I have respect for the pen, due to its portability, convenience for quick notes and use for making sketches, diagrams, and free-form documents. The type writer, on the other hand is idiotic. It's rigid, even worse than computer documents. It's also completely incapable of handling Chinese, which makes up a large part of what I have to write. On top of that, a typewriter weighs more than a backpack with a laptop inside.<p>What's next, <i>Mass production vs personal forge</i>?
Admittedly I couldn't stand to read the whole article. His obsession with typewriters seems to have influenced his taste in font size and family.<p>My question to others based on what I read is how many people here, without looking, can type quickly and accurately but choose to not follow the homerow practice? I type very quickly, and hardly ever need to press backspace. I usually only look when I type in 16 character passwords with alternating caps.
Sorry, I had to close the page after reading: "I'm not sure that it's possible to know how to code in as many programming languages as I do"<p>tldr: It's painfully apparent the author is getting too old to Keep Up and is taking that frustration out on newer technology. Retire already. No one uses gopher or typewriters anymore (for serious work), nor will they ever.