The Endangered Pen Holder
Technology is advancing rapidly in today's modern
society, and convention items are being replaced by newer, flasher, better,
multi-capable objects. The faithful pen holder is now at risk from this
advancement.
Right from the invention of the typewriter pen
holders became at risk. Why write out something that could instead be typed in
even, neat handwriting? Thankfully these typewriters were expensive, and in
most cases it was faster and easier just to write it, so the penholder was full
of plenty of pens.
Then the coloured pencils started being sold in
packets that were perfect for holding the pencils, and even came with a pencil
sharpener slot. After this idea, many pen holders became filled with only plain
pencils and pens.
The computer made a big difference as people
could type everything easily and print it quickly. With the typed craze
sweeping through, the poor pencils and pens were demoted.
Then came the internet. The life changing, era
starting world-wide web where anybody can send a message to anybody else and
have them receive it in under a second. Everything went online, and pens and
pencils were used even less.
The newest addition to the anti-pen holder
technology is the invention of iPads, iPod touches and other touch devices
where people can just write with their bare hands, not needing pencils or pens.
Applications were created with plenty of different pencils, pens, crayons,
highlighters and many other writing tools perfectly sorted and ready at the
touch. Suddenly writing tools were available in so many different colours, and
some apps even enable mixing the colours like real paints.
So with all these technologies available, what
will become of the pen holder? Will the next invention completely eradicate the
need for pens and pencils, and so make the pen holder useless?
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