Musings - The pen is mightier than the keyboard
Raj over at Blogspinners makes a rather insightful observation that the pen and paper is - and I’d add, always will be - the best tool for writing and planning. You might argue that voice recognition will supplant it, but how do you sketch ideas with voice?
It seems that no matter how many times I come up with a new (digital) routine for planning and recording my blogs, I eventually find myself going back to paper and pencil. (Although I still record my posts in word processors and spreadsheets.)
If you think I’m wrong that pen/pencil and paper are still an ideal way to plan your writing, then tell me why computer manufacturers are still making tablet PCs. The printing press didn’t supplant the pen, and neither did the typewriter and computer.
I don’t doubt that many have theorised the same, but it is Raj’s last sentence that contains the real insight, and proves the point.
We’d all benefit from a little less dependency on computers. Roll on the neo-Luddite revolution!
Read source article: A Review of My MultiBlogging Techniques - The Pen Is Mightier Than the Computer Keyboard
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“Against the Machine : The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives” (Nicols Fox)
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