I use a modified version of touch typing: left hand is still on jkl;, but my right hand hovers over SHIFTasd. I think I do this because I've spent years programming in Windows using the CTRL shortcut keys constantly. So, if I need to hit CTRL, my pinky is sitting right over it... have to use it a lot via telnet/ssh, too, to backspace with CTRL+BS or CTRL+DEL. I think I'm around 75-80wpm doing that, with a decent accuracy (not great, by any means.)
I learned to touch type in 7th grade, tho, and still practice once in a while, and classify it as the most important part of computer use... cause the less you have to think about it, the more you can think about WHY you're typing... and the WHY is what employers pay for, right?
I , for one, hope to hear echoes of the major points of that article regarding improper programming atmospheres and mismanagement (ill-understanding) of programmers needs. I'm of the opinion that this issue is still a much avoided or unrecognized problem in the work place (please do correct me if I'm wrong about that.) That was probably the best manner in which I've ever heard that topic addressed... although the "langauges of choice" and so on seems to have gotten the most attention.
But, is Mr. Graham a coder? I know nothing about him (hence the question,) but that article gave me the impression that he doesn't spend a whole lot of time actually programming -- whether he's involved with it in general or not.
If he's anything more than a programming enthusiast, overseer, or labor drone; shame on him for not knowing more about Linus and for not mentioning C.... otherwise, what's the big deal?
That's a great idea... I hope that some day in the near future, I walk into a supermarket and hear "MAN CART"... Or maybe I'll be that proud father who raises my children on Linux (I'm sure I will), and when they're old enough maybe I'll be that proud father who hears my kids say "MAN BICYCLE"... later on maybe "MAN GIRLFRIEND".
"Net surfers use the back button more than any other key"
When did they turn the "back button" into a key? Is there an "any" key now, too?
Anyhoo... I use Alt + left/right directional keys to "scroll" through IE's history, and I tab through links on the page... barbaric, I know. I don't like reaching for the mouse any more than I have too... especially now that my stylus is dead and I've ripped the top off of my mouse so that I have to push the little switches inside...:(.
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I use a modified version of touch typing: left hand is still on jkl;, but my right hand hovers over SHIFTasd. I think I do this because I've spent years programming in Windows using the CTRL shortcut keys constantly. So, if I need to hit CTRL, my pinky is sitting right over it... have to use it a lot via telnet/ssh, too, to backspace with CTRL+BS or CTRL+DEL. I think I'm around 75-80wpm doing that, with a decent accuracy (not great, by any means.)
I learned to touch type in 7th grade, tho, and still practice once in a while, and classify it as the most important part of computer use... cause the less you have to think about it, the more you can think about WHY you're typing... and the WHY is what employers pay for, right?
I , for one, hope to hear echoes of the major points of that article regarding improper programming atmospheres and mismanagement (ill-understanding) of programmers needs. I'm of the opinion that this issue is still a much avoided or unrecognized problem in the work place (please do correct me if I'm wrong about that.) That was probably the best manner in which I've ever heard that topic addressed... although the "langauges of choice" and so on seems to have gotten the most attention.
But, is Mr. Graham a coder? I know nothing about him (hence the question,) but that article gave me the impression that he doesn't spend a whole lot of time actually programming -- whether he's involved with it in general or not.
If he's anything more than a programming enthusiast, overseer, or labor drone; shame on him for not knowing more about Linus and for not mentioning C.... otherwise, what's the big deal?
Now someone's going to throw one up there just to say different... sheesh.
That's a great idea... I hope that some day in the near future, I walk into a supermarket and hear "MAN CART"... Or maybe I'll be that proud father who raises my children on Linux (I'm sure I will), and when they're old enough maybe I'll be that proud father who hears my kids say "MAN BICYCLE"... later on maybe "MAN GIRLFRIEND".
"Net surfers use the back button more than any other key"
When did they turn the "back button" into a key? Is there an "any" key now, too?
Anyhoo... I use Alt + left/right directional keys to "scroll" through IE's history, and I tab through links on the page... barbaric, I know. I don't like reaching for the mouse any more than I have too... especially now that my stylus is dead and I've ripped the top off of my mouse so that I have to push the little switches inside... :( .
I hate mieces to pieces.