And can't resist encouraging a careful look at chapter nine in Naomi Baron's prize-winning _Always On_, in which she provides a brief history of a Western understanding of the role of writing (e.g., Commonplace Books) in our conceptions of education and selfhood since the Renaissance (a history usefully complemented by Foucault's late essays on writing as a "technology of the self," a thematic that Maria Maria Bakardjieva and Georgia Gaden have also helpfully explored in their "Web 2.0 Technologies of the Self," now online as part of a special issue of Philosophy and Technology). Naomi then develops a very interesting and, I think, important set of contrasts between writing by hand and writing at the keyboard (both computer and phone). It would be interesting to see the contrasts suggested here and the responses between keyboard and iPad - and where, if at all, they might fit within Naomi's larger frameworks. Thanks, and best, - charles On 1/13/12 3:59 PM, "Greg Wise" <Greg.Wise@asu.edu> wrote:
Hello, all, A friend of mine who is a writer of fiction is wondering about the effects on one's prose of writing on an iPad v. desktop/laptop, and was looking for either studies that have been done, or anecdotal accounts from (literary) writers. So far most of the anecdotal stuff out there is about which apps to use, and few are reflecting on if there are changes to one's writing. And it's probably too soon for any systematic research to have been done. But I thought I'd check.
Cheers,
Greg
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