The Cheapest Distraction-Free Writing Machine You’ll Ever Find
Behold the glory of the 1990s-era Alphasmart
5 min readApr 30
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A month ago I wrote a blog post entirely using my old manual typewriter.
It was a bit of a stunt, of course. But it felt oddly modern. Cognitively speaking, typing out an essay felt quite similar to writing via voice-dictation on my smartphone. In both cases —…