Manual Typewriter vs. The Computer
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
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Hey Van, Are you a Beatles guy? If so are you a John guy? Or Paul guy? Also, talk about being left handed please. thanks.
Are you a Pink Floyd guy? Are... On second thought I'll end it there. Thanks
Get tall sizes, I'll buy one of each! Thanks for the content, Van!
Are ribbons a problem to find?
One Gen X-er to another - where does a body find a replacement typewriter ribbon these days?
Please, and thank you.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
I never knew how to type. Now, with this new knowledge, I will the next jjane austin
The irony in this typo
I think u a word there
Did Jane Austin write?
Absolute comedy gold.
This could get a thousand likes and still be an underrated comment.
As you were trying to describe what is meaningful in regards to your typewriter not needing electricity, I couldn’t help but guess that perhaps what you were trying to say is how you appreciate the independent, self-sufficient nature of a machine that doesn’t need any additional infrastructure. You just feed it paper and ink ribbons and it will just keep working. That’s spectacularly elegant. It’s not about the electricity, as though there’s something wrong with electricity. It’s about the elegance of an independent machine. Bicycles are like this. Skateboards. A chef’s knife. Most hand tools. They need nothing but for us to use them. No batteries to charge. No Wi-Fi required.
It’s an interesting contrast to NFTs. Right now an NFT is a potentially expensive “asset” that ceases to exist without electricity and servers and internet infrastructure. Super interesting tech, but it makes me appreciate that typewriter that will still work a hundred years from now if it’s taken care of.
This right here 👆🏼
Striking! I agree with your observation. It’s in a similar autonomous design that human beings are built as well. Capable of so much, and all we need is a little taking care of (food, etc. hah!)
The ultimate comment❤
There is something wrong with electricity. How it arrives and how it doesn't is out of ones control.
Also it prints by itself, your words exist in the physical world instead of some binary code inside a digital space.
I always appreciate your depth of thought. I hate writing at a computer, it never occurred to me that part of that is the distractions found on my computer.
we are too used to being distracted
You are so right
I can’t put into words the way your content makes me feel, and makes me think. There’s something about the detail, angle of attack, and depth of even your most “simple” thoughts, paired with your ability to teach and turn those thoughts into something tactile through video. You truly are a brilliant, spirited man who has taught me to look at life the same way, and have an appreciation for what most people would view passively, and as insignificant linear things. You’ve inspired projects for me that I would have otherwise never even attempted, or wanted to take the time to learn. As an addict in a life long battle with recovery, you have to have outlets. You have to have things to put your entire mind into, and be fully involved in. I can honestly say you’ve had a major hand in helping me explore and experience these new outlets of mine. I’m very, VERY grateful for your channel, and your mind because of it. For that, Van, I truly deeply thank you 🙏🏼
Wish i knew of channels in the same genre!
I like sneako for thought provoking content myself, but i like to know other channels too!
Sneako? Really....@@outtellect
Gun-makers like Remington had an advantage getting into typewriter manufacturing as they came to prevalence. Makes sense that the same mechanical feel translates. Similar part sizes and levels of precision. The "Smith" of Smith-Corona started as a gun-maker.
There's a funny joke there about the pen being mightier than the sword... but I can't think of it. Maybe I need a typewriter!
type writers and guns what a great connection firing off ideas and bullets
Ahhhhh the Smith of Smith & Wesson, huh? :)
As I'm watching this video I'm realizing that I've never used a typewriter. I'm 24 and my parents have one laying around their house. I'd thought about trying it in the past but, as you said in your opening remarks, it has become a symbol for pretentious hipsters. Anyways, I'll fire it up and see how it goes.
How’d it go?
How did it go?
RIP anhudy was never seen again after using the typewriter
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One of my earliest memories is the sound of a typewriter every week. It could often be heard in the evenings while going to sleep. Dad was a minister, and each week meant a new sermon.
I fucking love this level of attention to detail, and what it results in, namely the way Van’s voice comes across. #1 is everything. Imagine how that philosophy must affect your entire outlook on life.
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I use a typewriter or I hand write everything. I do a lot of writing and that’s always my first draft. The biggest upside is that my mistakes are captured. It allows me to clarify my thoughts and there are no distractions, which have often arisen as a need for me to find more information about something. Instead I’m forced to make a permanent, written note of it and have no cognitive dissonance ability in denying my previous thought. It literally helps me to analyze my critical thinking and thought “errors.”
I also took some speed writing classes years ago. It’s a lost “art.” I recommend it to everyone. It completely changed how my brain intakes/translates information, and forever changed my handwriting.
