We Are Typists First, Programmers Second (2008)

When I jumped into programming I had someone comment on how poor my typing skills were. It stung, but it also helped motivate me to just learn how to type properly. I used this website exclusively:

http://www.typing-lessons.org/

I put together a spreadsheet and tracked my progress:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnwcMlwdzWZ3dG4...

I started my forcing myself to do each lesson until I could do it perfectly in less than 60 seconds ~3 times in a row. Then I lowered the bar to 40 seconds, then 30. I did those lessons hundreds of times and broke a keyboard in frustration in the progress.

But it worked. I type well and quickly now and enjoy programming much much more because of it!