One thing that helped my typing substantially - though I was already fair at it - was to pop the keys off my keyboard and rearrange them. Contrary to a simple blank keyboard, this meant looking at my hands not only didn't help but actually hurt - with rather immediate feedback. I knew I'd been looking at the keyboard some, but was surprised by just how much, and was quickly stripped of the habit entirely.
Some caveats:
1) I've no idea if it's appropriate to your current skill level.
2) Works much better with an ordinary desktop keyboard than a laptop or funky ergonomic thing.
3) Leave the F and J keys in their original position, so you can find home.
If you want to play around with this, it might be worth buying an extra external keyboard to mix up, so you have something to go back to when you need to get work done in a hurry while you're still learning.
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One thing that helped my typing substantially - though I was already fair at it - was to pop the keys off my keyboard and rearrange them. Contrary to a simple blank keyboard, this meant looking at my hands not only didn't help but actually hurt - with rather immediate feedback. I knew I'd been looking at the keyboard some, but was surprised by just how much, and was quickly stripped of the habit entirely.
Some caveats: 1) I've no idea if it's appropriate to your current skill level.
2) Works much better with an ordinary desktop keyboard than a laptop or funky ergonomic thing.
3) Leave the F and J keys in their original position, so you can find home.
If you want to play around with this, it might be worth buying an extra external keyboard to mix up, so you have something to go back to when you need to get work done in a hurry while you're still learning.
Ah that's clever. I'll definitely pick up a cheap secondary "practice" keyboard next time I'm near an electronics store.