tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post1270749322001666317..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: A Female AdvantageProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-20815209223893723722009-11-11T20:41:51.791-05:002009-11-11T20:41:51.791-05:00When your students complain, forget about not tell...When your students complain, forget about not telling the boss that they can't get the memo done. You could point out to them that they probably won't get the job if they don't know how to use a basic word processor. Lieing on the resume MIGHT work, depending on how well the prospective employer tests for these things, but you can be sure that the minute it is discovered that they can't use the WP, they are in deep trouble. <br /><br />By the way, I took typing in HS, but I still can't completely touch type (20+ years later.) My boys all know how to type and use a word processor - learning well before HS.observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-40123382908223994562009-11-10T12:24:53.447-05:002009-11-10T12:24:53.447-05:00I'd put it down to the schooling. I'm a gu...I'd put it down to the schooling. I'm a guy – I can type reasonably quickly and accurately, but my touch typing increases my error rate by a an error or so a line. Give me a different keyboard than the one I'm used to, and the error rate goes flying up (until I get the hang of it). I think it's fair to assume this has much to do with picking up typing, as opposed to learning properly.<br /><br />You can get the 'faster' keyboards, known as Dvoraks, or even soft-reprogram your QWERTY.mhzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569160260030338222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-32241316855351948802009-11-09T21:19:15.822-05:002009-11-09T21:19:15.822-05:00I only met one person at work (in his 50s) who was...I only met one person at work (in his 50s) who wasn't able to type. yes, he is a man. Everyone else types reasonably well. But women, in general, are better at this. It must have something to do with the female brain.SubWifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130118656023678187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-77379688440806261842009-11-09T17:26:33.649-05:002009-11-09T17:26:33.649-05:00So, it seems my story was a bit off. It wasn'...So, it seems my story was a bit off. It wasn't designed to slow down typists. It was merely designed to prevent jamming at normal typing speed. A slight, but important, difference.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-11240661901023081702009-11-09T17:17:48.485-05:002009-11-09T17:17:48.485-05:00See here. Great site with lots of interesting que...See here. Great site with lots of interesting questions researched and answered.<br /><br />http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/221/was-the-qwerty-keyboard-purposely-designed-to-slow-typistsJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-48394458399958495242009-11-09T13:15:23.352-05:002009-11-09T13:15:23.352-05:00Is this a Jewish game website? Or was the intro a ...Is this a Jewish game website? Or was the intro a segue into the topic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-18939762990416231212009-11-09T13:13:52.862-05:002009-11-09T13:13:52.862-05:00JS:
"the keyboard layout was purposefully de...JS:<br /><br />"the keyboard layout was purposefully designed to make typing slow"<br /><br />i've heard this, but i've also heard the opposite, i.e., that the letters are arranged according to common letter combinations.Lion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-11512924607916051482009-11-09T12:33:42.434-05:002009-11-09T12:33:42.434-05:00I'm not as worried about the ability to type a...I'm not as worried about the ability to type as I am about the lack of vocabulary. The typing is going to be a forced issue as fewer and fewer people have legible handwriting and schools aren't stressing penmanship anymore.<br /><br />Vocabulary already is a problem. You don't expect your friends to use ten dollar words when talking to you casually. People don't use those words in their casual emails either. But when it comes to business too many people are writing like they are first going to learn English tomorrow, and they speak that way too. I don't need them to try and impress me with big words used just for show, but they should be able to speak with an educated and fairly comprehensive vocabulary. <br /><br />Doesn't impress me at all or instill confidence in a product when a sales person is trying to sell me a piece of technology with a hefty price tag and then he tells me that to turn it on I only have to depress the thingy on the side of the machine.Raenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-28235858297661377342009-11-09T11:17:55.672-05:002009-11-09T11:17:55.672-05:00The standard keyboard is sized appropriately for p...The standard keyboard is sized appropriately for probably 90+% of users. Not conclusive of the point, but I have never heard anyone say "I can't type quickly because my fingers are too big." Though I have heard that when people are referring to blackberries or other smartphones. It's just experience and getting used to the keyboard layout. Like all skills in life, you have to practice at it. Most people I see that hunt and peck know that they type slowly, but they don't care enough to improve.<br /><br />Interesting factoid: the keyboard layout was purposefully designed to make typing slow. It was designed for the typewriter. If people typed too quickly, the hammers that hit letter to the page (I'm sure there's a better word for that) would get bunched up and not reset properly and the typewriter would jam. The keyboard layout was considered a huge innovation as previous iterations of the typewriter were wholly unusable due to jamming. The computer keyboard, which obviously lacks this problem, is a holdover from this era.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-26853008085667454202009-11-09T10:23:15.774-05:002009-11-09T10:23:15.774-05:00My company gives a keyboarding test to all incomin...My company gives a keyboarding test to all incoming employees. Those who don't meet at least the minimum standards are given an intensive course in keyboarding and are expected to practice. We produce lots of reports going to government and regulatory agencies and they have to be presented correctly.<br /><br />And yes we have found that the women rarely have to take the keyboarding course and the men do. Today's technology means that schools have to readjust what they believe as far as teaching skills to males.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-38698793967365923682009-11-09T09:25:50.105-05:002009-11-09T09:25:50.105-05:00My dear father was so wise and ahead of his times....My dear father was so wise and ahead of his times. He advised me to take typing and shorthand in high school (back in the 70's) - not because he wanted me to be able to work as a secretary, but because he knew I wanted to be a lawyer and he thought those skills would come in handy during college and law school, which they did. A professor in law school told me that when I started at a law firm, I should never let any of the men see me type, and I followed that advice. Then, computers became common and lawyers started having to do a lot of typing, and I was way ahead of the game. Thanks Dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-21895612056970628662009-11-09T09:15:38.515-05:002009-11-09T09:15:38.515-05:00I had a boss once who gave his reason for why wome...I had a boss once who gave his reason for why women are better typists then men are. He said to look at the keyboard. Key spacing means that those with smaller fingers will do better and be more accurate then those with larger, wider fingers. When someone commented to him that women are just better at small motor coordination type of activities he answered that that is because the items used in these activities are made more for the smaller hands of women then for the larger hands of men.<br /><br />I didn't buy into his explanation back then. I agree with you that it's more that the boys aren't taught activities like typing in the same way that women are.Leahlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-27773732525005501452009-11-09T07:23:55.544-05:002009-11-09T07:23:55.544-05:00I think that at least in the beginning people thou...I think that at least in the beginning people thought of computers as being male things. The games that came out at first and even the ones that come out now are action games. They're more like organized sports games then they are games of using knowledge.<br /><br />Is it that the guys don't have the vocabulary knowledge or is it that the games don't appeal to male interests as much?Davidnoreply@blogger.com