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Configuring a wordprocessor is office work that stands in the way of creative work. And it is the most distracting kind of office work...infrequent, involving o
by brudgers 4y ago
Configuring a wordprocessor is office work that stands in the way of creative work. And it is the most distracting kind of office work...infrequent, involving opaque mechanisms, and possibly impossible to achieve -- can you even modify it in the way you think you want and are the changes reversible and if reversible are they atomic.
My quest for distraction free writing led me to the Hermes Baby -- an ultra-portable mechanical typewriter.
No internet, no screen, no cords, no batteries. Mechanical clattering instead.
It's not for everyone, and a fifty plus year old typewriter is fiddly and finicky no doubt. But so is my iPhone...may the inventor of autocorrect burn in hello.
- bzzzt 4y ago> Configuring a wordprocessor is office work that stands in the way of creative work. So is installing MS-DOS and Wordstar if the alternative is as simple as clicking on a few checkboxes.
- brudgers 4y agoOne way or another using a word processor requires installing the software and an operating system… …unless “word processor“ is referring to dedicated hardware. This was once a thing. But maybe I could have been more clear and said optional office work.