How I did it: I taught myself to touch type 5 or so years ago because I thought it looked like a useful thing to be able to do. I practiced a lot because it turned out that I found it quite fun and wanted to get faster at it. After a while I stopped practising, by which time I usually had a speed of at least 100WPM. After this I still typed a lot as I spent a lot of time on MSN, on the internet or writing essays, and still do now.

I found a typing speed application on Facebook and it has a high score table, which when I looked at, I thought that I would be able to get my name on it. The score board takes into account the speed and the accuracy, so it took me a few attempts to get a score which was good enough. My fastest score, which was 127WPM, wasn't accurate enough so didn't get on the board, but I after that I managed to get a score of 123.7WPM with 100% accuracy which was enough to get me onto the scoreboard.

Lessons & tips:

• Touch typing is useful! (Not just in this goal)
• You get strange looks when touch typing fast
• Keep practising
• Don't give up

Resources:

• Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 11
• Facebook typing speed application

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Mar 26, 2009, 03:35PM PDT | 2 comments | 3 cheers