Talking about a typewriter seems dull, until the spirited man elevates it to something that triggers intellectual curiosity. Thank you, Van!
Your videos are so human. It’s so hard to find these days and it’s appreciated
I agree. We need more of it.
An excellent way to usher in the gift giving season! I'm proud to support you in your journey!
Yes! - Certainty of thought and commitment to ideas.
I grew up writing papers on a typewriter before computers. I went back to college in my 30's and took a class called "Writing About Art". I had not written a paper in nearly 20 years. I waited until the morning it was due to write it. I sat down and wrote the entire paper from beginning to end (in a word processor) and turned it in with no revisions or editing. The professor said it was the best paper she had ever received and wanted to use it as an example of the perfect paper for that particular assignment, and asked me to talk about my writing process with the class. I told her I had no process - I just wrote with certainty because my formative writing years were before computers, handing in last minute papers, and they just had to be right the first time - with fully formed ideas, organized in proper sequence. The permanence and commitment to the word that typing gave me I will always value, above any editing or revision possibilities. Say what you have to say, and don't say what you don't - and no matter what - buy what you are selling.
The way this is edited (or not edited) is brilliant! Makes the video feel so alive and well rounded! Like the typewriter! 🤯
absolutely agree. that flow of what you are doing, no matter what it is. playing piano, painting, sitting down and just typing what you are thinking. all physical single purpose machines can be such an extension into connection. you are literally capturing your voice as it comes out in a conversation with someone on the street. love the videos, love what youve done with your time. thanks for doing it.
I relate to the anger. I got this Remington “quiet riter” to help process some trauma through writing. The intimacy alone with this typewriter and the solid foundation. When I get to memories that anger me I just go. My keyboard can’t handle that lol. But it also humbles me. Makes me slow down. Think on the spot.
This is easily your best video. Simply because you are giving us your real point of view, your unperfect and incomplete metaphors of what a material experience becomes meaningful to you. Thank you.
love the work you're doing, this is going to inspire many people, including myself, to write more authentically
The way you take pause, because you can’t put your feelings/experience/thoughts into words, I respect that, I go through it a-lot I have words in my head that can solve the issues or arguments i have politely but I just can’t express them in words.
Thank you, I’ve tried to watch so many RUclipsrs and was always left with a sense of you could have done it this way. You did. Thnx xoxo
all week waiting for an upload from you, really excited when the notification appears
I just got a 60s portable type writer this past summer and love it for all the reasons you said. My friends and I built this huge fort in a park by our house, and it’s always great to bike down there and type out anything.
Incredible video. You made me remember joys of analog technology I had long forgotten. Not many people could make such profound and concise cases for the advantages of a typewriter.
Inspiring,
I was failing at some small projects on Friday, attention to detail was off and basically the projects failed.
I need to learn to plan better, better attention to detail and slow down.
I just love the quality in what you do Van, it helps me focus my thoughts. 🙌🏻
i kind of like this stream of cosciousness type cadence of video, just as much as the deliberate way your spirited man stuff is delivered
I got to say I love your videos, your awesomeness and you willing to stay committed to your lifestyle!
Always watch your videos in their entirety because they are so thought provoking. Even if I don't always agree with all of them you always make some damn good points. Keep them coming.
I LOVE the idea of starting an idea on a type writer and using a computer to expanding on it, forcing you to focus purely on the idea and nothing else
#1. “It captures your voice” for the win. That’s huge. I stumbled into this recently with Google docs. As I was dumping stuff out of my head. Rediscovered my voice in the process. But I had lacked the epiphany until watching this video. Thank you! Insightful as ever! Keep it up! :)
Writing with a typewriter "Captures your voice" I love that analogy! It put how I feel about this into language...thank you!
Back in the 90s my family owned a typewriter and I always had fun pressing the keys since the weight of the keys and the force it gives when it hits the carbon film and paper felt like pebbles dropping. The nostalgia it brings back makes this fulfilled man happy about the old days, thank you for such the nostalgia trip Van, this spirited man has amused this fulfilled man!
Nice! I have at home a fully functional Underwood No. 5 from my great grandmother, I've never done any maintenance apart from cleaning and it works flawlesly
You have the greatest voice. Especially when you’re excited about something. It’s fantastic.
I used an old typewriter for all my college papers, this was ...maybe 10, 11 years ago. Instructors were not happy, but they could not deny the work either. LOVED this video.
This is a refreshing video. It parallels some of my thinking. I thank you!!!
Why is Van sitting on 422K subscribers for so long he is absolutely FANTASTIC he should be over a million by now! Now as for the typewriter i hope i kept mine from back in the 80's when i was a teenager
Loved it buddy!
