Field notes from a small lab that builds a lot of things. Here you'll find head-to-head comparisons of the tools we make against the best of the competition — speed readers, GIF and pixel art animators, memory trainers, browser games — along with longer essays on language, learning, and how brains actually work.
Full disclosure, always: when we compare one of our own products, we say so up front, link to every competitor, and tell you when the other guy is the better pick. New posts land every Monday.
· Comparisons
We compared the most popular speed reading apps — HotGato, Spreeder, Swiftread, Readsy, Outread, and AccelaReader — on price, privacy, file support, and reading modes. Here's why HotGato comes out on top.
· Comparisons
Zoetrope, Aseprite, Piskel, Ezgif, Kapwing, and Canva compared for making GIFs, pixel art, and sprite animations. See which free online GIF animator wins on privacy, exports, and features.
· Comparisons
We compared GlyphRecall, Lumosity, Elevate, Peak, CogniFit, and Human Benchmark for short-term memory training. Here's why GlyphRecall is the best free, no-account memory game.
· Essays
Would Albert Einstein survive a modern physics degree? Why math-first curricula may be filtering out the intuitive thinkers who drive breakthroughs.
· Essays
An exploration of ADHD, its history, and its misclassification as a disorder.
· Essays
An exploration of focal emotional language and how it forms the basis of all communication.