Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform

(handwritten.blog)

38 points | by emilesilvis 2 days ago

9 comments

  • rgovostes 3 minutes ago
    Ironically, "No feeds. No algorithms. No likes." reads like copy that is, well, not handwritten.
  • donut 20 minutes ago
    Reminds me of E. W. Dijkstra's digitized hand-written manuscripts:

    https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/index13xx.html

  • 2349pm 39 minutes ago
    Might be missing something but I expected a way to browse the blogs - maybe even a 'random blog' link!
  • vishnukvmd 11 minutes ago
    This is beautiful!
  • krehwell 24 minutes ago
    i really like this. my issue is usually i read while selecting so my eyes follow which unfortunately the website won't support
  • arlattimore 2 days ago
    Reminds me of tinyprojects.dev Paper Website project from 2021

    https://paperwebsite.com/

    • chrismorgan 24 minutes ago
      I was very disappointed, when that happened, that the paper aspect of it was purely at authoring time; that it was converted into text. This one gets it right, preserving the handwriting aspect.
    • emilesilvis 2 days ago
      Interesting, thanks for sharing.
  • altmanaltman 9 minutes ago
    Who is this for though?

    As a writer, a lot of times I am writing over 5,000 words in a single article. I can type at around 170 wpm but my wrist starts hurting the moment I write more than three pages in my journal. I also use a split ergonomic keyboard which helps my hands a lot. I also revise my writing heavily which is very hard to do with handwritten stuff.

    For readers, it will maybe be a novelty but I don't really see why anyone will prefer reading content that is handwritten since it has a lot of accessibility problems which are solved with proper typesetting.

    I could see the value if it was a collection of interesting notes or unique handwriting styles etc. But i don't think its usuable as a blogging platform imo

    • nextlevelwizard 2 minutes ago
      Blog posts don’t need to be 5000 words nor do you need to write them on one sitting (or under 30 minutes).

      For wrist fatigue having better paper and pen help a lot, but part of it is just using the muscles and not having a death grip.

      This being said I don’t like that this is hand writing with a device. It just isn’t the same as actual physical media.

  • cmbza 2 days ago
    Hi Emile

    I like the concept too. People are losing the ability to read handwritten letters and notes. I'm just curious, how does this all work? Can I simply take a photo of a page?

    • emilesilvis 2 days ago
      Hi cmbza - yes, you take a photo, which you can then upload through the site or email to a publish address.
  • brudgers 2 days ago
    Similar but for typists, https://onetypedpage.com/