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I can touch type (loosely defined as being able to type as quickly or faster than I can handwrite, and not need to look at the screen or the keyboard while I do it).
I was interested in computers as a kid and my dad taught me how to type with all my fingers instead of pecking at the keyboard. But I generally still needed to look at the keyboard. It wasn't until I was about 13 or so that I made a conscious effort to memorize the positions of keys so I wouldn't need to look at them in order to type.
Right now I generally type at about 80 words per minute. The only thing that I'm not used to is typing quietly. I grew up with the Apple IIc computer and IBMs, and those were sturdy computers that you could clack clack clack on the keyboard with. My laptop's keys are pretty delicate and I keep typing too hard on the keyboard because I'm still used to the old school heavy keys.
My dad can touch type, but my mother has never learned. She'll type using more than just two fingers, but she's very slow.
Needless to say, my kid brother mastered touch typing pretty early on. They say one of the first toys they gave him was a computer mouse.
What about you? Are you a Polytubby who pecks gently at the keyboard? Or are you fluent with your fingers? And how did you learn?
I was interested in computers as a kid and my dad taught me how to type with all my fingers instead of pecking at the keyboard. But I generally still needed to look at the keyboard. It wasn't until I was about 13 or so that I made a conscious effort to memorize the positions of keys so I wouldn't need to look at them in order to type.
Right now I generally type at about 80 words per minute. The only thing that I'm not used to is typing quietly. I grew up with the Apple IIc computer and IBMs, and those were sturdy computers that you could clack clack clack on the keyboard with. My laptop's keys are pretty delicate and I keep typing too hard on the keyboard because I'm still used to the old school heavy keys.
My dad can touch type, but my mother has never learned. She'll type using more than just two fingers, but she's very slow.
Needless to say, my kid brother mastered touch typing pretty early on. They say one of the first toys they gave him was a computer mouse.
What about you? Are you a Polytubby who pecks gently at the keyboard? Or are you fluent with your fingers? And how did you learn?
and she sat RIGHT next to me. i was about 70 then. our teacher didn't really trust us, so we had to have a cleaner cloth placed over our hands for tests. the kid on the other side of me cheated and farted so much and got about 6 wpm. 
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