I've typed around 75wpm for the last few years but I've always wondered how people type +100wpm. I've searched but I primarily find typing tutors that teach you to type.. not teach you to type faster. So far the only tip I've come across is to learn dvorak. Are there exercises or tips to help break through the 75wpm wall? ...
Typing fast is important to programmers. I've seen great programmers who instantly have an idea formed in their head of what they want a function to look like (or, for example, a class skeleton in Java). Then they spend a good amount of time just typing it in. This greatly decreases productivity, as your brain rather shuts off when you'r...
We've had this question already, but I want to narrow it down to already high-speed typists. The original poster had hit a barrier of 75 WPM and wanted to increase his speed. I'm at a barrier where I can reliably type around 130, and I can sometimes hit 150, probably depending on the distribution of words in the text. I feel that met...
I'm currently typing about 90 wpm (from http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/ 90 correct 0 missed) using two fingers and the occasional ring or index. This probably grew from learning to type at an early age, before home-row was presented to me. Is this acceptable? Do people religiously endorse home-row even with low-mistake poking wi...