• count_dongulus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    4 months ago

    I’ve always wondered why chalk and blackboard are still used heavily in professions like that. Are there really no decent software options? Even a smartboard would be nice since you can save and revisit past work. Or does artisanal Japanese chalk really just feel that amazing to use?

    • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      I’m just guessing, but I assume that after a certain point, what you’re trying to draw is so niche and/or new that no one’s bothered to make decent software for it. Like, you can do a Feynman diagram quickly on a chalk board, or spend 3x as long dragging lines in Visio or something to make a diagram diagram.

      Even with CAD existing, I still always sketch initial project ideas out on paper just cause it’s fast and easy.

      • someacnt_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Exactly this, there is no way to draw commutative diagrams as easily as on paper/chalkboard.

    • _stranger_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      I had a college professor that hid his artisanal Japanese chalk in a hole in the wall behind the blackboard so that he didn’t have to carry it around (and risk breaking it).

      I’m not kidding. He said it was his favorite chalk and he bought a bunch of it in Japan.