I’ve recently started trying to improve my typing speed, which has probably been held back by my somewhat unconventional typing style. Formal touch typing was never a part of my education, and while years of computer use eventually led to me being able to type without looking, I’m probably not as efficient as I could be.
Can you touch type - and with proper form? QWERTY, DVORAK or other layout?
I took typing in school several times using QWERTY. I learned the IBM typewriters were really nice to type on, and what the “correct” way to type was. It didn’t make any difference though at the time because typing speed was never the limit, it was thinking speed. Then in college I got into IRC and most things didn’t need deep thinking and so typing speed was the limit so I learned to apply the “correct” way because it was faster which I needed. (I never did meet a worthwhile girl on IRC so it didn’t do anything for me even though I now type faster)