After reading through a thread on the technology people were choosing to do their writing for Nanowrimo, I was struck by a recurring theme. A lot of people were deliberately seeking out "pure" ways to do the month long trek. Many were going with paper/pen, but others were using tools that left their machine looking more like a sheet of paper than high technology. That resonated with me and fit in with my own private plans for the task. Distractions and procrastinations are one of the biggest drains on long-form writing. I wrote up a general article on setting up your existing PC to be a Nanowrimo powerhouse. Read the
article in its entirety.