The Blog
Practical guides and a little perspective on getting faster at the keyboard — and why it's still worth it.
The famous study showing handwritten notes beat laptops failed to replicate twice. Here is what the evidence actually supports, and why the real variable is not the medium.
Read articleA StarCraft professional averaging 300 APM is producing inputs at the rate of a 60 WPM typist. Here is what actions per minute actually measures, and what gaming does and does not transfer to the keyboard.
Read articleReal US agency postings ask for 30 to 40 net words per minute, often verified by certificate. Here is what that means, what CritiCall is documented to test, and the part no typing test measures.
Read articleThe global first-response benchmark is 35 seconds. A 30-word reply takes 45 seconds to type at 40 WPM. Here is the arithmetic of chat support, from 1.68 billion chats of published data.
Read articleTouch typists beat hunt-and-peck speeds within four hours of one-handed practice, and hit 41 to 73 percent of their two-handed speed in ten sessions. The research, the layouts, and how to start.
Read articleOnly automatized skills choke under pressure — which is why your typing collapses when someone is watching and your mental arithmetic does not. The research, and the one training method that fixes it.
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