ink-triguing
blogging in "ink" using tablet pcs seems to be gaining momentum with some people. the majority of them seem to be using tablet pcs, though i found this intriguing post from a imac owner using boot camp to install the tablet pc os. it's a bit of a kludge though; using a graphics tablet hooked up to a mac running boot camp to dual-boot to windows tablet edition to emulate a tablet pc. um, no thank you, but i will take an apple tablet mac.
Hugh Sung has a pro-ink blogging list, written, of course in ink. I like Silver's handwriting over at Inkiness, as well as the way she hides the transcript of the ink under a "↓ ↓" link at the bottom of each post. it's intriguing to me due mostly to the increased immediacy and intimacy it gives; a person's penmanship conveys much more than sterile type can.
one drawback is that it's faster to type than write, and easier to edit after the fact, leading to tighter, easier to read prose. despite this, part of me still is drawn to the idea of blogging in ink, rather than text. though, if my handwriting doesn't radically improve (i got a D or an F in penmanship in elementary school-a grade i very much deserved), then i won't be inklogging any time soon; trust me, you wouldn't want to read it.
all that said, as soon as the mac tablet revolution comes, count me in as an inklogger!
okay, Apple? *taps on microphone* Steve? are you there?
(vive la iTablet révolution? s'il vous plaît, Apple?)
Hugh Sung has a pro-ink blogging list, written, of course in ink. I like Silver's handwriting over at Inkiness, as well as the way she hides the transcript of the ink under a "↓ ↓" link at the bottom of each post. it's intriguing to me due mostly to the increased immediacy and intimacy it gives; a person's penmanship conveys much more than sterile type can.
one drawback is that it's faster to type than write, and easier to edit after the fact, leading to tighter, easier to read prose. despite this, part of me still is drawn to the idea of blogging in ink, rather than text. though, if my handwriting doesn't radically improve (i got a D or an F in penmanship in elementary school-a grade i very much deserved), then i won't be inklogging any time soon; trust me, you wouldn't want to read it.
all that said, as soon as the mac tablet revolution comes, count me in as an inklogger!
okay, Apple? *taps on microphone* Steve? are you there?
(vive la iTablet révolution? s'il vous plaît, Apple?)