Faster typing is always to your benefit

A mentioned a few weeks ago that continually improving your typing speed is something you should be working on, but I thought I’d add a bit more about that. First, here is that great video from Ali Abdaal again with his tips on typing:

There are really two things you need to do in order to type more quickly. There are lots of little tips that Ali shows off above, but these two are the main ones:

Practice

It seems obvious, but practice makes perfect. I type quite a lot in my normal daily work (like blogging…), but I rarely made a specific effort to improve my speed. I now try to spend a few minutes each day working on it, and it’s making a big difference. I’m not as fast as Ali is in the video above, but I’ve gone from around 80 words per minute to around 110 in the past few weeks. When writing frequently, it makes a big difference! My practice, when time allows, is these three sites:

1. I start with keybr. It uses mostly fake words, but works through various specific exercises (with fancy algorithms) to help improve your skills where it…