re: If I can learn to type touch, anybody can.

dr bill, one of the wonders, and joys of the internet-- is accessability! yes, money is a factor.. but where else can i have ongoing conversations with kiwi's, and ozzies, and canadains, and even you! what would it have take? how many degrees of seperation between a middle class, middle aged, mid level technical worker in NY, and a retired, elderly somewhat housebound doctor in CA?

the biggest barrier that the internet has broken has been for the any one who is handicapped.. the internet is a handicapped free zone.

i am glad you can touch type, and gladder still i can.. but i work every day with amputees, blind, and other physically impared users.. and many times, i am ignorant of their handicap until i come to their desk..

good old fashioned fast touch typing requires 2 good hands.

now days, it is so much easier to get to know people, their likes their dislikes, their taste in reading..their education and social level-- with out every meeting them.. and when i do meet them.. i find my preconcieved notions about race, or physical appearence are often just that[my preconcieved notions! i associate their quickness of mind with a quickness of body, and boy oh boy have i been wrong! I love getting to know people this way.. i hate that i have preconcieved notions.. and i hate it even more that i let my notions get in the way of my learning about people. i hate that i sometimes focus on some minor handicap, and miss the person. (and i don't think i am alone in this failing.. )

Not everyone can learn to touch type.

the internet is open to all comers.. even the ones minus fingers and toes, or the muscles used to operate them. and if once in a while short hand creeps in.. so be it. i can learn to accommadate myself!

now there is no goddamned excuse for shorthand? sorry but i can't agree!




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