I found this little gem while reading through a couple of random articles, and somewhere, I spotted a random link which led me to this ditty, the Ommwriter.
It's started as a mini project born among the brilliant minds of Herraiz Soto and Co, a creative ad agency with a heavyweight clientele (Camper, Casio, BMW, IKEA and Labuat + Wii), for a simple mission: to create an internal tool that will allow people to veer away from the humdrum noise of emails, proposals, crazy thoughts and multitudes of meetings and stressful calls.
And be one with ourselves....and with our ideas.
Thus, the Ommwriter was born.
Not to be selfish, Herraiz Soto and Co decided to share it to the whole world by creating a beta site for us mere mortals to download and experience the wonders of therapeutic writing.
Once you download and open the app..as easy as one, two, three. The screen will immediately fade to white, revealing a pristine snowy white landscape.
Oh, a tip: You got to have your headset on when you'll be doing your writing on the Ommwriter, the soothing music helps you relax and can even encourage you to do your meditation.
The UI is clean and simple with minimal use of colors restricted to soft grays and pastel whites.
The icons and function buttons are out of sight as you type, but once you mouseover to the right side of the screen, that's when they appear.
And once you're done (either ranting or just doing zen writing), just save and close the application.
Easy peasy. :)
But as all things are, there are just a couple of setbacks :
- Their software system requires that it is a Mac OS X or higher and has to be an Intel-based Apple Computer. So no Ommwriter for Windows...for now.
- The document cannot be printed straight from the application. Once you save your work, it becomes a file that can be opened in TextEdit and you can either print from there or move it to MS Word.
But all in all, it's really a cool application when you're feeling stressed out and stumped. This is perfect for copywriters, writers, bloggers and journalists just wanting to take a breather in the middle of work. Even just opening the application and stare blankly at the pristine white screen, with music or no, it is indeed a little piece of peace in a world that is fast-paced and noisy.
Share the love by spreading this project to people who you think need to de-stress. The more, the merrier and the less chance for stress migraines. :)
Do let the people at Ommwriter know what you think and send a short (and sweet) note in their feedbacks section. Click HERE to direct you to their contacts page.
And when you do write in Ommwriter, no need to edit in cold blood. Just let your mind wander and your words flow freely.
Happy Writing,
OrigamiDreams
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