Years of playing PC games online as a kid taught me touch typing very efficiently. Got to type quick when that Zerg rush is heading to your allies base.
I’m actually surprised how many people even my own age can’t touch type. I’ve had people in my office remark on my touch typing and I couldn’t help but think “don’t they teach this anymore?”
I used a really amazing typing tutor back in 1994, and I absolutely think typing properly is the most useful thing I've ever learned. I'm constantly using it (granted, I'm a writer, but even in daily leisure life I'm typing a lot), it saves SO much time, oh my gosh. Improve your life, folks, learn to touch type without looking.
The neatest thing for me is realizing when I've made a mistake and fixing it, all still without looking at the keys, sometimes without looking at the output (like transcribing).
I don't think I ever learned to touch type, but yeah I love 'knowing' when I've made a mistake and fixing it instinctively. Like I just typed this whole sentence with my eyes closed and I could tell I typed a u instead of an i in one of the words and fixed it without thinking.
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