Why Zerowriter Ink? Why Open Source?
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- $199 on Crowd Supply: www.crowdsuppl...
You can get this e-paper typewriter with mechanical keyboard and built-in battery on Crowd Supply.
Why Zerowriter Ink, and why should you care about open source projects? Because open is good. When you buy something from ANY company, you shouldn't have to worry about it becoming a brick. By keeping things open, your device will continue to be supported, no matter what happens to me (but hopefully nothing happens to me!)
Even if you don't code and will never tinker with your device, there's tons of power in knowing that others are out there and capable of keeping electronics going.
There's privacy and security in open code. Because the community itself will know exactly what the code is doing, why, and when. There's nothing sneaky going on behind the scenes -- your data, your text, your stories -- they are all safer with an open source device. This should be our normal.
In this video, I demonstrate one single feature I came up with and implemented while on vacation. It's a bit hacky for now, as I haven't developed it out very much, but this video is to showcase how developers will be able to customize the Zerowriter Ink to do things I haven't thought about or considered.
Wouldn't life be better with more open technology? - Наука та технологія
One day I will find an eink typewriter that can do LaTeX
@@phosphor3617 LaTeX is a plain text markdown-like system, right? Generates style from plain text? Could definitely be done with ZW
Or maybe they’re asking for a LaTeX preview mode?
@@TomCarlson yeah - also totally doable. latex, fountain, markdown - all could be implemented. Previews as well.
@@ZeroWriter That’s the magic of open source. Still need to find someone to implement it, but it doesn’t have to be you.
Yep. I will instantly buy or build this if a two-screen variant was supported well enough.
First-love the philosophy. Feels like a collaborative, artistic take on empowering fellow artists and encouraging collaboration. So proud to have contributed to the Crowd Supply and so grateful to have found your work early on to see it blossom, I hope you are proud and feel how much value you are bringing to so many people.
Second-love the new note feature you implemented for yourself! This is the sort of thing that I need in a device like this-a sort of second pane for other info, as I’m constantly referencing something and either split screen for separate files or some sort of pane system like this for persistent notes is so excellent to see. Keep up the great work, hooray!
@@BrianJones-wk8cx thanks so much for the kind words! Excited to get a device to you.
I backed it. Very smart to go opensource.
@@AnthonyPafford thank you!
This is a brilliant idea and makes me even more happy to back. I work now with an alphasmart and I use another file or a piece of paper for the notes but this is much better
@@andreasfiligoi yea, exactly :) will continue to improve it as I’m writing a lot this month
Cool cyberdeck template. I'd love a version with something like a pi zero W inside that boots to a full terminal. That'd also make thousands of terminal apps available that are perfect for writing, like vim or nano.
check out the pi zero projects on my channel, or the micro journal project!
Hmm. I'm realizing how nice this would be for me with a bigger display and having it run NeoVim. I like writing code without an IDE and doing it in the sun would be fantastic. I don't mind the slow display updates and not needing/able to compile and test might help me just keep going and leave fixing things until the end.
An old school 80 character width e-ink screen would be kinda awesome
Because Open-Source is Amazing! Legitimately Makes the World Go Round.
Well Done Sir!
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like one of the old-school 90s word processors.
Ooh, it uses ESP32. I'm currently writing an OS for 32 bit microcontrollers. I might have to get one of these to port it to.
@@nix-consulting yea -esp32-wroom :)
@@ZeroWriter I'm trying to create an easy to create zero code programming system that uses diagrams. ESP32 is one of my intended targets :-)
Is your OS open source?
@@esra_erimez not yet. At the moment, it is in a fledgling state, and because of its unconventional nature, making it open source before it is understood would be like handing over a gifted toddler to be looked after by gangsters.
The sad thing about programmers is that most are young males, full of testosterone who would be charging off over the horizon, adding new features before the baby can walk.
One of my primary principles behind this system is to fight against, what I deem to be the greatest ailment of modern day software... the update race.
Spellcheck? Spellcheck.
It's a little painful to see your fingers while you type, just alternating hooked and straightened fingers all across, i imagine my ring finger would get tired after a while 😅
@@PixelSubstream hahah I type very weird while under camera 🥲
That's great, but can't you just go back and check the previous pages, as you would do with more conventional typing?
@@ivanzapryanov8146 yeah - you can go back and review, but on a small screen, sometimes it is many, many pages away. this keeps me out of reviewing so much
Why must the coolest things only have backing periods when I can’t quite afford them? Will this be available after the crowdfunding, and if so, any guesses as to how much?
@@SummerSaysSo no worries! Backers will get theirs soonest, but it will be available afterwards for $30-50 more.
@@ZeroWriter awesome, thank you!
i think it could be nice if it has a case or folding mechanism
God I want that thing with neovim.
Looks so no frills and basic; but key point is long battery life.
It looks cool
Second screen to pull up notes?
You need to turn up your audio levels on your mix.
@@EnlightenedSavage good call. I’ll re-upload soon
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Put emacs on this thing and it will solve all your issues
@@JohnSmith-lc1ml there’s no OS / Linux on this device - maybe there is an eMacs that runs on ESP32 but it would be tight
@@ZeroWriter Hmm without an OS it would be a lot harder but emacs was designed to run on very old computers so im sure some retro nerd will find a way to get it running. I just thought it would be good because of the powerful keybindings and ability to switch between multiple mods like writing, nav , org etc
If you're kidding, then this is very funny. Emacs is a great OS, but it lacks a decent text editor
Great video, and I love the product, but the music you added is so annoying that I am afraid to buy the product. Will I have to get a headache from the damn background music every time I watch a video telling me how to ste something up or fix something?
@@ChrisSmith-rm6xl 😬 I think I’ll reupload - this music track got much louder when uploaded