While raving about the iPad earlier today with Jeff Hilimire, he asked me what I thought about typing on the device. As you likely saw in my earlier review of Apple’s latest device, I’m surprised at how quickly I can type and shared that assessment with others.
Which prompted an interesting question: “Do you hunt and peck or use traditional methods of typing?”
Yep, always been a hunt and peck guy – always will be. That’s not to say I haven’t tried. My father was always a big advocate of the Mavis Beacon school of typing and I’ve tried several programs on the topic in the past.
But since the early 90′s, I’ve hunted and pecked my way through – somewhere between 61 and 70 words per minute.
And now I think the iPad, with it’s predictive text and virtual keyboard, have made me faster. My friend shared that sentiment from others who type in the same untrained fashion I do….they are typing faster than ever. To top it all off, he then found himself lamenting his traditional method of typing and wondering if he could switch to my non-traditional methods.
Steve Jobs promised the iPad would change computing. Here’s one more example.
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