The command line is still the best tool for some jobs—many jobs, in fact. A mouse-driven point-and-click interface essentially reduces the user to pointing at something on the screen and grunting, 'DO! DO THAT!' at the computer.
The centre is well-known in Ireland's creative community, and is designed for people to take time out of their daily routines and have enough space - both physical and psychological - to work on new projects.
When I am writing a book, I need to close the door when I finish, and no one should get in. I have the idea in my mind that the story is an entity that lives in that room, with the characters and the emotions that I have been putting together. And when I come back the next day, I open the door and it's waiting for me intact.
