Spritz!!

Hello lovelies!

Today I'm writing about something a bit different to my usual content. I recently heard about a new technology called Spritz which condenses the time it takes to read text by flashing up the words on top of each other rather than side by side. This reduces the amount of time your eye spends moving along to the next word and therefore reduces the time it takes to read. You have to 'practise' this new style of reading a bit to get used to it (give it a go: click here!) but its cleverly based on finding the centre point of the word and lining that up with the following word. 

Spritz has been developed but is currently waiting on developers to take forward the technology but hopefully it will be available soon! 

I know some people won't like this new way of reading, after all there's nothing like picking up a good book, however I think the real niche where this technology could prosper would be for textbooks and maybe even journal articles or papers! Imagine how much quicker it would be to read through a chapter of a textbook using Spritz! One of the major time constraints I find at uni is reading through loads of journal articles just to find out they aren't relevant to the topic I'm writing about but with Spritz, that would become a whole lot quicker (and easier!). 

I don't think this will ever replace the relaxing act of leisurely reading, at least not for me, but it paves the way for future technologies and I'm a massive fan of that! 

Thanks for reading, I know this is a bit different to normal, but I hope you enjoyed it! Check out the Spritz website here to find out more :)  

Soph xxx

Uni room advice! :)

Hey Guys!

So, if you watch my YouTube videos you will know that I recently moved back to uni and into a new house! (p.s. if you don’t watch my videos then please check them out :p). I ended up with the biggest room (woohoo) but sometimes I think bigger rooms can be harder to decorate than smaller ones! Anyway, my parents came up and helped me organise my room (and do a lot of the heavy lifting) and I thought I would share some of my ideas for decorating uni rooms!

1) Storage is a biggie!! I’ve found the more storage space the better – also, the more stuff you can put away, the tidier your room looks! The best ‘storage’ buy I’ve made was this Kilby bookcase from IKEA. It was £25 and holds so much stuff! I mainly needed it for my textbooks but I’ve tried to make it pretty with some candles, stuffed toys and fairy lights. ------>

2) Think practicality! In 1^st year I bought a chest of drawers as we hardly had any space for clothes and I’ve kept it with me. This year though my room already had drawers and rather than take up more floor space, I stacked the drawers on top of each other! They aren’t completely matching but I think it kind of works and putting a couple of photo frames on top makes it more homely! (I have blocked out the photos as there are multiple people in them that may not want themselves on the internet)

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3) Cleanliness! I love clear, clean surfaces so keep most of my stuff in drawers or on my bookcase so my desk and windowsill are pretty much clear. This makes it easier to wipe clean without having to move everything and also makes your room appear tidier when everything is packed away.

4) Home comforts! Whether it’s a rug, photo frames, stuffed toys or posters I think its important to make your room comforting and maybe a reminder of home too. My room has accents of red because that’s the theme of our living space at home J

Ok, so to make sure this post isn’t super duper long, I’m gonna stop there however check back again for the next post in this area (about bathroom storage). Thanks for reading – write in the comments if you have any hints or tips for anyone else 

Have a great day,

Sophie xx