Just out of interest, does anyone else go through phases were they can’t type?
I just spelled ‘events’ as ‘venets.’ That’s two character transpositions in a row! My typing has been dreadful for the last few weeks. Yesterday’s favourite was ‘hors’ instead of ‘hours.’ And I just spelled ‘favourite’ as ‘havourite.’ Thank you, inline spelling correction is all I can say.
In other news, all these errors are appearing in the book I plan to have out mid-January. I’m banging away at keys like crazy here, but the dismal English weather is not exactly making for a cheerful December. (And when did it get to be December? I have to make time to get presents at some point! Someone get me a time machine.)
Witches and Ray-Guns 
It’s the keyboards fault!
😀
What else?
Actually, once it was. I actually managed to beat a keyboard to the point where it was hard to get some of the keys to register. For a couple of months, I was convinced that my typing was getting worse and worse. Then I noticed that the mysteriously missing letters had a pattern, and it happened to be the more commonly used letters. Bought a new keyboard, and suddenly my typo rate got a lot lower.
Doesn’t explain ‘venets,’ however.
Things are pretty dismal on this side of the pond as well. Winter storm warning with up to 8 inches of snow, I too don’t know how December got here, and have nary a Christmas gift purchased.
Going through a phase where I cant type would imply that Im a good typist to begin with. I can either type fast with lots of typos, or painfully slow with none, lol.
As for weather, I live in Texas….December isnt much different from September, but about 60 degrees (thats about 35 for you weirdos who use C) cooler than July. We dont get snow, but we do get ice storms. And thankfully my family gave up on presents when I was a teenager and now days money that would be spent on presents goes to the food bank. I can do without some shiny new gadget I dont need if it means a needy family gets a nice holiday meal.
Heh. We just had a day in Oz where it was 43C. Everyone was going to the beach. At least the ones not out doing Xmas shopping.
Have you tried a mechanical keyboard? Typing on one of those is so different. On the other hand if you fcuk up you have no one to blame but yourself 🙂
Long ago, I use a manual typewriter to write. It is different, yes.
I’m not sure manual typewriters are comparable to modern mechanical keyboards. 😉
I don’t know if switching to a mechanical keyboard improved my typing, but it definitely feels nicer than a membrane keyboard.
Blame it on the lag between what you think and fingers making the movements. The cold does make a difference. I came very close to losing my right index finger when I worked as a machinist. They more or less put it back together but when my hand was cold the four fingers refused to act in unison. It was weird to think about moving them in sync and watching the recalcitrant digit refuse to obey. Good thing it was not my middle finger which could have resulted in some nasty gestures when trying to wave.
My typing skills took a nosedive between November and March When I lived in upstate NY. Lack of arctic winters is why I live in the desert now. You don’t have shovel sunshine.
Here’s a suggestion. I’ve put in 12 hour days of typing on one of these and have no hand fatigue from it. An expensive tool, I admit, but when you do so much typing, may be worth it in the long run.
https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/