I don't often think about it, but I think the younger generation is better at typing. I think it's interesting to think about, really. I am a much better typer than my parents. They do the "hunt-and-peck" method, whereas I'm more of the "home row, traditional typing" kind of guy. I haven't taken a typing test to see how many words per minute I can type, but I bet it would be up there, given that I have a good keyboard that doesn't stick, unlike the one I'm using right now in the library. This thing is terrible.
Also, do you ever have to look at your hands when you type? I normally don't have to, but if I'm typing with one hand like I am now (I'm pressing a yearbook to the glass of a scanner as I type this), I do have to look. But now that the page is scanned, I can type with two hands and not be looking at the keys, but at the screen and all the typos I'm making, which I automatically correct.
Is this weird?
Hahaha, typical, Seth. I think you're totally right. My dad uses the "one-finger-hovering-over-the-keyboard-dive-and-peck" method. It's silly to watch. However, I think it's because we are so much more technology-oriented than our previous generation. Almost everything we do involves typing in one way or another, whereas they played outside instead. No wonder our generation is so obese..
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