Thats the Freewrite Traveler experience.

No frills, no gimmicks.

Dumbing It Back Down

Its strange to have a laptop thats dumber than my phone.

The Freewrite word processor sitting on a wooden table.

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Its taken a couple of usability shortcuts to get to where it is, though.

It hasnt so far, but its keyed in on some insecurities I didnt know I had.

Naturally, I had to try the Traveler out.

The Freewrite word processing device.

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Ive put about 13,000 words through the Traveler this week, including the first draft of this piece.

In it, he recommends doing your first drafts as quickly and stupidly as is humanly possible.

The Traveler could not be more perfectly designed for that approach.

You go straight through to the end or yougo home,the Traveler says.

Its a handy gadget to have lying around.