I’ve been writing for a long time, and occasionally I see people raving about this or that writing program. Some hide distractions, some are plain text, others have elaborate embedded databases to contain all your research. I’ve even written a few word processors myself. One was even commercially available (SAMS), back in the TRS-80 days.… Continue reading How I Write Today (2021)
Tag: Pages
Testing a Chromebook
Stopping off at Office Depot to pick up some ink cartridges, I notice a Samsung chromebook on display for two hundred and some dollars. While I’m firmly an Apple user for decades, I am aware that there are several of my most used applications, like Pages and Numbers, with a web portal. I had a… Continue reading Testing a Chromebook
The Disappointing iBooks Author App
I think from the beginning, I wasn’t expecting much. I didn’t watch the streaming video of the launch. Without Steve Jobs, it wasn’t as entertaining, so I bailed out before they got into the product announcement, and I didn’t download the free app the instant it appeared. That gave me exposure to the bad press… Continue reading The Disappointing iBooks Author App