▲ 108 ▼ How has technology made your favorite hobby worse instead of better? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by psion1369@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Writing permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) How so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was writing via pen and paper, and that was great. I was using a typewriter, and that was cool. At first, word processing was amazing to help with editing and my handwriting. But then I don't know, it is much less sexy to sit at a screen. There are too many distractions. Feels much less creative. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ticktok@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yea, there are a lot of writers who have gone back to dedicated writing machines because of this. Things like the Freewrite. Also means you have to manually transfer research content so its more firm in your mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) How so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was writing via pen and paper, and that was great. I was using a typewriter, and that was cool. At first, word processing was amazing to help with editing and my handwriting. But then I don't know, it is much less sexy to sit at a screen. There are too many distractions. Feels much less creative. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ticktok@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yea, there are a lot of writers who have gone back to dedicated writing machines because of this. Things like the Freewrite. Also means you have to manually transfer research content so its more firm in your mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was writing via pen and paper, and that was great. I was using a typewriter, and that was cool. At first, word processing was amazing to help with editing and my handwriting. But then I don't know, it is much less sexy to sit at a screen. There are too many distractions. Feels much less creative. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ticktok@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yea, there are a lot of writers who have gone back to dedicated writing machines because of this. Things like the Freewrite. Also means you have to manually transfer research content so its more firm in your mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ticktok@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Yea, there are a lot of writers who have gone back to dedicated writing machines because of this. Things like the Freewrite. Also means you have to manually transfer research content so its more firm in your mind. permalink fedilink source parent