I never learned to type properly. To me, a keyboard always was a straightforward tool I used everyday, without questioning my proficiency at it.
I'm starting to realize that my typing technique is far below par.
I started looking around me recently. I noticed some developers in the team who were able to watch the screen while typing. Some of them were amazingly fast typers. This made me realize something very basic: I can't type. I always look at my keyboard while typing.Then I look up to check what I typed. I even manage to 'feel' a mistake before I see it onscreen.
I'm now reminded of an anecdote on this topic: On a login screen, I usually type 'username' - ''TAB' - 'password' - 'ENTER'. A colleague of mine was looking over my shoulder while I was doing this when he exclaimed: 'So that's what the admin password is!'. I looked up at the screen and realized I missed the TAB key. The password was typed next to the administrator username. Like George W., I managed to turn a personal issue into a major security problem.
So now I'm prepared to take action: I'm going to learn to type.
I've subscribed to an online typing instructor, and I'm going to take a few minutes every day practicing. I want to be able to type without looking at my keyboard by Christmas. Be sure to remind me of that by then!
From now on, every post will be typed with ten fingers.