a sticky situation Hands-on: Handwriting recognition app brings sticky notes into the 21st century Rocketbook Reusable Sticky Notes are an excessive solution for too many sticky notes. Scharon Harding – Apr 10, 2025 2:48 pm | 12 Credit: Scharon Harding Credit: Scharon Harding Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only   Learn more For quick reminders and can’t-miss memos, sticky notes are effective tools, and I'd argue that the simplicity of the sticky note is its best attribute. But the ease behind propping up sticky notes also means that it’s easy for people to find their desks covered in the things, making it difficult to glean critical information quickly. Rocketbook, a Boston-based company that also makes reusable notebooks, thinks it has a solution for sticky note overload in the form of an app that interprets handwriting and organizes reusable sticky notes. But not everyone has the need—or time—for a dedicated sticky notes app. Rocketbook’s Reusable Sticky Notes Like Rocketbook’s flagship notebooks, its Reusable Sticky Notes rely on erasable pens that allow you to use the paper repeatedly. The Reusable Sticky Notes work with the Rocketbook app (available for iOS or Android), which transforms the sticky notes into images that are automatically stored in the app and can be emailed to specified people (as a PDF) or shared with third-party apps. The $30 starter kit I used comes with weeks', if not months', worth of materials: That includes 15 3×3-inch reusable sticky notes, a case for said notes, a small microfiber towel for wiping the text off of the sticky notes, and a pen from Pilot’s FriXion line of erasable pens, markers, and highlighters. Rocketbook claims that any FriXion writing utensil will write and erase on its sticky notes. I only tried the pen included in the starter kit, a FriXion Ball gel pen with a 0.7 mm tip. Using the built-in eraser, I could usually remove enough ink from the notes so that only a faint imprint of what I wrote remained. For total clarity, I’d need to whip out the included microfiber cloth and some water. The notes seemed able to withstand water well and without getting flimsy. The gray tip on the right side of the open pen is the eraser. Credit: Scharon Harding The gray tip on the right side of the open pen is the eraser. Credit: Scharon Harding Rocketbook claims that the adhesive on its sticky notes is so strong that they can be stuck and re-stuck hundreds of times. I didn’t get to put that to the test but can confirm that the notes’ adhesive area is thicker than that of a normal sticky note. The paper is thicker and smoother than a normal sticky note, too, while still being lightweight and comfortable enough to write on. A picture of the back of an unused Reusable Sticky Note (left) and the back of a used one with the adhesive covering removed (right). Credit: Scharon Harding A picture of the back of an unused Reusable Sticky Note (left) and the back of a used one with the adhesive covering removed (right). Credit: Scharon Harding Sticky note software The Reusable Sticky Notes are among the most technologically advanced scraps of paper you can find. In my experience, the technology, including the optical character recognition, worked reliably. For example, scanning a sticky note was seamless. The camera in the iOS app quickly identified any sticky notes in the shot and snapped an image (or images) without me having to do much aligning or pressing more buttons. Afterward, it was easy to share the image. I could send it to frequently used emails I saved in the app or send it to other apps, like AirDrop, Google Drive, ToDoist, or a search engine. The app can read the sticky note images as text, but it doesn't convert the images to text. So, while Google could interpret an image of a sticky note as text via Google Lens, for example, ToDoist only saw a JPEG. The app uses optical character recognition to convert handwriting into machine-readable text. This enables you to use the app to search uploaded sticky notes for specific words or phrases. I initially feared that the app wouldn’t be able to read my cursive, but even when I scribbled quickly and deviated from writing in a straight line, the app understood my writing. Don’t expect it to pick up chicken scratch, though. My handwriting didn't need to be perfect for the app to understand it, but the app couldn't comprehend my sloppiest notes—the type that only I could read, or ones that are common when someone is quickly jotting something on a sticky note. Further, I didn't always notice which notes I wrote neatly enough for the app to read. That made it confusing when I searched for terms that I knew I wrote on scanned notes but that were scrawled, per the app, illegibly. A screenshot of the Rocketbook app. Credit: Scharon Harding/Rocketbook Perhaps most useful for sticky note aficionados is the app’s ability to quickly group sticky notes. Sure, you could put sticky notes with to-do list items on the left side of your computer monitor and place notes with appointments to remember on the right side of your monitor. However, the