My Misguided Decade-Long Quest for the Perfect Keyboard

Don’t tell my fellow keyboard snobs what I use now.

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At some point, I internalized the marketing propaganda that the tools matter to getting the job done. I like doing work out in the yard and in what will one day be my garden — so I’ve really come to appreciate the weight and authority of my Rogue Hoes.

But my day job is to write things here at National Review. For that I need a computer and software. Ever since my first writing job gave me a Mac, I’ve used Macs and iPads, and I’ve become really attached to some of the software that’s exclusive to Macs. A few years ago, I started doing all my writing in a note-taking app called Bear.

Michael Brendan Dougherty

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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