This post was originally posted at 2020-10-22.
Hi friend,
Recently, I purchased Paperlike screen protector for my iPad Pro. It increases fiction to the iPad screen. With the added fiction, drawing on the screen feels more like sketching on a piece of real paper. It enhances the sketching experience on the screen.
Note: This is a personal review, not related to any advertising.
I have been using iPad since the original one in 2010. Before Apple Pencil debut, I was using Pencil by FiftyThree. Then the Apple Pencil. iPad is my mobile workstation and sketching tool while I am not using my fountain pen and paper.
I have always found the glass screen on iPad is too slippery to sketch.
I’ve heard of Paperlike for a long while, but I struggled to buy one because I don’t use any screen-protector nor cases in my phones and iPad.
There were several concerns before I bought Paperlike.
I don’t use screen protector, so I have very little experience installing one.
If I left bubbles on the screen protector, using my iPad will look ugly.
The brightness of iPad screen may decrease.
Turns out, installing Paperlike is smooth and my concerns are waived.
Paperlike comes with help-stickers, wipe, and dust absorber for the installation. It also comes with a tutorial video. I watched it once before purchasing and watched it twice before installing, to make sure I don’t screw up the installation.
The screen protector does not affect the screen brightness much. It adds a matte feel to the screen. But I don’t feel too many differences when watching videos after installing the Paperlike.
The only thing I regret is not buying it earlier. The sketching feels so good now. Every day, I use Apple Notes and Moleskine Flow to write.
I have tried many sketching apps before settling down with Moleskine Flow. Next week, I will share my sketching apps choosing history and my lesson learnt on each app. All of them have their advantages.
Links worth sharing
→ Shape up hardcopy
https://basecamp-goods.com/products/shapeup
The latest book from Basecamp. The book is completely free to read online. I bought 5 copies and will give away them as Christmas gift later.
→ This page is a truly naked, brutalist html quine.
https://secretgeek.github.io/html_wysiwyg/html.html
→ CSS: min, max, clamp
https://web.dev/min-max-clamp/
Another tutorial on using CSS min(), max(), and clamp().
Tiny tools worth sharing
→ CSS Background patterns
https://www.magicpattern.design/tools/css-backgrounds
→ Squircley!
https://squircley.app
→ Blob Maker
https://www.blobmaker.app
→ Fun to bookmark: Dice throw simulator
https://codepo8.github.io/dice-throw-simulator/index.html
Until next week,
Thomas Mak
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