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Back to the grind
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@Kroc Hi Kroc, thanks for your writing - enjoyed Nomad so far, it’s an interesting concept you’re developing, I look forward to the rest of the story! It’s great that you’re using proper distraction-free tools; I miss my Psion 3c. The epub was fine on iOS, and I also ran it through a narrator app to listen to it while walking.
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@Kroc Hi Kroc, thanks for your writing - enjoyed Nomad so far, it’s an interesting concept you’re developing, I look forward to the rest of the story! It’s great that you’re using proper distraction-free tools; I miss my Psion 3c. The epub was fine on iOS, and I also ran it through a narrator app to listen to it while walking.
@M0CUV THANK YOU. I haven't had much confirmation that people are actually reading it, lol. I hadn't thought about TTS before, what app is it you're using?
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@M0CUV THANK YOU. I haven't had much confirmation that people are actually reading it, lol. I hadn't thought about TTS before, what app is it you're using?
@Kroc I saw what you were doing, and (being a bit busy) didn’t read the ongoing posts of content, anticipating a more complete version. I started reading the preview epub in the iOS Books app, which rendered it fine (your effort on format conversion paid off) - but most of my non-technical reading gets done when walking my dog so I fed the preview into Éist (non-subscription) - it’s imperfect in some places, but I think that’s its fault, not your epub’s. TTS is hugely imperfect.
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I wanted one of those, couldn't afford it though.
Try to find one now
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@Kroc Every time I see one of these I truly wish I'd ever been able to have one. These days I need something more modern, but I would have killed to have had one of these back in the day...
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@Kroc Every time I see one of these I truly wish I'd ever been able to have one. These days I need something more modern, but I would have killed to have had one of these back in the day...
@nazokiyoubinbou @Kroc I actually used one in my last two years of university. Before I was using an Apple Newton, but this was quite a pain at an unpleasant place.
The battery was holding up for ages, the keyboard was practical and I was writing a lot of homework, papers etc. on it. Definitely a milestone in computer history! -
@nazokiyoubinbou @Kroc I actually used one in my last two years of university. Before I was using an Apple Newton, but this was quite a pain at an unpleasant place.
The battery was holding up for ages, the keyboard was practical and I was writing a lot of homework, papers etc. on it. Definitely a milestone in computer history! -
@bonkers @littlealex @nazokiyoubinbou Have you seen #PocketMage? https://pocketmage.org/ He solves the latency issue by using a small OLED to display the ‘current line’ when typing. It’s a clever device but I wish the screen were wider
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@bonkers @littlealex @nazokiyoubinbou Have you seen #PocketMage? https://pocketmage.org/ He solves the latency issue by using a small OLED to display the ‘current line’ when typing. It’s a clever device but I wish the screen were wider
@Kroc @littlealex @nazokiyoubinbou looks nice, never heard of it.
The reaction time is not bad, I'd say. I haven't tried any serious writing yet, but it shows itself pretty nicely in tests.
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@Kroc that’s an incredible keyboard for a mobile device.
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@Kroc The stylus is stuck in mine. But the keyboard is awesome.
Runs off 2 AA batteries, and has a serial port.
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@Kroc that’s an incredible keyboard for a mobile device.
@benjamineskola @Kroc I've got two (the one that got me through uni and an eBay spare) say waiting for me to replace their guts with something a little more modern... The quality of engineering in there is amazing though
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@Kroc Every time I see one of these I truly wish I'd ever been able to have one. These days I need something more modern, but I would have killed to have had one of these back in the day...
@nazokiyoubinbou @Kroc sniff, yeah I loved my Psion 3, until I left it in a hotel room and never found it again.
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@Kroc We have 3d printers, SoCs, OLEDs and orderable switches. Where are the products?
oops there they are: https://nerdculture.de/@bonkers/116483156961842289 https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116483216416855524
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@Kroc We have 3d printers, SoCs, OLEDs and orderable switches. Where are the products?
oops there they are: https://nerdculture.de/@bonkers/116483156961842289 https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116483216416855524
@dichotomiker No comparison I’m afraid. As much as I love to see new palmtop devices available (#PocketMage hasn’t even shipped yet), there’s still nothing that comes close to the Psion, both in terms of hardware or software. Nobody is seriously going to write a book on a PocketMage with a membrane keyboard. I _am_ writing a book on the #Psion however, in the here and now, not in future promises.
Trust me, I want an affordable, open, palmtop writing platform more than most but it’s still an issue of design and intent before we even get to the hardware. A complete replacement for the Psion is still several years away.
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@Kroc how old is this machine back in Russia the calculators used to be the size of our main frames and you would line up to use one
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Before I set up #Patreon, are there any recommended platforms to do similar that are less... US-based...?
@Kroc ooh, excuse for a political economy infodump! The short version is that under Bush II and Obama, the USA took control over international electronic payments to 'fight terrorism' (and let Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Stripe collect rents). The EU is undermining that but right now the crowdfunding services like liberapay, subscribestar, and ghost are wrappers around a few American financial services companies. 1/2.
