New Yorker Article: Can "Distraction-Free" Devices Change the way we write?

Posted by Pixelpunker
Jun 9, 2022 at 07:11 PM

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/20/can-distraction-free-devices-change-the-way-we-write

A fun read.

Full disclosure: I own a remarkable paper tablet, I owned an Alphasmart Neo, dabbled with Scrivener, iA Writer, read Matthew Kirschenbaums book “Track Changes”. All mentioned in the article. I never bought a Freewrite, but often thought about it.