On Wednesday 26 September 2007, you wrote: > Hal, I write too - though I'm a bit of a self-publisher since I > actually sell my work (see Piratefish.org for more detail there) and > I wanted the ability to write anywhere, as portably as possible.? The > I-Tech is nice because it's very low mass, and has zero footprint > until you use it.? It does have to rest on a flat surface, and, even > though it'll project a keyboard image on your ceiling 10 feet wide, > you can only type in the 5-8" in front of it, level with it's base.? > The only serious downfall is that serious touch-typists must look > down to re-align their hands from time to time as they might drift > without the feedback of reality, but that's about it. You mean the projected keyboard? I don't think I could use that. I need the tactile feedback, both the keys going up and down, and the feel of the key tops so I know my fingers are in the middle of a key, instead of hitting two keys. > I just want to be able to run a light-weight word processor or > perhaps Celtx on the thing, and carry it around anywhere.? I'd be at > home in Wordstar even (did I say that?) but it's the reliability that > I' worry about. When I'm in "creative" mode, I think completely differently than when I'm programming. I can't deal with complex command sequences or anything like that. I get lost in what I'm doing. Hal