app offers superior organization by letting you add tags to each scanned note. Then, it’s easy to look at all notes with the same tag on one page. But because each scanned note shown on a tag page is shown as a thumbnail, you can’t read everything written on all notes with the same tag simultaneously. That’s a con for people who prefer seeing all relevant notes and their contents at once. There are additional ways that the Rocketbook app can help bring order to workstations containing so many posted sticky notes that they look like evidence boards. Typically, I denote titles on sticky notes by trying to write the title larger than the rest of the text and then underlining it. In the Rocketbook app, you can manually add titles to each sticky note. Alternatively, if you physically write “##” before and after the title on the actual Sticky Note, the app will automatically read the words in between the pound signs as a title and name the image as such. This is a neat trick, but I also found it distracting to have four pound signs written on my notes. Another Reusable Sticky Notes feature lets you turn scanned notes into to-do lists that are accessible via the companion app. If you write a list on a note using square boxes at the start of each line, the app will read it as a “Smart List.” Once scanned, the app converts this into a to-do list with boxes that you can check off as you complete tasks. This is easier than trying to check off items on a sticky note that’s, for example, dangling on your computer screen. But it's not always possible to fit every to-do list item on one line. And numerous times, the app failed to read my Smart List properly, as you can see in the gallery below. This could be due to my handwriting being unclear or misaligned. But as someone merely trying to write down a to-do list quickly, I lack the time or patience for thorough troubleshooting. I tried making this note a Smart List... Scharon Harding I tried making this note a Smart List... Scharon Harding ... and this is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook ... and this is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook I tried making this note a Smart List... Scharon Harding ... and this is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook I tried to make these sticky notes part of my "To Do Today" Smart List. Scharon Harding I tried to make these sticky notes part of my "To Do Today" Smart List. Scharon Harding This is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook This is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook I tried to make these sticky notes part of my "To Do Today" Smart List. Scharon Harding This is how it looked in the app. Scharon Harding/Rocketbook Organizing your organizational tools Sticky notes can help you stay on schedule, but it’s easy to accumulate so many that the memos become a distracting crutch rather than handy organizational tools. For people who live by sticky notes, Rocketbook’s solution is excellent for grouping related tasks, appointments, and reminders and preventing things from getting overlooked. However, leveraging Reusable Sticky Notes to their maximum potential requires scanning notes into the app. This doesn’t take long, but it is an extra step that detracts from the instant gratification of writing something down on a note and slapping it somewhere visible. For people who just like to write it down and post it, the Rocketbook app can feel cumbersome and unnecessary. The problems I had using Smart Lists hindered the product's helpfulness, simplicity, and productivity as well. Rocketbook’s sticky notes are also more beneficial to people who are more likely to look at an app on their phone than a bunch of papers surrounding them. There's also a distinct advantage to being able to read your notes via an app when you're not near the physical pieces of paper. Going further, it would be beneficial if the app could further leverage the phones that it's on by being able to set alarms, for example, to correspond with scanned notes. Much like with their app-free counterparts, for me, the best part of Rocketbook's Reusable Sticky notes lies within its simpler features. The ability to easily reuse notes is more helpful than the ability to catalogue and archive memos. And while the handwriting recognition was mostly impressive, it seems more advantageous in something like a reusable notebook than a sticky memo. But if you find yourself drowning in crumpled, flailing pieces of sticky paper, Rocketbook offers an option for organizing your organizational tools. Scharon Harding Senior Technology Reporter Scharon Harding Senior Technology Reporter Scharon is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica writing news, reviews, and analysis on consumer gadgets and services. 