One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done even worse if they'd been on a laptop screen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The laptop brings back a more seamless kind of learning.
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
I type everything on my computer. I carry a writer's notebook everywhere, in case I am struck by an idea. I forget things unless I write them down. I'm planning to learn how to dictate into my cellphone; I think that will be very helpful, too.
Seven years ago, in my first semester at college, the professors handed out MacBook Pros. With mine, I filmed a seven-minute tutorial on 'natural makeup' - just me, my laptop, and a cup of coffee. When, a week later, it clocked 40,000 Web views, I knew people were connecting with it, so I kept going. That moment changed my life.
My entire learning process is slow, because I have no visual memory.
People are good at intuition, living our lives. What are computers good at? Memory.
I'm not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that's how I do it.
I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It's a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming.
I had never seen a computer when I went to college.
During my long study sessions in the library, I found myself watching YouTube videos during study breaks.
No opposing quotes found.