Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day.
As a person with terrible handwriting, I love the computer. I've waited all my life for the computer.
I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word.
Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on.
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.
If I print something out, I just spend all my time trying to find where I've put it down.
I don't use a computer in writing at all. I'm sort of old-fashioned about it.
Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.