Riddle Weekly 2020.49
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A Polemic Against Scrolling
No blogger wants to produce shallow fluff, and no reader want to do nothing but skim. Yet, because so many readers skim, writers feel forced to simplify; because the writing is simple, readers skim all the more. It's a destructive cycle – and at its root is scrolling.
A Better Penman's PDF Parser: Privacy-preserving conversion of Handwritten PDFs through Apple Shortcuts & Ollama
Or, 'Au thous swain'? Begone, Mathpix Misspellings!
Riddle Fortnightly No. 12
Of the 18th of November, 2024 Fortunately, the continuity of spacetime has resumed: the Fortnightly is back! In this edition, we have a round up of new E-ink and time-blocking tools, then an (unusually long) column with the Riddler’s take on “The Elite College Students Who Can’
Technological Criticism from the Land Beyond Time (Next slide, please)
Or, why PowerPoint is probably making us stupid — and how its failings reflect the first wave of modern technological criticism.