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09/01/08 12:51
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#157884 - Often fast but hard to multitask
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Index-finger writing can be very fast. The only bad part is that it is hard to perform the writing as a background process.

Being a touch-typist, I have the advantage that I can read documentation or look and talk with someone while typing, since I don't need to look at the keyboard or the monitor. It is also easier to visualise new source code a number of lines in advance, while I'm typing.

Being able to handle the typing as a background process really makes it worth knowing touch-typing. Dvorak or Qwerty would probably not matter too much for a software developer, since so large percent of the key presses are "exotic" keys.

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Amnesia ( =loss of memory)            01/01/70 00:00      
   Only a problem when...            01/01/70 00:00      
   A matter of practice            01/01/70 00:00      
      Two replies...            01/01/70 00:00      
         All normal            01/01/70 00:00      
         Plus....            01/01/70 00:00      
   It only gets worse...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Ah the benefit of code re-use            01/01/70 00:00      
      A good idea..            01/01/70 00:00      
   memory and professional carrier            01/01/70 00:00      
      Documenting "why" and not so much "how"            01/01/70 00:00      
         this is not the point            01/01/70 00:00      
            Art of knowing what you will need in future..            01/01/70 00:00      
               After 20 years 8051 assembler,            01/01/70 00:00      
                  c'mon, don't be shy            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Learning typing            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Often fast but hard to multitask            01/01/70 00:00      

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