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Everyone’s a geek about something · If you are a geek, you are in good company ilo.im/162x6q

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SketchplanationsEveryone's a Geek About Something — Revised and ExpandedAre you passionate about something? Do you know something inside out where others barely give it a glance? As a schoolboy, I thought I was into birds—until my dad and I stayed with some family friends who were truly into birding. They had a powerful telescope trained on the birds at the feeder in their garden. They had crystal-clear binoculars we used on a bird walk, which showed me birds clearer and closer than I'd ever seen. They knew what birds to look for and had tape recordings of specific bird calls that brought them to nearby bushes. They talked us through trips they'd been around the world to spot rare and remarkable birds. Spending time with them changed how I saw birds forever. It was impossible to be around them and not start to love birds. There are classic disciplines for geekiness: science, maths, computers, birdwatching, plane spotting, model trains. But over the years, I've seen people geek out about so much more: gardening, plants, pottery, DJ'ing, Pokemon, sport, skiing, cycling, endurance, beekeeping, writing, business, spreadsheets, coding, magic tricks, sailing, a musical instrument, nightclubs, restaurants, personal development, gaming, crypto, cooking, travel, film, thrillers, local history, deals, football boots, coaching, shopping, clothes, cars, building, cameras, art, museums, relationships, pets, insects, decorating, and on and on. If you don't pay close attention to Premier League football is boring, but if you follow every detail, it can be engrossing. I didn't think much of textiles, but I found it fascinating after spending an afternoon weaving in Laos. One of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing is Take Notice. Being a geek is noticing everything about something. It can also Connect you with others and keep you Learning—two more of the five. The word geek derives from a word meaning fool or freak as if it's foolish to devote so much attention and time to one area. But the truth is, as the physicist Richard Feynman says: "Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough." And the writer Henry Miller wrote: "The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." Let's embrace our inner geeks. Dive deep into what fascinates you. Try not to dismiss others' passions until you've had a go at getting into depth yourself. Their joy could be just the same that you feel with something else. Everyone's a geek about something. And that's wonderful. This is a revised and expanded version of my original sketch, which had just a few passions. I've thought about it so much since I first heard the phrase—I couldn't remember where—that I thought it needed an update. And we had a blast talking about this on the podcast. When putting together a draft of a Sketchplanations book, this was my first title idea (preview). Related Ideas to Everyone's a Geek About Something Also see: 5 Ways to Wellbeing Flow The writer's in the writing. The artist's in the art. Discovering truth and beauty The Learning Pit Eponym One-buttock playing
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Penpot’s pricing · The present and future pricing of the Figma alternative ilo.im/162v3i

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Penpot Community · Penpot's pricing, all you need to knowOK, so let me first start by saying that I hope we all agree that we need transparent and trustworthy pricing setups in our lives. Speaking of glass-doors, this is our C-level team, I’m the one with the glasses Regardless of the level of control you need over your lives and businesses, everyone deserves stable and predictable pricing. Whether you consider them to be fair or not might be another question, of course, I’m just addressing here the very basics of a social contract between produc...
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F-shaped reading · Often applies to content pages on the web ilo.im/162ort

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SketchplanationsF-Shaped ReadingMany of us absorb and sift through huge quantities of information on the web daily. We've trained ourselves to quickly pull out the most important information and decide if the rest is worth our time. When this happens, which is most of the time, people commonly use F-Shaped Reading. What is F-Shaped Reading? F-Shaped Reading is a pattern seen in eye-tracking studies of people reading content on the web that seems to follow the shape of an F. That looks like scanning the top words most, maybe making it to the end of a headline. Then moving down the left-hand side and heading right again when we hit another sub-head or line that draws our attention. In languages that read right-to-left, you can see a reverse F-shape. We don't always read in an F-shape. There are several other common text-scanning patterns, such as spotted, layer-cake, marking, bypassing or commitment patterns—getting stuck in and reading the whole thing. However, an F-shaped reading, first identified around 2006, is still common and used on mobile devices. F-Shaped Reading is about reading content. It's not how we might scan a shiny new web page with fancy navigation and CTAs (Calls To Action). Why an F-Shape? F-Shaped Reading means that your headline and your first sub-head matter a lot. And also, the content on the left matters more as a way to draw people into your work. But it doesn't have to be this way. An F-shape arises because we're trying to be efficient and decide if this page is worth more of our time. It's hard to get that from a block of text, so we improvise—getting an idea of the content areas from the headlines and trying to see which content blocks, if any, are relevant to read by scanning quickly down the page. I'm not too proud to admit that you may be scanning this. Improving on F-Shaped Reading and Helping Our Readers F-Shaped Reading, to my knowledge, is from the NN Group, who also has a comprehensive article on it. They have a useful list of antidotes, which I paraphrase below, together with a few additions of my own: Put the most important information first Structure with headings and subheadings Front-load words in headings and bullets with the most information (check the first word of the titles in this post) Group related content visually — see 7 Gestalt principles Highlight important content Ensure links have information-bearing words (information scent)—rewrite to avoid "click here" Use lists Cut unnecessary content Avoid big blocks of text and use a sketch instead (Sketchplanation anyone?) =) Use visuals and captions as gateways to content Related Ideas to F-Shaped Reading Also see: Happy Talk Must Die Gestalt Principles The Blur Your Eyes Test Front-load names to cue attention Skeuomorph Micro-editing redundant words Let your data speak for itself Progressive enhancement—mobile first Mobile is snorkelling. Desktop is diving (less true these days) Dark patterns: using design to deceive
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