Since learning GESS #shorthand <https://aartaka.me/gess.html> I’ve started writing more #Russian. The system is designed for Russian, and using it for #English (which I tended to keep my notes in) is lossy and cumbersome (despite being well possible!)
Maybe I’ll pick some fancy Russian words back even.
Finally working on - testing out - a phonemic version of my #korthic #shorthand
Based on Shavian phonemes.
It’s slow going to get my 🧠 to spell phonetically, but not as bad as i feared.
Hey y’all, I have a fun rarity to share! #Armenian #shorthand system / book from 1888! While the system is quite bad, it’s a nice historic dive. Go read and learn something: https://aartaka.me/arm-shorthand-1888.html
This is also my first post with fully non-linear narrative. All the sections, except for intro and outro are shuffled randomly and read as isolated units. Try reloading to re-shuffle!
So, after reviewing this #Armenian #stenography book (by Mkhitaryan congregation of Venice,) I come to conclusion that the system it describes is too brittle and unergonomic, especially compared to GESS <https://aartaka.me/gess.html> or Gregg #shorthand. I guess I’ll stick with GESS. And steal some of the signs from this Armenian Mkhitaryan system where using #Russian GESS for #English is too inflexible.
Anyway, if you’re into this stuff, contact me privately and a totally legal copy of the unique 1888 Armenian stenography book (an entertaining read, at least!) might appear on your machine 😉
I’m torn. I want to learn #shorthand #writing. But the choice is hard:
• I mainly write English, so something explicitly English works best. Like Gregg shorthand.
• But then, I also want to stay closer to conventionality of longhand, so Forkner? (Having started it, I discovered that it still strays too far from longhand and is rather a bulkier version of Gregg.)
• And I’m still Russian, so I have a lingering doubt that maybe I should rather learn (Sokolov’s) GESS #stenography, because Russian is (arguably) phonetically more expressive than English. And who knows, maybe I’ll start writing more Russian someday?
• Actually, is there a universal-ish phonetic shorthand system? Something like #Shavian, but shorthand?
AAAAAAAAAAAAA, why is it so hard to choose????
Another rabbit hole for fun, #shorthand .
Who can still write in Pitman?
In the 19th century court reporters/Hansard stenographers needed about 120 - 160 wpm shorthand top ones could manage 200wpm. At least 120 wpm typing.
My efforts were abysmal, achieved 50 wpm shorthand to pass a very basic exam but rapidly lost speed and never needed it for work. Only remember ' Dear Sir" nowadays.
So if I move to #Gregg #shorthand for my writing, #Kaktovik numbers for calculations, start using a Commonplace book and physical #Zettelkasten notes, will I have any chance against digitized workflows’ speed? I actually want to try that life to see how far computerless life can get one.
Spreadsheets on paper anyone? Abstracting numeric operations by remembering the graphics of them (reminds me of the #APL #ACM paper by Iverson?)
Haul from the "local" used book shop…
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Artyom Bologov
masukomi
David Coombe
DragonFlame
HowToPhil (Phillip R)
harriehq