Using a Pen Display for the non-Artist

Using Digital Pens Series, Episode 3

This video discusses the concept for why a non-artist should get a digital pen display. I choose Wacom Cintiq because it is a device I bought. Wacom is also (to the best of knowledge) the best at what they do.

The difference between this and a 2 in 1 with digital pen input (e.g. Microsoft Surface/ iPad with Apple Pencil) is the fact that you can connect to any computer. You will have the ability to upgrade performance by upgrading your computer down the line. You will also be able to use your operating system of choice. Clearly mobility will be an issue.

Using an Apple-made OS for the first time as a daily driver, and who knows maybe as a primary device!

Let us see how this experiment is going to go!
Unboxing the iPad Pro 2020 and Apple Pencil coupled with using the first gen Apple Pencil with a 2018 iPad – I will make my final verdicts on which digital pen technology is the best, and then make my recommendations.

Stay tuned!

Using Digital Pens Series Premiers

INTRO

There are many online reviews about digital pens, whether called a stylus, a digitizer, an active pen or other. Those reviews are geared towards artists and graphics professionals or enthusiasts. Some of my favorite channels are: Brad Colbow, Paperless X, Ali Abdaal, MobileTechReview, and many more that I will refer to in time. HOWEVER: We, the note takers, students, teachers, doctors, engineers, and arguably other professionals have other needs, some partially or not addressed, and others come with hefty price tags. This is a niche review series about optimizing workflow, and productivity especially in what pertains to an active and on-the-go professional. We will discuss the compromises and the pinpoints, that I argue should not exist in 2020 or later. All with the concept of a pen as the center of discussion. Lets go on a journey of personal experience, the history behind the technology, the unexplored demand, review the current technology and the shortcomings in the ‘sector’ (if you can call it a sector).

New Surface Pro? New Surface Book? & and a New Macbook Pro in One Week!

I am waiting for the 26th and the 27th of October 2016. It should be fun to get out of my ICU shifts and look forward to two events in two consecutive dates …

Microsoft and Apple are now making the most reliable user-friendly hardware optimized for their proprietary software (Windows and Mac Os)

The Surface Pro pen

I owned Surface pro since generation one. I used tablet pcs before surface pro. I loved Wacom…

I am having a serious problem with Microsoft. I love the surface pen; I can’t live without it, but I am about to go nuts using the third gen and to a lesser degree the fourth gen!

Suffering through the short hover distance of the pro 3 pen, with its jagged lines, its need for repeated calibrations, batteries running out quickly, loud clicking noises as well as an extremely slippery pen!!

The pro 4 pen: relief of course, but you know what? Not for so long:

with extended use, I was beginning to go mad again. It is: heavy and causes my hand to fatigue after a while, still has a small hover distance, which means while writing and removing the pen to start a new line, it could easily stop rejecting my palm and press all kinds of things! It still ocassionally writes jagged lines. Sometimes is too sensitive that it writes without actually touching the screen (a problem also encountered with the third gen pen, and the only way to fix it is to remove the pen’s battery or restart the surface!)

Microsoft, I have been loving your products over the past few years, and the pen is extremely important to me… so PLEASE get it right (or go back to using Wacom!).

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iPad Pro?? I don’t believe a mobile system is good enough for any kind of real productivity… but I still love the concept 🙂 Can’t wait to get my hand on one and tryout the Apple Pencil!