gory suggestions!

Thats probably not the best game for a 6 y.o

This may be more appropriate ...

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...&threadid=9986

[rusty bumper]

Thought I would revive an old thread...

What is the useful life of a keyboard? Do any of you guys/ gals replace your keyboard often?

[paranoid123]

Originally posted by Rusty Bumper
Thought I would revive an old thread...

What is the useful life of a keyboard? Do any of you guys/ gals replace your keyboard often?

I work in an IT Department and we do replace keyboards every once in a while. I'd say they have a lifespan of 4 years. Now they don't die from usage, it's from food that users spill into them.

To answer the original topic, I have been able to type without looking since taking a computer typing class in high school. Which is fortunate for me, since I'm a UNIX System Administrator and still do everything by command line! We're a software company, and I'm surprised how many programmers still hunt and peck with two index fingers!

[rusty bumper]

I have finally mastered the alphabet, but I am still learning the rest of the keyboard. I bought a new keyboard back in '03, but sometimes the keys act like they need a little lube on them or something.

Then again, it might be my short dumpy fingers that are part of the problem.

[mrdj]

I cam tupe teally hood withour kooking!