I hate typing practice. Seriously. I've been programming computers since before most of you were born. But I need to move on from being a two fingered typist, even if a fast one,
@dpiponi I went through the hell of touch typing class in middle school when I was self-taught and therefore had an unorthodox (but very fast) method. I imagine this is what left-handed people would feel like back when they were forced to use their right hand.
@dpiponi The only time in my life I seriously tried learning standard touch typing (outside of that early school experience) was when I got a Kinesis split keyboard to help with RSI and the split forced me to change. But that didn't stick and I resolved the RSI by just forcing myself to take breaks, stretch wrists, go slower, etc.
@dpiponi Heh, I almost had PTSD just reading your original post and seeing that screenshot. We had this ancient schoolmarm for our touch typing class and the teaching method was based on a DOS program where you had to touch-type in time to a recording of Bach playing from a cassette recorder (I wish I was joking--the DOS program was called PC Bach). Needless to say, it took me longer than it otherwise would have to fall in love with Bach when I matured, owing to that bad experience.
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