The blinking cursor blights the writer. Dickens Bronte Wordsworth Shelley or any others you might care to name in our tongue could finish and know it was truly done. They could close the book with a satisfying clunk or set aside the last sheaf with a flourish.
Very nicely put, Adam. I think about this a lot when trying to build computery things. When you have infinite editability in a virtual space it’s easy to avoid the attachment and motivation to want to see the thing through to completion. (e.g. never getting around to making a curated/edited/printed photo album after a trip, vs just printing the set of photos from one roll of film.)
Also funny how you only catch typos on an assignment once it’s printed and final and you *really* read it deeply.
Very nicely put, Adam. I think about this a lot when trying to build computery things. When you have infinite editability in a virtual space it’s easy to avoid the attachment and motivation to want to see the thing through to completion. (e.g. never getting around to making a curated/edited/printed photo album after a trip, vs just printing the set of photos from one roll of film.)
Also funny how you only catch typos on an assignment once it’s printed and final and you *really* read it deeply.