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This week, golf's greatest stars descend on the tiny city of Augusta, Georgia, in pursuit of the famous green jacket awarded to winners of the Masters Tournament.It's also time for photographer Whitney Boykin and her family to pile into their camper to make way for the guests renting their home in North Augusta, South Carolina."I'm one of the rare locals who says I love Masters week. I just want visitors to see how amazing it is here," Boykin told Business Insider.Boykin and other locals rent out their properties to golfers and visitors directly, on Airbnb, or via other platforms. In the city of Augusta alone, the number of rentals jumped from 725 in March 2024 to 1,700 in April 2024, data from short-term-rental analytics site AirDNA shows. The average revenue for rentals in the city jumped from $2,700 in March 2024 to $5,300 in April 2024, AirDNA found.While Boykin declined to share exactly how much she makes, she said it's enough to cover the family's mortgage payments for a year. This is the seventh year the family is renting out their house for the Masters.As of April 4, homes similar to Boykin's listed on Airbnb were available to rent from about $9,000 a week to $28,000 a week.For Boykin, one week of sleeping in a camper with her husband, their two kids, their cat, and their dog is more than worth it. Take a look inside the home they rent out during the Masters. Whitney Boykin and her family moved into their North Augusta, South Carolina home in December 2020. Boykin and her family rent out the home to a company in Texas. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin The house, just over the state line from Georgia, has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, and a large outdoor space designed for entertaining. The home is a 12-minute drive to Augusta National Golf Course. But during Masters week, traffic adds up to about 30 minutes. Boykin and her family have been renting out their home for seven years. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Boykin said she passes the Augusta National Golf Club when she drives her kids to school."The rest of the year, it's just not that big of a deal," she said. Boykin said many North Augusta locals rent out their homes for the Masters and use the money to go on vacation for a week. Boykin says most residents of North Augusta rent out their homes for the Masters. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Area schools typically schedule spring break to sync up with the tournament."Everyone looks forward to this because it's great money," Boykin told Business Insider.In the past, Boykin has used Airbnb and Vrbo to rent out the home. There is even a local rental agency dedicated to the event called the Masters Housing Bureau. For the past two years, Boykin's family has rented their house to a Texas company that brings its employees to the tournament. A putting green at Boykin's home. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Boykin was connected with the company through a local friend. Boykin stores all her seasonal Masters gear in a section of the attic that's off-limits to the rest of the family. A patio of Boykin's home. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin She keeps paraphernalia including flags, pillows, and golf supplies with the Masters logo locked away for most the year, along with special sets of crisp, white linens for the bedrooms."My kids know which sheets are Masters ones. We don't touch them," she said. Guests arrive the Sunday before the tournament begins and pay for an eight-day stay that includes the Monday after the finals. The backyard grill at Boykin's home. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Local schools have extended spring break, Boykin added, with kids returning to the classroom on the Tuesday after the tournament. Boykin likes to check on the home twice during the week to clean and make sure everything is OK. Boykin picks up news Masters paraphernalia each year to use as decor. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Boykin said cleaning visits are more for her peace of mind because they've rarely had issues. Visitors in town for the Masters often try to maximize their time at the golf course."They're not spending a lot of time in our home," Boykin said. "They take care of our things better than we do." Other families renting out their homes travel, but Boykin's family stays in an RV for Masters week. Boykin's husband bought the RV online from a seller in Myrtle Beach. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Boykin's husband, who works in the car industry, is especially busy in early April.This year, the family will park the RV at a local equestrian facility that has dozens of walking trails. Boykin's family first stayed in a camper one year when their home was still accidentally listed for rent in July. This year, Boykin's family is taking the RV to a nearby park. Courtesty of Whitney Boykin Out-of-towners rented their house for a youth basketball tournament called Peach Jam.Even though the family had no plans to rent out their house for any time other than the Masters, Boykin said her husband felt it was worth it.He drove to Myrtle Beach to pick up an RV he found online so the family could honor the booking.Boykin added that he told her it would allow them to take "an extra vacation."

