My new Writing Technology
December 11th, 2007 | by lissie |What do you think of my new cool toy? I do enjoy writing, it’s great when I’ve got a first
draft done, and editing and publishing comes easy. I don’t mind gathering the material and doing the research either! Its the first draft I can procrastinate on for hours though: clothing is washed, kitchens tidied but ultimately I surf the web. When I had a dial-up connection it wasn’t so bad, pull the wire out and end of distraction - it took too long to dial up again to use for casual procrastination. Now however with always on wireless broadband it not so simple, its just there, another tab in the browser calling, come and see, check your email, check your rss feeds, check your webpage stats, check your adsense earnings for the hour!
Now however I have a solution and here it is - my latest technology device! Its got a whole lot of advantages over the laptop:
- cheap < A$10 for the whole kit a superior brand of pen at that;
- robust: dust resistant (important in Australia), rain resistant (a bit); very resistant to power surges!
- transportable: no adapters required, runs indefinitely on no batteries, doesn’t matter what voltage is available, in fact doesn’t need power!
- my partner now gets to use the laptop, sometimes…
- you don’t have to turn it off for take off’s and landings
Its important to get the right pad and pen though:
- lines are essential for me - my writing is bad enough at the best of times!
- spiral bound is good - assists with the delete page functionality.
- A5 size is good - about the right size to comfortable write, delete page and keep in pocket.
- A rigid back is good so you don’t need a desk to write on e.g. during aircraft take off and landings.
- For the advanced author maybe multiple colour pens would be good - I haven’t got there yet.
