Comments on: Beware, all you typists! http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/ Dreams to Reality: A Sojourn Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:39:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: manoranjini http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-559 manoranjini Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:50:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-559 that was a really nice n informative piece ; though it wasn't news to me .we have sessions on ergonomics once in a while to scare the hell out of us too ..<br/>this is what i would call a responsible blog post !way to go Hari !Awesome of u to take the responsibility to talk about some thing like this :-) that was a really nice n informative piece ; though it wasn’t news to me .we have sessions on ergonomics once in a while to scare the hell out of us too ..
this is what i would call a responsible blog post !way to go Hari !Awesome of u to take the responsibility to talk about some thing like this :-)

]]> By: Hari http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Hari Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:40:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-558 <b>@ sriram:</b><br/>Sorry for this! :( Didn't see your comment first! <br/><br/>55-57 is fast enough man! :P The average typing speed of an average guy is around 20-30 if I'm not wrong.<br/><br/>And yeah, learn positioning! Hunk-and-peck crap makes the damages hard! @ sriram:
Sorry for this! :( Didn’t see your comment first!

55-57 is fast enough man! :P The average typing speed of an average guy is around 20-30 if I’m not wrong.

And yeah, learn positioning! Hunk-and-peck crap makes the damages hard!

]]> By: Hari http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Hari Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:52:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-557 <b>@ nitin:</b><br/>First come, first served! :-)<br/><br/>35-38 is cool. Still, you gotta be careful, bud!<br/><br/><b>@ mea culpa:</b><br/>That's a moot point. Guillaume says it can be solved by using noise reduction headphones which can capture the minutest of voices. All you have to do is to speak in a reduced volume. He even demonstrated successful voice recognition, converting speech to text amid the cacophony in the houseboat that day :D<br/><br/><b>@ ms cris:</b><br/>Eww.Not really. :-) Don't think I'm affected as yet. :D<br/><br/><b>@ jakeup:</b><br/>Thanks for the links, man! :-)<br/><br/><b>@ hari vishnu:</b><br/>They are, man. Trust me. :D<br/>Read your review and commented too! :D @ nitin:
First come, first served! :-)

35-38 is cool. Still, you gotta be careful, bud!

@ mea culpa:
That’s a moot point. Guillaume says it can be solved by using noise reduction headphones which can capture the minutest of voices. All you have to do is to speak in a reduced volume. He even demonstrated successful voice recognition, converting speech to text amid the cacophony in the houseboat that day :D

@ ms cris:
Eww.Not really. :-) Don’t think I’m affected as yet. :D

@ jakeup:
Thanks for the links, man! :-)

@ hari vishnu:
They are, man. Trust me. :D
Read your review and commented too! :D

]]> By: Hari Vishnu http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Hari Vishnu Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:24:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-556 wow..yea ive heard of these med problems associated with 'typists'.. but i dint know they were so common or serious.. nice u did some research on it and posted this one..thanx a bunch for thos tips..<br/><br/>(Wall-E review is up.. Well, not a review exactly, but wat i carried over from the movie..) wow..yea ive heard of these med problems associated with ‘typists’.. but i dint know they were so common or serious.. nice u did some research on it and posted this one..thanx a bunch for thos tips..

(Wall-E review is up.. Well, not a review exactly, but wat i carried over from the movie..)

]]> By: Jakeup http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Jakeup Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:50:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-555 Hey! Sorry but here is Guillaume's blog<br/>http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/<br/><br/>The posts about RSI<br/><br/>http://gmarceau.qc.ca/articles/your-wrists-hurt-you-must-be-a-programmer.html<br/><br/><br/>http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/2008/07/doctor-it-hurts-when-i-do-this.html Hey! Sorry but here is Guillaume’s blog
http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/

The posts about RSI

http://gmarceau.qc.ca/articles/your-wrists-hurt-you-must-be-a-programmer.html

http://gmarceau.qc.ca/blog/2008/07/doctor-it-hurts-when-i-do-this.html

]]> By: Ms Cris http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Ms Cris Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:37:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-554 Mm I didnt realize it was so common. And did you get yourself tested for CTS? Mm I didnt realize it was so common. And did you get yourself tested for CTS?

]]> By: Sriram http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Sriram Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-553 Well I took the test at: http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml and I managed a decent 55-57 wpm each time. the only problem is, too many mistakes! I tried three times, and made 4 to 5 mistakes each time. Maybe its because I havent learnt it properly, with any tutor or with fingers positioned at ASDF_JKL;<br/>I just typed normally, the way we progressed from hunt-pick-and-type to a good enough pace. Well I took the test at: http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml and I managed a decent 55-57 wpm each time. the only problem is, too many mistakes! I tried three times, and made 4 to 5 mistakes each time. Maybe its because I havent learnt it properly, with any tutor or with fingers positioned at ASDF_JKL;
I just typed normally, the way we progressed from hunt-pick-and-type to a good enough pace.

]]> By: mea culpa http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-552 mea culpa Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:01:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-552 speech recognition !!! sounds good... but have u thaught, how it would be like, if all of them in office just start to speak, and not type ...hmm...lemme jus imagine... <br/><b>...topsy-turvydom...</b> speech recognition !!! sounds good… but have u thaught, how it would be like, if all of them in office just start to speak, and not type …hmm…lemme jus imagine…
…topsy-turvydom…

]]> By: n i t i n http://www.harishanker.net/2008/09/beware-all-you-typists/comment-page-1/#comment-551 n i t i n Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:53:00 +0000 http://thethunderbolt.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/beware-all-you-typists/#comment-551 first things first...<br/>yaah! I'm the first to commment..First!<br/><br/><br/>ahem..so back to the post..<br/><br/><br/>I'm happy n satisfied...I barely type 35 to 38 words per minute at a max scale...without any typing software....so I'm content with that. first things first…
yaah! I’m the first to commment..First!

ahem..so back to the post..

I’m happy n satisfied…I barely type 35 to 38 words per minute at a max scale…without any typing software….so I’m content with that.

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