Twisted House / Stefano LarotondaSave this picture!© Simone Bossi•Anzano del Parco, Italy Architects: Stefano Larotonda Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023 Photographs Photographs:Simone Bossi, Nicole Gaia Construction: Respedil More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. The villa was built in the late 1960s with features that take inspiration from modernist architecture: pure volumes, compact shape, and typical materials of the period. Contemporary living needs have required the transformation of the villa into new apartments and energy efficiency works.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The intervention on the shell led to redefining hierarchies in the building's facades, working on solids and voids that emphasize the power of volumes and the rotation between the two levels.Save this picture!The works in the interiors involve the design of two new apartments, where the living areas are oriented toward the pre-alpine lakes and the more intimate rooms toward the garden.Save this picture!The chromatic choice is reduced to two colors: green, characterized by a smooth and continuous texture in continuity with the surrounding colors, and grey, which is emphasized by a material finish that highlights the volumetric subtractions. The chromatic synthesis involves every part of the building: floors, walls, windows, and doors, with the exception of the acid-yellow doors that characterize the entrances to the apartments. Yellow and green are used to characterize the main furnishing elements of the apartments, which are floored with strips of solid oak wood.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The design process ends with a site-specific artistic intervention on the large terrace overlooking Lago di Alserio, which is accessible only to those who live in the house. The project enhances the existing building, defining a language that involves interiors and exteriors in a continuous experience.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this officeStefano LarotondaOffice••• MaterialConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on April 11, 2025Cite: "Twisted House / Stefano Larotonda" 11 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028838/twisted-house-stefano-larotonda&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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We’ve all been there: You’re hanging with a group of friends (either in real time or virtual), and one casually mentions doing something with the other — but neither explicitly mentions you. You’re faced with a dilemma. Inviting yourself when you’re not wanted could come off as intrusive at best, rude at worst. And not inviting yourself will leave you left out and feeling rejected.A new study now should put such anxieties to rest. In such situations, you’re more welcome than you think, according to an article in Personal and Social Psychology Bulletin. The Psychology Behind RejectionJulian Givi, a West Virginia University professor and an author of the study, first became interested in this issue when he explored the other side of rejection. He conducted a study that explored how hosts feel when a potential guest declines an invitation. The result? A “no” was far less psychologically devastating to the host than the potential guest estimated. In both cases, Givi wanted to understand not just the responses and their ramifications but the thought processes behind them. To pursue a solid, scientifically valid result, he conducted eight studies with several thousand participants.Thought Process Behind Informal InvitationsIn the first study, 340 participants were asked to remember scenarios from the last five years where they were either directly invited or “self-invited” to join a social activity. They described how they felt in each situation. Then, researchers analyzed the text of their responses with software. Later studies constructed role-playing scenarios where participants used structured scenarios to isolate specific psychological factors. Participants were randomly assigned roles as either “potential self-inviters” or “plan-holders.” Then they were asked to imagine situations where a mutual friend mentioned a plan but didn’t explicitly invite them or a situation when another person asked them along. Researchers then measured how irritated or annoyed they thought the other participants would be if they tagged along.The findings consistently found that potential self-inviters were less likely to attend than what the plan holders across studies said they would prefer. This held true even when the plan-holders had invited the self-inviter to past events or when they made efforts to ease logistical obstacles. Making Social AssumptionsThe researchers discovered that potential self-inviters made two common assumptions. First, they overestimated how annoyed the plan holder would be if the self-inviters asked to join. Second, they wrongly believed that the plan holders had considered inviting them and then decided not to, which felt like a form of social rejection. In reality, the people making plans often hadn’t thought about inviting others at all.So, why do people hold back from asking to join? The research pointed to two major factors. First, they incorrectly worried that the plan holders had thought about inviting them but decided to actively reject them.Such assumptions are based more on psychological phenomena like egocentrism. That leads to practices where self-inviters essentially try to mind-read the planners, then “…potential self-inviters exaggerate the likelihood that plan-holders had already considered inviting them but decided against it," the study said.The authors add that there are some exceptions, like formal situations. If you are not invited to a wedding, it's generally a good idea not to crash it.Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Personal and Social Psychology Bulletin. Self-Invitation Hesitation: How and Why People Fail to Ask to Join the Plans of OthersAmerican Psychology Association. Saying no: The negative ramifications from invitation declines are less severe than we think.Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in newspapers, but switched to scientific magazines. His work has appeared in publications including Science News, Science, Nature, and Scientific American.

Nature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00982-8A poor working relationship with a supervisor or manager can result in lost opportunities, creating an unexplained gap in an early-career researcher’s publication record.

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Mostly counterproductive, not simply wastefulMario Nawfal: JORDAN PETERSON: THE NGO GRAVY TRAIN HAS CEASED TO OPERATE“It wouldn't surprise me in the least if half the money that the American government spent or the Canadian government is utter waste or even positively counterproductive. Elon is the kind of managerial businessman