Great story Rob! Learning to type in high school was one of the most important skills I learned! I am old enough to remember typing erasers, White-Out, and later the wonderful correction feature with the “rotating ball of letters” on the new IBM Selectric typewriter we had at my old district Conservation office. Interesting memories!’
I think kids take “keyboarding” now. Scary to think how fast some kids can probably type, never having been slowed by an actual typewriter!!
I used the correction tape. We didn't have very much of it, so I had to find spots that still had some of the film so it could be effective.
Teaching Computers Science allowed me to witness all sorts of typing - including the students who had "keyboarding" classes. It didn't speed most of them up - with a few notable exceptions.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Rob. I remember well those machines.
Oh, did I catch a hint of hauteur here: "Or you'd just join the group of people who use two index fingers and "hunt and peck" their way through life." That's me, Rob! I suppose I could have learned to type faster, but I found that "hunt and peck" matched my thinking speed exactly! I can only compose at about 17/wpm, so I'm good with it. (It took me 8 minutes to type this comment, but anything less and it wouldn't have been this jewel. And I'll stubbornly stick to two spaces after a period, thank you.)
Have a great start to 2025, Rob, and thanks for the Real Faux Stories -- they've been enjoyed.
Great story Rob! Learning to type in high school was one of the most important skills I learned! I am old enough to remember typing erasers, White-Out, and later the wonderful correction feature with the “rotating ball of letters” on the new IBM Selectric typewriter we had at my old district Conservation office. Interesting memories!’
I think kids take “keyboarding” now. Scary to think how fast some kids can probably type, never having been slowed by an actual typewriter!!
I used the correction tape. We didn't have very much of it, so I had to find spots that still had some of the film so it could be effective.
Teaching Computers Science allowed me to witness all sorts of typing - including the students who had "keyboarding" classes. It didn't speed most of them up - with a few notable exceptions.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Rob. I remember well those machines.
Oh, did I catch a hint of hauteur here: "Or you'd just join the group of people who use two index fingers and "hunt and peck" their way through life." That's me, Rob! I suppose I could have learned to type faster, but I found that "hunt and peck" matched my thinking speed exactly! I can only compose at about 17/wpm, so I'm good with it. (It took me 8 minutes to type this comment, but anything less and it wouldn't have been this jewel. And I'll stubbornly stick to two spaces after a period, thank you.)
Have a great start to 2025, Rob, and thanks for the Real Faux Stories -- they've been enjoyed.
Hurrah for "hunt and peck!" Full access to keyboards for all styles I say! :)
I am pleased to hear that the thinking and typing speeds are in sync!
Glad you enjoyed the Faux Real Stories. I'll pull some out as the year progresses. But, as you can guess, they take some time to develop.