Preface to Writing Tech: Studies on the Materiality of Literacy

In the article, "Preface to Writing Technology: Studies on the Materiality of Literacy" by Christina Haas, we are forced to take a deeper look into the tools that we write with.  Haas wants us to notice that it isn't just about what we are writing, but what we are writing with as well.  Whether it be a pen, pencil, marker, etc. that very well might change the feeling of the writing.  Writing would not be possible if we didn't have the tools to write with.  "Technology is such an integral part of writing that it is often overlooked.  AS is often the case, what is ubiquitous becomes transparent: Writers do not notice most of the technologies they employ, simply because those technologies are always there, the technologies work, and their use has become habitual." (pg xi) Writers do not think about how important computers are for example because we are so used to them, we almost take advantage of the amazing things they do for us.  We do not realize how amazing a pen really is unless there is something wrong with it, which in turn makes us have to think a little more.