Typing?

I realized something the other day when I was attempting (and failing) to type on one of those phones that has a mini-keyboard instead of the number pad (what is that thing called?). I have no idea where the actual keys are on the keyboard, I only know where I need to put my fingers to hit them. Strange, yes?

I realized that if I try to type with only two fingers I can't do it, nor can I type with only one hand, and it's actually because I took typing classes when I was younger. I learned the placement of my fingers, not the placement of the keys.


/random.

Me too! Except I don't type the way they teach. It drives me insane when I try. I've just typed so much, my muscle memory has kicked in, so I can type without looking at the keyboard.

I use 4 fingers usually. I occasioanally use my ring finger. I use my pinky to hit the shift key.

Yes! I was trying to help dad set up his blackberry, and i kept staring at the screen, going, wait, where's that key? I'm faster on my regular old phone typing than that thing!

I blame typing classes, too! Yeah, I can type really well, now, but I have no idea where the darn keys actually are!

The same!

I'm just sitting there staring at the screen, not even looking at my keyboard, like some zombie. Typing. Quickly.

I guess I'm unusual, because I'm actually pretty good at typing on my BlackBerry. I type the normal way on a computer, but I make a lot of mistakes if I try to type too fast.

On a slightly random note, I have symbols in one of my email passwords, but I didn't know what symbol it was, just that it was shift-3, so I had to go look at my keyboard to set up my email account on my phone.

We used to have typing classes in middle school and I really did not do well. But the more I've begun to write, I can type pretty fast. Except I usually only use six fingers and one thumb for the space bar. But I acually have one of those phones with the keyboard, so I can tyoe without looking, mostly. I usually do look, though.