Just a quick update. A month has come and gone without a single word about school, New York, etc., etc. And I have lots of things I would like to write about and plan to take the time and put those things online this week, so be patient and check back. The winds of change [...]
November 29, 2005 – 9:46 pm
Today was a magnificent day. In the morning, both Scott and I got up late and had to ride a rather crowded train in the morning. There’s nothing like being packed in the multicultural buffet that is the New York subway first thing in the morning to make you rethink getting out of bed that [...]
November 7, 2005 – 8:05 pm
In case you were interested in my last posting about making audio files at home with our laptop, I thought I’d share StenoSpeed.com. Just visit the Downloads page and download away. What a deal! And it’s free! Enjoy! Also, I’ve made a reservoir of my homemade MP3 drills for the greater good. Let me first [...]
October 30, 2005 – 11:07 am
This past Friday Scott and I started talking about making audio drills with my taperecorder. You know, using the Speed Teacher software from Court Reporting Help.com. A teacher at school suggested that we avoid using Speed Teacher because building speed through visual cues, i.e., reading the text and then typing it, won’t build speed as [...]
October 19, 2005 – 12:45 pm
I do a lot of drills and I think I’m progressing well enough. I’m pretty eager to start working and think by the time I reach 225 wpm that I will be able to handle almost any situation. I mean, when I think about what I’ll be doing, I pretty much imagine taking depositions at [...]