On typing speed
So Rands's latest post was about keyboard shortcuts and how they save us precious milliseconds of our daily lives. Alright, alright, I'm not a complete geek here because I actually do use my mouse and don't care all that much about keyboard shortcuts. Case in point: I still launch Safari with ctrl+space, sa, enter. I realize Quicksilver makes it very easy to simply make this cmd+ctrl+shift+sexydance+option+S, but I don't actually care that much. I guess I'm still fine with wasting a second or two out of my life. Maybe a newfound Silicon Valley corporate productivity drive will change this. I doubt it.
Anyway, a bit of the way through the article he linked to a typing speed test. Hm, sure, I'll bite. Keep in mind the last typing speed test I took was, oh, 7 or 8 years ago when I was looking for temp work in data entry. Hoo boy, memories. I scored a blazing fast sixtysomething words per minute, and I was damn proud.
I've been typing a bit since then.
92 words
Speedtest
Tried it three times to see if I'd improve noticeably. 92 my highest word count, but 385 points was my highest score. Zero errors on all the tests, of course. Oh, and I'm typing on the wired one. Out of curiousity, I dusted off my old Microsoft Office Keyboard to see if it'd make a noticeable difference. 91 words, 384 points. So it looks like my typing speed's pretty much unaffected, which is nice considering it's about 10 times smaller and quieter. Maybe I'll borrow a Model M to see whether it's worth the noise.
Really, for anyone but a data entry clerk, anything above 60 words per minute is fine.
Anyway, a bit of the way through the article he linked to a typing speed test. Hm, sure, I'll bite. Keep in mind the last typing speed test I took was, oh, 7 or 8 years ago when I was looking for temp work in data entry. Hoo boy, memories. I scored a blazing fast sixtysomething words per minute, and I was damn proud.
I've been typing a bit since then.
92 words
Speedtest
Tried it three times to see if I'd improve noticeably. 92 my highest word count, but 385 points was my highest score. Zero errors on all the tests, of course. Oh, and I'm typing on the wired one. Out of curiousity, I dusted off my old Microsoft Office Keyboard to see if it'd make a noticeable difference. 91 words, 384 points. So it looks like my typing speed's pretty much unaffected, which is nice considering it's about 10 times smaller and quieter. Maybe I'll borrow a Model M to see whether it's worth the noise.
Really, for anyone but a data entry clerk, anything above 60 words per minute is fine.