A couple of years go I saw someone make a joke on Twitter that no one can prove you weren't a big-wig at The Sports Authority. I've wanted to make this app ever since. A resume builder full of companies that can no longer verify or discredit your employment there. Hope y'all like it.
Also added a step at the front to make it clear (in case it wasn't before) that users should be reading at a normal, relaxed pace. The goal is to test the fonts, not your reading speed.
For improving your speed-reading, that'd be the forked version another commenter suggested. For Margo, you want to read at a comfortable pace
Cool idea! You mean they’d try to beat their WPM best?
What’d be the interaction pattern you’re imagining? First they find their fastest font, then the flow continues to let them use that font to try to get better? Other times they can bypass the font test.
Do you have any reading content suggestions?
I’m imagining they could choose the topic and we’d have a bunch of prebaked stories or information about each.
I guess we can also let them input their first name, or just initials — we validate from a list of common-ish names (so they don’t put something too whacky) — and then the stories or information could include their names. Makes it even more fun and engaging to read. Especially if we the prebaked reading material is positive and empowering. Sesame Street style.
Quitting smoking is the hardest thing I've ever done. Why? The cigarette creates the tension. The next one releases it. The trap is elegant.
Storytelling works the same way. So does songwriting. So does film. You create tension. You release it. You create it again. The whole game is knowing when.
True, though in practice “value” is usually whatever Spencer and Tina decide after they reconcile 2023’s underspend, 2024’s overspend, and next quarter’s political goals.
Keep truckin’, Ted. That feature’s gonna win us the contract. Probably.
Software rarely runs on code alone. It runs on fear, incentives, and the subtle art of not getting blamed.
This is a satirical magazine built from that truth — and I’d love feedback on whether it lands, what’s missing, or what stories you’d want to see next.