2013-04-24-You_dont_do_data_entry_on_a_manual_Underwood

Title: You dont do data entry on a manual Underwood

Date: 2013-04-24
Content:

Matthew Battles has an engaging and informative blog post in the New York Times titled How Writers Interact With the World.

The post helped me think about writing, but one of the comments (reproduced below) on this post made me laugh and think about the specific activity and results of writing.

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  • barbara jackson
  • michigan

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::: {.commentBody style="margin-bottom: 5px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"} You don't do 'data entryon a manual Underwood. You just type on old-fashioned paper. And when you're done, it doesn't matter how many keys you push, it won't tell you a thing. It just sits there like a cat and stares at you. :::

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