Amit Solomon

Writing in bed

In Thinking out aloud on January 31, 2009 at 3:26 pm

For a very long time, I wanted to buy a laptop. Time after time, I kept putting it off because I really didn’t need it. I had a PC at home and one at office and since I didn’t usually get work home, I reasoned I didn’t need one. A USB flash drive was sufficient to ferry the data. Another reason was that I never traveled with work.

But lately I’d started feeling an acute need for a notebook. The big reason was that I was getting more and more involved in internet marketing and felt the need for a PC everywhere I went. I have also become more focused on writing a book and while I could write on paper, I’m more comfortable doing it on a computer.

So here I am, with my newly purchased Dell Studio notebook, sitting comfortably in my bed with a warm blanket covering me and a slightly warm laptop on my lap, writing away.

This is something I could easily get used to. Wake up early and then before I got out from bed, tapping away a part of a book for about an hour, doze off for a while, wake up and write a bit more – my blogs, emails etc – all from my bed. Ah, the perks of a 9-5-job-free life!

  1. Saw your comment in another blog post about shipping Amazon books to India: http://www.amitsolomon.com/blog/#respond. You wrote that you can obtain the books via Indiaplaza. I just wanted to know whether, say for a USD 100 book, if Amazon puts the price as USD 60 (after discount), will Indiaplaza too charge USD 60 or they would ask USD 75 (25% off for bookclub members)? Also, how many days will it take for the books to reach you? It would be great if you can reply (via mail) or via a reply comment here. Thanks.