tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post1283144919252834209..comments2008-07-20T08:19:05.063-07:00Michael Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-73344584361407213112008-07-20T08:19:00.000-07:002008-07-20T08:19:00.000-07:00Cromagnum,<BR/><BR/>That's very interesting. I've heard writers talk about the difference between writing a draft in longhand versus using a computer. There are even typewriter versus computer distinctions. Shelby Foote wrote with a steel nib pen because it caused him to consider each word.<BR/><BR/>I miss the old card catalogs that could be thumbed through. Invariably, something unexpected would be discovered from an unlikely source.Michael Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08762773757535724585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242261.post-49239625042449192582008-07-18T19:11:00.000-07:002008-07-18T19:11:00.000-07:00I think its really that when people work using a computer program, its not that they turn off thier brain, no, rather because it is too easy to delete what is written, that they don't really think things through before writing and citing. <BR/><BR/>I have seen the same thing in the construction industry, compare the blue prints from an architect or engineer thats 100% computer withthe one thats manually drawn. If you manually draw, you think alot more before starting, because it would take hours to correct. whereas Autocad has that 'undo' button, so there is less care about mistakes.<BR/><BR/>This same analogy also rolls over into the manufacturing world, as well as the academic world.Cromagnumnoreply@blogger.com