Reading better on screens
Practical writing on comprehension, focus, and the formats that carry most of what we read. No speed-reading mythology.
Essay — I spent seven months trying to read faster without cheating
1,374 commits building an RSVP reader. What worked, what RSVP genuinely fails at, the per-word timing problem that looked trivial and wasn't, and why the AI runs on your phone instead of someone's GPU.
What is RSVP reading — and does it actually work?
One word at a time in a fixed spot. What fifty years of reading research actually says about comprehension — including the parts that don't flatter the technique.
How to actually read academic PDFs on an iPad
Two-column papers, scanned chapters and footnotes that land mid-sentence. Why PDFs fight back, and the structural work needed to make them readable.
Where to find DRM-free ebooks
The stores, publishers and archives that sell EPUBs you actually own — and how to check a book is DRM-free before you pay for it.
Read quickly. Comprehend deeply.
Velo reads the EPUBs, PDFs and web articles you already have, in three modes that share one position.
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