RE: Pinsky poem in the Atlantic "Jar of Pens"

["Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com>]

Earl Cooley wrote:
> Mary T. Shaw wrote: 
> > --- S Ryan <sryan -at- sryan -dot- com> wrote:
> > > The question is: Are all writers pen people? Or
> > > mechanical pencil people?
> > 
> > I think I'm a keyboard person.  I don't know how I
> > managed to avoid constant writer's cramp back in the
> > my pre-PC days.  :-/
> 
> Keyboard, no mouse: I have an IBM Trackpoint IV keyboard, 
> which means I don't have to move my hands from the keys 
> in order to use the pointer. Its pricey, but worth it. 
> 
> I no longer take paper notes at meetings (except to diagram 
> or scribble) because my PDA has a nifty Stowaway keyboard, 
> which takes up a lot less space than those poor unfortunate 
> people who bring their laptops to meetings. I type a lot 
> faster than I can do PDA Graffiti, too.

I forgot to mention, I do actually use a pen regularly....

because it has a PDA stylus refill! heh. I think I'm 
going to upgrade my Sanford Phd pen to a multi (pen, 
pencil and stylus built in).

--
 e=sc^3 (shiva -at- io -dot- com) Earl Cooley III 


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