The Twitter bandwagon suffers from the easiness and immediacy that it provides. It’s easy to throw a quick thought into the ether, but sitting down to write a blog post or essay requires at least a couple hours of quality time, which may be hard to come by. We do the easy thing first and hope that maybe we’ll have time for the longer form later. Although actually it tends to be the opposite for me. I can’t think short if my life depends on it. So blogging is a better fit for me than tweeting.

And unfortunately I find that doing the same thing on paper requires a finger dexterity and a mind process that I no longer possess. I’m so used to editing myself electronically, I no longer know how to trust my thoughts to let them flow onto the finality of paper. I can’t decide whether this is good or bad. I do like the traditional aspect and romanticism of paper, but I find it so much easier to work out my thoughts on a computer.