Joseph Meyer on Nostr: npub1c8l4k…jsldj npub1jr332…r49z0 Many years ago I attended a speech by a ...
npub1c8l4ktytwfq9p74mp8yjqr3d8ec8q32ngj8qgwn2v9n2yd5n83tsxjsldj (npub1c8l…sldj) npub1jr332ure47v6q76kczmfn6wcp5xsl63unqrqrjqrr2nf8dvxhpwq2r49z0 (npub1jr3…49z0) Many years ago I attended a speech by a creative writer. He recommended turning off the monitor on a computer while writing creatively, because the temptation to edit while using word processing software on a computer is a distraction that interrupts one’s train of thought. I have always thought it was a great suggestion that puts one closer to the experience of using a typewriter.
P.S. Learning to type using an IBM Selectric in a typing class, I seem to recall there being a slight delay between turning on the machine and when the keystrokes would begin to register and play out through the ball of characters. But the machine did remember keystrokes made right after being energized, and it would hurriedly catch up with the typist by putting them onto paper once the brief startup delay was over. I thought it was a fun game to see how many letters i could type before the machine would begin putting them onto the paper.
P.S. Learning to type using an IBM Selectric in a typing class, I seem to recall there being a slight delay between turning on the machine and when the keystrokes would begin to register and play out through the ball of characters. But the machine did remember keystrokes made right after being energized, and it would hurriedly catch up with the typist by putting them onto paper once the brief startup delay was over. I thought it was a fun game to see how many letters i could type before the machine would begin putting them onto the paper.