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Posted by Shelly on 09/26/07 13:42
"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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>>> I'm a touch-typist, as well - 100WPM 10 years ago.
>>> If you add mastery of 21st century code-completion, to mastery of 19th
>>> century keyboard layout - you can cut your keystrokes nearly in half.
>>> All the kids are doing it these days.
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>> Ever watched the kids using a telephone to sms each other?
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> That's *exactly* what I was thinking of.
> My niece is a texting guru.
> She has her phone all setup for a kind of code-completion.
> She types a couple of characters - and it spits out a whole sentence.
Why????? That, to me, is like looking at a big console radio and expecting
to see the show. Why type? Why not simply TALK? OK, I can see one reason.
That would be to send a message if the person isn't answering. Then, again,
isn't that what voicemail is for?
Shelly
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