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allaboutmusic · 08-21-2009, 05:42 PM

I've just read a great article on this subject and it really got me thinking about the way we record our thoughts on paper... or perhaps not on paper.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why typewriters beat computers

I'm the kind of guy who likes to have a notebook and pen nearby all the time to write my thoughts down. I love to write on paper, and have several fountain pens (and a stack of high-quality writing paper) for the sheer pleasure of writing.

I've never owned a typewriter though. Computers, sure... in fact at this present moment I have five in the house (an iMac, an old Dell laptop, a Samsung netbook, my work laptop and a tower PC I haven't switched on in a year) and as some of you will have noticed, I am actually considering the purchase of a Macbook. These are all efficient machines, advanced communication devices with easy-to-use keyboards, video conferencing, you name it. We live in an age where it's all easy.

But there's something about the romance of a typewriter. Maybe it's a movie thing, but the image of a writer sitting by the light in a dark room, with a steaming beverage mug, arranging words out loud before committing them to paper just resonates with the side of me that enjoys using words to express myself.

Do you own or use a typewriter, or have you owned one? Do you find yourself using different words or turn of phrase when sat at one, compared to a pen and paper, or a word processor? Or are you perhaps a pen-and-paper person?

08-21-2009, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	Typewriters I've just read a great article on this subject and it really got me thinking about the way we record our thoughts on paper... or perhaps not on paper. BBC NEWS \| UK \| Magazine \| Why typewriters beat computers I'm the kind of guy who likes to have a notebook and pen nearby all the time to write my thoughts down. I love to write on paper, and have several fountain pens (and a stack of high-quality writing paper) for the sheer pleasure of writing. I've never owned a typewriter though. Computers, sure... in fact at this present moment I have five in the house (an iMac, an old Dell laptop, a Samsung netbook, my work laptop and a tower PC I haven't switched on in a year) and as some of you will have noticed, I am actually considering the purchase of a Macbook. These are all efficient machines, advanced communication devices with easy-to-use keyboards, video conferencing, you name it. We live in an age where it's all easy. But there's something about the romance of a typewriter. Maybe it's a movie thing, but the image of a writer sitting by the light in a dark room, with a steaming beverage mug, arranging words out loud before committing them to paper just resonates with the side of me that enjoys using words to express myself. Do you own or use a typewriter, or have you owned one? Do you find yourself using different words or turn of phrase when sat at one, compared to a pen and paper, or a word processor? Or are you perhaps a pen-and-paper person?