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Typing Like a Ninja

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As you know by now, I live in New York City and lately my schedule has been packed – running around the Big Apple from lunch to business meetings to launch parties and drinks with friends. Sometimes on these super busy days I find myself with a chunk of downtime and one of my favorite places to spend it is at The New York Public Library, Bryant Park.

Often I pick a cosy spot and read, attack my to-do list, or just wander the magnificent building, but occasionally I will log into a computer.   Being able to use a proper keyboard and high speed Internet for free is a real treat. I will answer emails and work for 45 minutes – the allotted time for a NYC resident on the public computers. Recently I was working and the strangest thing happened, I was sitting typing away while listening to Pandora and a man came to stand next to me.  After a few seconds of staring at me he began speaking:

Typing Fast on Macbook

Him: Excuse me Miss, why are you typing like a ninja?

Me: [pull earbud out] Excuse me?

Him:  WHY are you typing like a ninja?

Me: Um, I am not sure….
Him: The keyboard not going to eat you. You do not need to type that fast.  Take time when you type. 
Me: [blank stare, and then a slight nod]
Him: Don’t type so fast!
Me: Well it is going to sign me off in three minutes and I want to make sure I can finish my message [look down, two minutes left]
Him:  Well, type slower [he walks away]

Some time has passed since this incident and every time I think of it I am still quite puzzled.  As soon as this encounter happened I jotted this down the conversation verbatim to write about at another time.  Looking back at it now it still does not make any sense and then I thought, maybe I do type fast? So I did some research:  “Generally, a typing speed of 40 WPM (Words Per Minute) is considered an average typing speed.” As that seemed slow to me, I decided to take advantage of some free online tests to track my WPM speed.  Here are two of my results: 

If 40 is average and 100 is high speed than my 70 WPM is good, but I would not go nearly as far as to say ninja speed.  Oh, well, people are funny and I got a good laugh (and story) out of it!

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  2. Funny story!
    Haha, my best friend’s a really fast typer and she always likes to say, “it’s my only marketable skill!” Haha!

  4. ciao,

    I didn’t know all that ….about WPM , it is very interesting …I think i’m going to test my speed …. I suppose is my range is 25….. typing is not my cup of tea .

    ave

  8. I type really fast, too- all my coworkers and employers tell me! But they see it as a good thing, not a bad thing haha!

  9. Ha! Every time I see anyone doing anything at a brisk pace from here on out, I going to ask them why they are doing it like a ninja.

    “Why are you flossing like a ninja?” “Why are you sweeping like a ninja?” “Why are you jogging like a ninja?”

    This is going to be fun!

    -Kate
    http://www.theflorkens.com

  11. I love that you checked your typing speed after this crazy interaction! And I too am a crazy-fast typer, but a girl’s got things to do and places to be!
    xx lexi @ glitter, inc.

  17. Girl, don’t deny your ninja skills!! I should check my speed. There are times I type faster depending on what I’m doing.

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