Yes. Haven't gotten off a computer for more than a week in...*think* 8 years? Being dyspraxic doesn't help, but constant practice puts me at about 80wpm, as I say. I've spent more or less 50% of my life on a computer for a couple years now.

Programming really helps fast typing, if you have to type the same thing over an over again all day every day, you soon learn to type damn fast.

I can't imagine 140 wpm... I'm stuck in the 60-70 range max, heh.

Well, it's fast enough for me, I suppose.

Oh yes Z, learning to type fast comes from constant, constant practice... Ie...

Random Magnagoran walks in.

Burrow Down

Burrow Down

Burrow north/south/east/west

Continue, repeat, wait..

Go back to the surface and repeat the next time.

I think quick keyboard typing comes from familiarity with the keyboard and constant practice. I also had this nasty habit of "typing" out things that I heard when I first started learning, like song lyrics or when teachers were talking. I think that may have something to do with how fast I can type now. Around where I grew up, we began learning to type in the 4th grade, I grew up with computers because my dad sold them, and I've been doing programming on a website (even if it was only html and a bit of javascript/php) ever since I learned to type pretty much.

And yeah, ^ = geekiness. That's the guide for quick keyboard typing skills!

Yeah, I've been on computers as long as I've been conscious (computer operator/programmer father), starting with a Commodore 64.

Faster typing comes from knowing the layout of the keyboard, along with personal finger dexterity Everyone has a limit on how fast they can type.

Personally, the biggest thing is being able to type without looking at the keyboard and not making many (if any) errors.. so useful for when someone's talking to me.

Yeah, I can type while blindfolded, easily. The key is not making typoes (well, I generally fix them immediately, as I know when I make an error, even if blindfolded)

Spelling...I can't count how many times I pull out my "invisible keyboard" to remember how to spell a word.

Spelling was never a problem of mine (county spelling bee twice, was within 12 individuals of getting to Nationals once) - very intuitive speller ::shrugs:: I DO love your Signature pic, though I type sitting straight up generally

I can't spell and I do that!

Hah, never done the invisible keyboard thing, I spell fairly well naturally.

Better than Rexali I bet, 'cause he's not English and probably puts all the z's in. *run and hide*

Not all of the time, only when it appears natural for it to be a z instead of an s

Natural to you may be different to natural to me. If you do spell with proper British English though, comment retracted.

It entirely depends on the word. I most likely spell correctly as referenced by the Oxford English Dictionary

Just as an example, does "Organise" or "Organize" look better to you?

IRE games have pulled a number of short stories out of me, and shaken me into writing a bit more too.

They give me plenty practice with making excuses for being late for everything although i'm managing that balance between real life trivia (paying the mortgage, communicating with people, etc.) and realm stuff much better now *twitch*

My spell checker tells me Organize but that's because Bill Gates is a monkey.

I hate how the (supposedly) British spellchecker uses American spellings like that . It also decides every time I try to log on and start a document that my second name is in fact Kaminski, and no amount of dictionary editing will get it to believe me. (I hate the school network thing.)

I actually generally use organise when in an informal arena, and organize when writing something for school .