Comments on: Qwerty

By: Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:24 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Dear Anonymous,

Have you found that experience more enjoyable than typing?

Kind regards,

Gareth

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:27:13 +0000

I’ve actually been writing by hand more of late, especially since I bought a tablet with good handwriting input.

By: Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:44:30 +0000

In reply to stuartrmealor.

Dear Stuart,

Oh interesting. The value of writing being fundamental to our sense of self identity, our own style of writing that we develop when we’re growing up. To become almost an artform that is unique.

Since writing the article its made me notice that I still write notes on post-its and notebooks as the fastest medium to describe something to somebody when you’re face to face. Such as C pointers to an array of byte sized characters in memory as I was doing the other day.

Kind regards,

Gareth

By: Gareth Barnard

Gareth Barnard — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:37:48 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Dear Anonymous,

Thank you for your reply. I scanned though the research article and it goes into quite a bit of depth. It seems to me that its indicating that the more we engage our brain in the process of learning (by writing) then that helps with retention of the knowledge. I returned to university in my late thirties and resurrected the same note hand written taking process that I’d used previously, which I now understand from what you’ve said has helped to reinforce the learning. Oddly I’ve never found revision for me as effective. The retention being the memory of the lecture / practical itself.

Kind regards,

Gareth

By: stuartrmealor

stuartrmealor — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:39:51 +0000

I often feel the same.
90% of my writing used to be within emails, and 10% in Apple Notes, lol.
But as I’ve got two young children I find myself writing a lot more, with them, and for them, to help them develop their skills.
And this experience has certainly reminded my how important and useful actual writing is !

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:14:44 +0000

Personally the written word was how I successfully got through university. I returned to study in my late forties, and found writing down my lecture notes was the best way for me to retain knowledge. I didn’t know it at the time, but later read about research on the process of writing and how it engages your brain in scripting the letters into words, and the benefits to retaining knowledge. Here is a 2025 research article, The Neuroscience Behind Writing: Handwriting vs Typing – Who Wins the Battle? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/ – a bit long, but gives a good insight into the neural benefits of handwriting.