Re:I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)
by Mirioron on Saturday December 28, 2019 @10:56PM
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I wonder why some people type faster. If tested, I average around 125 wpm in reasonable tests (625 cpm really). I've never tried to learn to type quickly. I've never had anything beyond a $10 keyboard and I don't even type like it's taught (my hands overlap on some characters). Despite that I type quite fast with few errors - most of my mistakes are also related to typing in something completely different. It was quite shocking to me when I found out that my friends typed at below 80 wpm when trying to type fast.
Re:I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)
by mewpmewp2 on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:31AM
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Did you learn the proper technique at an early age?
As in not looking at the keyboard and using all 10 fingers.
This is what I did and I feel it has been a huge advantage for me.
Re:I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)
by Intermernet on Sunday December 29, 2019 @03:21AM
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Pretty sure you meant giraffe instead of giraffe, but I may be misaken ;-)
This applies to surprisingly many tasks in life.
That said, I've been pushing to hit 100 wpm typing with minimal typos for years just because it's a nice round number and I keep ending up just shy. Character typos aren't even that big of a deal, as I find a good chunk of mistakes are actually "thought-os" where I type in the completely wrong giraffe. So being able to recover dynamically from misakes is valuable too.