I love the pureness of your videos.
welcome back from the abyss. your content has always been inspirational
Glad your brother got his stuffs back yall stay safe on the crazy coast
I now have a typewriter because of binging your content. I'm excited to start using it for writing my scripts for my content.
Whatever helps Van create his great art is a good thing. I really enjoy his videos.
I love your words, spirited man!
I try to write and the computer takes my mind elsewhere. This makes sense but I just don't know if I could do it. I'm in love with the backspace key. Guess I'll keep my eye out. Thanks for these "workshop" style videos. You are helping me to think more about the creative process and perhaps I can learn something, rather make my own videos more compelling. Appreciate it very much. Neil
#5 The impact typesetting. I keep a modern impact printer for this exact reason. A "typed" letter has a certain feel to it and has a tendency not to hit the waste bucket quickly.
OMG love the low tech spell check on the top of your Corona. Mahalo for sharing! : )
I always love finding someone who appreciates Smokey.
I got an A in high school typing class (gives you an idea how long ago it was) by fixing typewriters. I didn't learn to type until years later using Mavis Beacon.
your videos are awesome and subjects you talk about. 👏
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing it. ✌️
just bought a typewriter, my feelings are exactly the same. Great video!
Plus 10 for the Smokey Yunick reference! Love your channel
I’m just seeing this after call the typewriter a “no going back machine” on a comment on a different video. I love that aspect of the typewriter. It makes you press onward past mistakes and keeps your thought coherent. It kills perfectionism and built my ability to value what is rather than what “should” be. Love my typewriter even though I let it collect dust too often.
I’ve had an Olympia SM4 for about two years now. The thing I like about writing by hand or with my typewriter is that it’s way too easy to edit what you’re writing on computer. It’s a simple click or highlight away with your mouse, and that means you are more likely to go back and change what you barely just wrote and constantly second guess yourself. And that constant premature editing kills any chance of you making progress with what you’re writing. You’ll never make it past just a few pages despite spending hours and hours working.
Writing by hand or typewriting forces you to be more accepting of your voice and your first draft. Your first draft is always going to suck, accept that. You can always go back later and highlight things you want to edit or completely rewrite. But now you’re going to actually be pumping out pages and be much more efficient with your time and energy. Once you’ve gotten to a place you’re happy with, then you can break out the computer to transcribe everything so you can have a digital copy to send to people and make quick changes during your final editing passes.
When I was young kid I was enamoured by typewriters but every time I typed a mistake I’d want to start over. Didn’t take long for me to give up. Started journaling on my iPad and free flow of thought and words. This video finishes my conclusion. This is the way.
The pencil does the “voice” thing for me- I wrote my best essays with a fresh Ticonderoga. ✔️Great video.
One of the best videos ever about the creative process
We are about the same age Van, I am new to you and your channel. We can thank Casey for that. I sold my Royal manual typewriter back in 1991 when I graduated high school and started computing on a Mac Se lol This year I purchased a 1961 Smith Corona for traveling. I am a songwriter and to me a song is not done until it is typed up. I am also a percussionist and I do miss the physical sensation of typing on a manual. Being a bit of a spirited man myself I had to repair the the unit as the carriage was frozen etc. There is something romantic and intriguing about the relationship between mind, hands, ears and eyes that nothing but a manual typewriter can satiate. Keep up the good work man, you and your time are appreciated. And keep being prolific as it is a sign of the making of a master. I am glad you and your brother have such a cool relationship and share so many unique qualities that I can only say are/should be highly sought after in today's world. CP PS I will be taking much of what you share and incorporating it in my own life, photography and videography. A deep heartfelt Thank you from myself as well!
thank you spirited man!
Awesome, awesome video!!
I bought the same one at a garage sale. Still have to get it repaired. I have happy childhood memories visiting my aunt and typing on her well-used Corona.
My spirit needed this today.
Totally get it! 😁 Your awesome! 😊🙏
What I gathered from this is not that I should buy a typewriter, but that I should delete, remove my backspace button.
Your mind fascinates me.
I’ve recently started writing myself and I've found it extremely liberating starting on paper. Tho I don't have a typewriter as of now I wish that I at some point can get such a screenless device.
Thanks for the great inspiration you bring to my mind. I hope to work with you one day. Greetings from Denmark.
Fascinating video... might consider buying one.
Just the notification along saying Van has uploaded a new video makes my day..
I got the new shirt! Great vid as always Van!
It's captures your voice...loved it.
It reminds me so much about the feeling I have about working my manual Nikon fm2n film camera.
