Aw, man, I just figured out why I thought I'd read this article before. The publication date on this link through me off, despite the note about Assange at the end. I had.

I suppose it is his perspective, or the "voice" he is using to draw readers - come to me, enraged English majors! Your greivances are not unheard! . I read the makeup article. He seems like an interesting - perhaps offbeat - sort of person.

I agree it's not a big deal. Mom's a confirmed two-spacer and I'm a one-spacer, mainly because I never found it conducive to my "groove" to hit the space bar twice in a row after a sentence.

You did forget an end quote, though :)

Well, what do you mean by "benefit"? There is no technological advantage, other than not needing a supply of electricity and the inability for whatever is written to be intercepted electronically (unless someone installs a keylogger on it, which has happened in the past, though of course not to me).

Personally, I like the immediacy of it. I type and there it is on the page. I don't need to print anything because the act of typing actualizes a product. I also like the feel of it. Pounding away on the keyboard makes a real product, so the work is more tangible. Then of course, there is also the fact that it is imperfect, which means that I have to think about what I'd like to write instead of barfing whatever trickles down my brain stem and into my fingers, or else waste ink and paper.

For someone who writes, different writing implements, like different pens and different typewriters, or even different computer keyboards (for example, an ergonomic keyboard rather than a laptop keyboard) is akin to a painter with different brushes, paint knives, palettes, canvases, paper, boards, etc. In my experience, the way that something is produced can have an effect on exactly what is produced. To use another analogy, musicians might think similarly in terms of music theory, but the instrument they play will influence the music they create. For example, on a saxophone it's really easy to create complex runs of notes and to play notes very quickly due to the setup of the valves and keys, unlike say, a slide trombone.

On a computer, I can take whole passages of text and easily chop them up and edit them on the fly until I hit on something. On a typewriter, I have to think about what I want ahead of time and generally proceed with more consideration as I work toward shaping things toward their final form. On a manual, this is slowed down even further and there is a lot of room for error, which can sometimes lead to interesting new ideas.

Nostalgia would be the big factor for me. Although I'm more nostalgic for my dad's old laptop that was the size of a briefcase. I used to write stories in its what I think was word perfect. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen and even though it just had basic word processing I wanted to use it for something. Sad that I never really got into writing; I used to write stories and read them in front of class in grade 3.

Oh that's interesting. I've never even noticed that. To be honest, I just don't care about the two-space or one-space thing. I'm cool with either.