• jerkface@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    fascinating take on touch typing from someone who doesn’t practice, understand, or respect it

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      6 hours ago

      Touch typing is not only home row typing. I do touch type, I just do it in “hunt and peck” style, just without the “hunting” part, and much faster pecking. I feel it’s a much more transferable skill.

      And while I don’t practice home row, I do feel that I understand it. And I respect it for it’s purpose, I just think it’s outdated, and incongruent with modern life now. It’s more likely to hold someone back rather than benefit them now.