Very cool. Took me back, like way back. I didn't work on anything that old, but I remember summers, working with my dad, I was like 7, going around to schools and helping him service typewriters. There were actual typing rooms, filled with desks and typewriters and nothing else. He would repair the broken parts and I would clean the keys and the rollers and replace the ribbons. That is one of very few fond memories that I have of my dad and I.
That contraption to roll down seamless backgrounds looks pretty great. 👏🏽
The finish is most likely japanning. It’s also found on hand tools made between 1850ish and mid 1900s ish. Super durable.
You are brilliant, on point number one, I get what you are saying
Felt off the cuff, nice. I loved it 👌
You're my new favorite RUclipsr :)
Thinking about reason #1 and - it seems to me, what you like about the type writer is that there is a larger barrier to editing. On a computer (or even as I write this on my phone) it’s super simple to back space fix typos re read and overall edit my voice where as with the type writer - you can’t - it captures ‘your essence’ in a more natural way - wondering if I hit the mark with this thought or missed completely - love the vids keep ‘em coming!!
Thanks four your point of view. Much appreciated.
I have another reason to use a typewriter, but I understand it is a bit unusual, so by sharing, hope it to be a worthy contribution: learn another language. Since you have to make an effort not to be mistaken, you really put your mind into the order of letters and words. In my case it is modern Greek. If you need a new challenge, it is not a small one. Thanks a lot for your videos and please keep on.
Love this!
Something a lot of people won’t think of is a type writer, much like writing a letter, forces your grammar and spelling to be better. We are so accustomed to texting and writing on computers that will auto correct everything. Sometimes, I personally will get lazy knowing I can type something spelled incorrectly and it’ll be fixed for me. I majored in English and have found myself slacking since texting became so prevalent.
I loved the thumbnail, you really nailed it
Awesome content. Top Notch 10/10
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I learned to typewrite when I was 12 years old. I may as well be torn between two lovers. I had my first student portable typewriter which was an Underwood Olivetti Lettera 32, until it was stolen out of my first apartment in 1977. Today [in 2023], I have a microcomputer on which I keyboard since 2002. I could write numerous advantages, but you know them like a typewriter buff. The one time the microcomputer captures your voice is if you concentrate on the shows as shown on RUclips. Happy Keyboarding!
I own two typewriters and agree with everything you said. I love them!
I love your spell checker on top of your typewriter.
9:10, "you learn that you don't need to go back, you don't need to delete your words, but build and develop them'
Thanks for sharing
@Van Neistat pure gold Sir - “Captures your voice”. Totally wouldn’t have thought of that. Going to do my best to stop using the delete, no, the highlight cut and retyping. I am going to stop using the delete key. I am deleting my delete button. Thank you @Van Neistat
Man, i love this video. I have to buy a typewriter now.
Nothing beats simplicity, reliability and versatility of a simple pen & paper. Hemingway first wrote by hand and then transcribed it using typewriter, giving him an extra chance to edit. I love the final point of capturing your true voice, but if your writings are published online, unfortunately there is just no place for a typewriter. If Hemingway would've lived in today's age, I bet he would've used pen & paper for writing and laptop for editing and publishing.
I think you're missing the point. The process here is the point. Not the end product. It's the process which is the end product. People don't listen to vinyl because it sounds better despite what they like to tell you. They are attributing (projecting) a kind of magic on the record player which in turn informs their experience.
I would listen to audiobooks n things by you. top tier voice.
Love the videos!! I think a mechanical keyboard with cherry blue switches would make you like typing on a computer a little bit more. It's not a typewriter, but it's definitely more fun than a apple keyboard.
For me the tactile sensation creates an effect almost like a synchronizers in a transmission, making my thoughts flow smoothly rather than jamming like up like debris in a pump line might. I learned to type on an Olivette Plat 45. At my last job I frequently used a SMC Glaxii 2 for typing certain reports since it also had a de-stressing effect when I'd be bordering on an overload.
this channel is a godsend.
Ah, I had to make the exact same single/double space repair on my Imperial 70. I hadn't thought of using a spring though - that I am going to do. The Imperial 70 is a big old iron horse - a Gatling gun of a British machine made circa 1960. A wonderful piece of engineering.
Great insight.
Smokey Yunick is a very apt example of a spirited man.
Prescient observations proclaiming those tactile delights gained using a manual typewriter. I called it the speed of mind, the same as your speed of thought, aptly isolating the singular feature responsible for clever, tasty writing.
Took typing for two years in middle school. I hated going to that class. Years later I loved that I took those classes. It prepared me to type fast on my computers.
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