https://belletra.com/editor-at-large/how-do-you-measure-up/ English Translation from German, Spanish, and Catalan; English Editing and Writing Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://belletra.com/editor-at-large/how-do-you-measure-up/#comment-60 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:48:56 +0000 http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/how-do-you-measure-up/#comment-60 I don’t think it’s talking about Selectrics and manual typewriters; the contrast is between speeds measured under typing-test conditions and typing speeds measured in what I take for “real life,” with mouse clicks and e-mail distractions and whatever else might occur.

]]> https://belletra.com/editor-at-large/how-do-you-measure-up/#comment-58 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:51:20 +0000 http://belletra.com/editor-at-large/how-do-you-measure-up/#comment-58 I wonder why computer typists are so much slower than ones on….what? Remington Selectrics? manual typewriters? I would think computer typists would be a lot faster. I know I am. I also think people in their 20’s and younger far outspeed us (ooh, I like that…outspeed) in typing, and of course in texting on the cell phone.

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