![]() ![]() The latest iA Writer – still sleek and efficient! Q&A: A brief history of iA Writer We speak to iA founder Oliver Reichenstein about what it takes to make a revolutionary writing app – and make sure its shine never fades. Oliver: I used to teach Microsoft Office and academic writing. I noticed students wasted too much time on formatting and playing with non-writing-related functions – and that I was no different. Most started by adjusting fonts and margins, typed a bit, deleted a bit, moved text around, and got caught in a loop of fumbling. The time spent thinking before and while writing was frighteningly low. Yet just as when we speak, we write much better when we think before and while we express ourselves.Īs a student, I bought a typewriter to see if it could help me focus while writing – and it did. There’s not much else you can do with a mechanical typewriter other than think about what words you want to form next. ![]() Restrictions can be surprisingly helpful! And because your fingers soon start to hurt when typing, that pushes you to find a good twist to successfully end a poorly written sentence. Years later, I felt it was time to see if something could be done about writing with computers.Īt first, we planned to create our own device – just for writing. In January 2010, as we were designing our ‘Writing Machine,’ the iPad came out. Overnight, our plan had become much more manageable. One issue of writing on a computer is constant distractions. The early iPad had a much more focused interaction model: one app at a time and no windows. We liked the iPad right away because it almost did what we’d thought up for the writing device. ![]()
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