Reflectivesurfaces's Blog

With a weekly post to be made, it has been a good reminder that I should be practicing my typing.
I am eternally grateful to the teacher I had in Grade 9 for typing. It used to seem like a real waste of time to do “ded, edd, dee, dcd, cdd….” you get the idea. But it has been a skill that I use on almost a daily basis. I line up my index fingers on the keyboard, lightly resting on the keys of f and j. My thumbs are on the spacebar, itching for the opportunity to complete a word in an efficient manner to allow the fingers to move to the next. Thumbs have a very important job. And unlike the other fingers, they strike the keyboard on their sides, and not on the pads of the fingertips. Already, the thumbs have increased incidence of “health” issues. But do they complain?….no.
It is the pinkies that often begin the give out first. All that entering and oldfashioned returning, is especially challenging for the right pinkie. The left pinkie is just a whiner, in my opinion. Afterall, how often are the letters of q and z required in a missive. The a key does get alot of work, but seriously, the “finger” finger on the left has the e key and just about everything includes this small squiggle.
Typing or keyboarding, is something that requires constant practice. Just like riding a bicycle, using only a surface of less than a centimeter squared. In both cases, you are encouraged to look ahead and not down. In both cases, accidents still happen.