I like to develop successively faster methods for typing text on different portable devices, as advancing technology allows. It’s been a long term hobby of mine — and of others as well.<\/p>\n
Yet as speech-to-text gets progressively better, and as SmartGlasses begin to replace SmartPhones in the next few years, the entire issue might become moot. Typing on a keyboard may eventually go the way of the quill pen.<\/p>\n
I would find that to be sad, because I really like to write by typing. In fact, I am typing this on my MacBook keyboard right now, and the feeling is immensely satisfying.<\/p>\n
Then again, even when we get to those direct-brain interfaces (scary thought), everything doesn’t need to be up to date. I’m sure nobody will object if, every once in a while, I write a letter to a future friend with a good old fashioned quill pen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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