Type-to-Learn - Page 2

monster · 03-04-2008, 10:27 PM

(seriously, does anyone on here actually have to "hunt" for a key? I may look at them, but only to confrims I've not slipped. i know where they all are.)

Elspode · 03-04-2008, 10:28 PM

I took two full years of typing in HS. I did so because my handwriting was too slow and too hard to read for me to get the ideas out of my head and onto paper before I forgot them.

They call it "keyboarding" now.

HungLikeJesus · 03-04-2008, 10:35 PM

Is keyboarding torture?

classicman · 03-04-2008, 10:45 PM

lol @ Bruce - I still type with 5 or 6 fingers. Gotta be the worst evahhhhh. I look at the keys and still spell stuff wrong.
Well, I've been looking to take a class or something - typing may be just the thing!

lumberjim · 03-04-2008, 11:53 PM

i have no idea what the hell i do when i type. its not right, whatever it is. it's like a hovering-snake strike-jujitsu type of....typing. i use mostly the first two fingers of each hand except for the extreme outside of the keyboard. I guess i use my ring fingers for those, but never my pinkies. i type in spurts. 8 letters all in a burst...pause.....then nine...etc...

ok, so i guess i do have some idea of how i type.....but its still all fucked up.

ferret88 · 03-05-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Do they even teach typing anymore??

I think they call it "keyboarding" around here.

glatt · 03-05-2008, 10:54 AM

I suck at typing. I wasn't able to take it in high school for scheduling reasons. I figured it didn't matter, because even though we were one of the first families in my town to have a computer, I never realized how widespread they would become.

Anyway, my technique is all screwed up. I use about 4-6 fingers when I type, and have to look at the keyboard to find the keys. Whne I try to type fast, I am very inaccurate.

Cicero · 03-05-2008, 12:19 PM

It doesn't matter how fast you type in my world.....Lots of clever things have come from manual typewriters with no correction key, when accuracy and content are more important...Just a personal view.

That's probably also a poor excuse for my lack of talent in this area after all the instruction in it I have received.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...

I'm old...I like to get it right the first time...That really slows me down.

I'm imagining the person at the library next to you as say, a dead Jack Kerouac or someone, pecking away, and being loud and deliberate....banging away with two index fingers....I actually have respect for that.....

I think quality of content trumps method? I mean, what if the person next to you is writing the next masterpiece and there you are.....Judging their typing methods....

Shawnee123 · 03-05-2008, 12:37 PM

I don't know about typing, but my filing techniques are unstoppable.

(Funniest stuff evah!)

freshnesschronic · 03-05-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

I think quality of content trumps method? I mean, what if the person next to you is writing the next masterpiece and there you are.....Judging their typing methods....

True (but I'd think authors who can't type have someone do it for them). Sorry, but keyboarding is pretty much a necessity in communication skills--which is the most important thing companies look for in hiring new employees.

monster · 03-05-2008, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

True (but I'd think authors who can't type have someone do it for them).

Not usually

Quote:

Sorry, but keyboarding is pretty much a necessity in communication skills--which is the most important thing companies look for in hiring new employees.

Content is still more important in "communication skills". your 200wpm means nothing if you don't know how to express yourself. Unless all you want to be is a secretary typing somone else's words.

Cicero · 03-05-2008, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

(but I'd think authors who can't type have someone do it for them).

Aaah nope.Think again. Authors who can and can't type don't usually have people typing for them. Second of all, I have never known an author to be that lazy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Sorry, but keyboarding is pretty much a necessity in communication skills--which is the most important thing companies look for in hiring new employees.

Keyboarding quickly is very important to a company if you are the receptionist, hon. Certainly not if you are editing or in data management.

No one sees how long it takes you to construct an e-mail. They are really big into the content of the e-mail. Please remember that....

People can communicate quickly and well about how inept they are....agreed there. That doesn't make them valuable.

freshnesschronic · 03-05-2008, 08:35 PM

Yeah, my bad, I didn't mean to brush over content as unimportant. I just hope that typing becomes a standard quintessential skill soon, just like handwriting was (because in 20 years I predict paper won't be used frequently at all).

xoxoxoBruce · 03-05-2008, 11:46 PM

Yeah right. Since Boeing went to paperless systems of production, they are buying 10 times as much paper as they used to.

freshnesschronic · 03-07-2008, 01:04 PM

http://www.funfreepages.com/games/abc_typing.php

Type the ABCs as fast as you can!
Beat my high score of 2.562!

03-04-2008, 10:27 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(seriously, does anyone on here actually have to "hunt" for a key? I may look at them, but only to confrims I've not slipped. i know where they all are.) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-04-2008, 10:28 PM	#17
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I took two full years of typing in HS. I did so because my handwriting was too slow and too hard to read for me to get the ideas out of my head and onto paper before I forgot them. They call it "keyboarding" now. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-04-2008, 10:35 PM	#18
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Is keyboarding torture? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-04-2008, 10:45 PM	#19
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	lol @ Bruce - I still type with 5 or 6 fingers. Gotta be the worst evahhhhh. I look at the keys and still spell stuff wrong. Well, I've been looking to take a class or something - typing may be just the thing! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-04-2008, 11:53 PM	#20
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i have no idea what the hell i do when i type. its not right, whatever it is. it's like a hovering-snake strike-jujitsu type of....typing. i use mostly the first two fingers of each hand except for the extreme outside of the keyboard. I guess i use my ring fingers for those, but never my pinkies. i type in spurts. 8 letters all in a burst...pause.....then nine...etc... ok, so i guess i do have some idea of how i type.....but its still all fucked up. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-05-2008, 10:54 AM	#22
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I suck at typing. I wasn't able to take it in high school for scheduling reasons. I figured it didn't matter, because even though we were one of the first families in my town to have a computer, I never realized how widespread they would become. Anyway, my technique is all screwed up. I use about 4-6 fingers when I type, and have to look at the keyboard to find the keys. Whne I try to type fast, I am very inaccurate.

03-05-2008, 12:19 PM	#23
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	It doesn't matter how fast you type in my world.....Lots of clever things have come from manual typewriters with no correction key, when accuracy and content are more important...Just a personal view. That's probably also a poor excuse for my lack of talent in this area after all the instruction in it I have received. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog... I'm old...I like to get it right the first time...That really slows me down. I'm imagining the person at the library next to you as say, a dead Jack Kerouac or someone, pecking away, and being loud and deliberate....banging away with two index fingers....I actually have respect for that..... I think quality of content trumps method? I mean, what if the person next to you is writing the next masterpiece and there you are.....Judging their typing methods.... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-05-2008, 12:37 PM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I don't know about typing, but my filing techniques are unstoppable. (Funniest stuff evah!) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-05-2008, 08:35 PM	#28
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Yeah, my bad, I didn't mean to brush over content as unimportant. I just hope that typing becomes a standard quintessential skill soon, just like handwriting was (because in 20 years I predict paper won't be used frequently at all).

03-05-2008, 11:46 PM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah right. Since Boeing went to paperless systems of production, they are buying 10 times as much paper as they used to. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-07-2008, 01:04 PM	#30
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	http://www.funfreepages.com/games/abc_typing.php Type the ABCs as fast as you can! Beat my high score of 2.562!

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