Productivity is typing

Chip Sudderth, writing for Six Colors:

I realize that among iOS users, I’m an outlier in wanting support for pointing devices. But when I look at that cheap mouse I pair with my Nexus 7, I wish that Apple—having recently added extensibility features in iOS 8—might consider taking a chance on this formerly verboten concept and see what develops.

I haven't talked about what I use to write in a long time, but I liked this article a lot so I thought I'd add my two cents.

Depending on who you ask, I either need a lot to write, or not much. Here's my list of needs:

a real keyboard with actual keys
a computer with dropbox support
Scrivener

Here's what I don't need:

a large screen
a ton of power (I'm working with text)

Going by this, I found a perfect combination: A Dell Venue Pro 8 tablet, and a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard. The VP8 runs full Windows, so I can install Scrivener and Dropbox. I write in full-screen mode, and Scrivener works really well with a touch screen (Dell's stylus helps with the tiny tap-points). But when I want to get in there with a mouse, I can (bluetooth or USB). The screen is only 8" so I move to my 13" laptop for long editing sessions, but the Venue is a perfect writing machine.