Steven Johnson: The computer has not made us substantially better writers, although I think it has made us in some ways more capable writers. He says the quality of thinking is different and he feels like when you're on a computer, I get lost in my own document. Johnson: To believe that if Matisse were only working on an iPad, there's just something constraining and do what you're doing anyway.
How do you express yourself when you're not sure what you want to say? What’s the number one way to get people to listen to you? And why are letters to advice columns always well-written? Plus: An update to the NSQ drinking game.