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I can relate to the second half of this
By Jeremy | November 14, 2007
I've never used a computer. I do all my writing on an ancient IBM Selectric. And I do my research in books. Once in a while I'll hire a college student to pull something off the Internet, if I need an up-to-the-minute statistic or a Lexis/Nexis search or that sort of thing. But that's as far as my use of the Web goes. This is not because I am a Luddite. It's because I have - as most writers do when they're writing - super-severe Attention Deficit Disorder. I can be distracted by a dust mote, a loose cuff button, an unopened junk mail solicitation from The Dizziness From Standing Up Too Fast Fund. I once had a conversation with some fellow writers about this problem. One of them summarized it as, "Gosh doesn't the top of the refrigerator need dusting?"Â If I had a computer I would do nothing but play with it all day.- P.J. O'Rourke
Topics: computers, internet, pj o'rourke, quotes, technology, writing | 1 Comment »
November 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
No question, my most productive times come when the internet is down or disconnected! This year I’ve taken to turning the net off when either working on music or doing serious writing. When my new Mac comes, it won’t be connected at all most days.