Comments on: Writing with a Pen http://billgray.us/writing-with-a-pen/ and my observations of connectedness Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Remote Energy Monitoring http://billgray.us/writing-with-a-pen/#comment-14037 Remote Energy Monitoring Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:00:08 +0000 http://billgray.us/?p=61#comment-14037 I might make the statement that Billy Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But I am an idiot so it kinda works out. or could even Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. I might make the statement that Billy Sometimes I feel like an idiot. But I am an idiot so it kinda works out. or could even Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

]]> By: Bill Gray http://billgray.us/writing-with-a-pen/#comment-1426 Bill Gray Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:58:38 +0000 http://billgray.us/?p=61#comment-1426 I can write faster with a fountain pen than with a ball point pen. A fountain pen does not require downward pressure to write like a ball point pen, so I don't have to press hard and my hand has no reason to cramp. From a words per minute standpoint, I can type faster than writing by hand. When typing I am a liberal user of the backspace key and end up rewriting many of my sentences several times, completely negating the speed advantage of typing. My first pass spelling is also better when writing by hand. Typing gives me a sloppy 60 words per minute and handwriting gives me a solid 20 words per minute. My brain is my writing bottleneck, not my hands. I can write faster with a fountain pen than with a ball point pen. A fountain pen does not require downward pressure to write like a ball point pen, so I don't have to press hard and my hand has no reason to cramp.

From a words per minute standpoint, I can type faster than writing by hand. When typing I am a liberal user of the backspace key and end up rewriting many of my sentences several times, completely negating the speed advantage of typing. My first pass spelling is also better when writing by hand. Typing gives me a sloppy 60 words per minute and handwriting gives me a solid 20 words per minute. My brain is my writing bottleneck, not my hands.

]]> By: Kristy Gray http://billgray.us/writing-with-a-pen/#comment-1425 Kristy Gray Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:46:34 +0000 http://billgray.us/?p=61#comment-1425 Do you notice that you write faster with a fountain pen than a ball-point pen? I am surprised that writing is faster than typing for you - especially when you don't have tools like spell check readily available. I love your hand written notes, though. Do you notice that you write faster with a fountain pen than a ball-point pen? I am surprised that writing is faster than typing for you – especially when you don't have tools like spell check readily available. I love your hand written notes, though.

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