The shape of the keys & the tactile feel reminds of the Royal Underwood typewriter I learned to type on
Only reason I haven't "Borrowed" it, is cuz I need a Multi-device KB; I touchtype & toggle between 3 main devices hooked up to large monitors & hate typing on teeny mobile KBs
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Dont TouchType://www.instagram.com/reel/DZNvW55Pa1b/?igsh=NzhpY2h2bmV3Mmp3
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If you want young people to be able to take notes quickly, teach them to touchtype properly and let them use laptops in lectures.
Or teach them Pitman's shorthand!
May 18
It is being taught in many private schools.
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I loved it when I learned to touchtype and I love typing with two thumbs on an iPad, I detest handwriting, and am left handed and have always had appalling handwriting made even worse now by arthritis, long live keyboards of all sorts!
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And you never learned to touchtype? Just think, you could do everything twice as fast.
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19 year old who can touchtype with 100 wpm here! i don't recall being taught typing in school. my parents put me on typing websites & games as soon as i had the dexterity (and i found it very fun). i've had older adults be surprised when they hear/see me type. it's troubling
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Mar 4
I coded for several years - until I started to develop carpal tunnel. My company then, fortunately for me, bought me a keyboard that actually taught me to touchtype.
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Feb 22
Unfortunately my hard scientist fawtha who barely even knows how (and cares less) to use the internet or touchtype has a similarly revolting keyboard so I wouldn't speculate to much
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Feb 13
Then we got computers and they STOPPED TEACHING KIDS TO TOUCHTYPE
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Feb 3
I have arthritis and can barely write, it's painful. But I can still touchtype at 70wpm. Marginal drawings not so easy!
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24 Dec 2025
teen me decided to learn to touchtype Dvorak and invest in a blank caps HHKB and I use that every day
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6 Dec 2025
They don't get practice writing - and don't get taught to touchtype. Worst of both worlds.
If anything can be done with paper and pencil it should be.
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23 Nov 2025
I'm consistently impressed by how bad modern iOS "spellchecking" is. i typed "slop" but it changed it to "skip" and I didn't notice until i tweeted
back in 2013, my mind was blown how i could touchtype on an iPhone and spellcheck would just magically fix my typos every time
23 Nov 2025
slop is just the latest version of the idea of kitsch, and it's used for similar reasons
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22 Nov 2025
They'll still need to tap a qwerty keyboard - TEACH THEM TO TOUCHTYPE PROPERLY!!!!!!
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16 Nov 2025
Its very cool though, if you ever give it a try make sure you can touchtype. otherwise vims layout makes no sense whatsoever (something nobody seems to mention for some reason). knowing both are very nice skills to have and are also just handy, i love when things have vim binds
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9 Nov 2025
Proper touchtyping.
I took a test online, got 68wpm. Site says average is 38wpm.
Learn to touchtype and we can all go home at lunchtime.
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29 Oct 2025
If you touchtype, you're probably fine 99% of the time until you forget where the ^ key is, but you'll get it on the second try.
Touchtyping is a very normal skill most people under a certain age have and it's not really that impressive. It's like bragging that you can whistle.
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I've got multiple notebooks, which is not always a good idea because I have to remember to check them all, but it does mean the ideas are there for when I do remember. I often write a plan in a notebook as well, but I type the story onto my laptop because I can touchtype.
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